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10/30/1989 City CouncilTHESE MINUTES SUBJECT TO November 6, 1989 APPROVAL EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES October 30, 1989 SPECIAL COUNCIL WORK MEETING (MONDAY4 The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Larry Naughten at the Francis Anderson Center, Room 206, Edmonds. All present joined in the flag sa- lute. PRESENT Larry Naughten, Mayor Bill Kasper, Council President Steve Dwyer, Councilmember Laura Hall, Councilmember Roger Hertrich, Councilmember Jo -Anne Jaech, Councilmember . John Nordquist, Councilmember Jack Wilson, Councilmember Doug Merlino, Student. Rep. CONSENT AGENDA STAFF Brent Hunter, Personnel Manager Bob Alberts, City Engineer Art Housler, Admin. Svc. Director Dan Prinz, Police Chief Jack Weinz, Fire Chief Bobby Mills, Public Works Supt. Peter Hahn, Comm. Svc. Director Tom King, Facilities Supervisor Jackie Parrett, City Clerk Karin Noyes, Recorder 7X4V / The following amendments were made to the minutes of October 24, 1989 EItem (B)]: 1) Page 4, paragraph 5, sentence 3, change "ferry system" to "water ways;" 2) Page 6, bottom of page, change "DeWar" to "Dewar;" 3) Page 8, last paragraph, change "Odabashien" to "Odabashian;" 4) Page 5, paragraph 2, replace the summary of Councilmember Kasper's statement with: "Councilmember Kasper said he is afraid the public, especially those living within several miles of the proposed station sites, are not aware of the much higher living densities that will be required around these station hubs to create a density to support the rail mainline concept." COUNCILMEMBER JAECH MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. MOTION CARRIED. The approved items on the Con- sent Agenda include the following: (A) ROLL CALL yX,ui��.(B) APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 24, 1989 (C) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF CLAIM FOR DAMAGES FROM KRISTINE A. NOBLE ($1,491.73) RECOMMENDATION TO RECLASSIFY CLERICAL POSITIONS Personnel Manager Brent Hunter explained that this discussion deals with two clerical upgrades of city positions in the City Clerk's office and in the Community Services Department. He further explained that there is a vacancy in the Clerk's Office which has caused staff to reevaluate this position and come before the Council with a request to upgrade. The second position which will be discussed has been pending for approximately nine months waiting for the exempt employee clas- sifications to be completed. Council President Kasper asked why staff is holding up the reclassification of of a nonexempt position for the exempt employee classifications to be done. Mr. Hunter replied that the request was deferred until the Exempt Employee Classification Study was completed so that it would be less confusing to the Council. Councilmember Jaech inquired as to the date the Council originally approved the position in the City Clerk's office. She said she believed the Council approved a floater position in that of- fice. Mr. Hunter said this position is a floater position. Councilmember Jaech inquired if this floater position is being used to fill in for other staff members while they are on vacation. Mr. Hunter indicated that was correct, but the City Clerk's budget is where the funding for this position comes from. Councilmember Kasper inquired if staff originally requested a half-time secretary. Councilmember Jaech said the original request was for a half-time secretary for the Finance Department and a half-time secretary for the administrative offices. The Council approved the original request. Mr. Hunter'said there are two issues to discuss. One has to do with the level of pay and the other has to do with the number of hours assigned in the Clerk's office itself. He said at this time, he would like to address the issue of pay. Mr. Hunter said staff is proposing to increase this position from level 4 to level 7 to bring it in line with other administrative secretaries in the City. The reason for the upgrade is to allow the City to obtain a more skilled, reliable staff person for this position. He explained that there have been five employees in this position in the last four years. When the position was graded at a 4 level, the intent was to create the incentive for employees to move to advance to higher positions in the City. This has created a problem with people moving to other posi- tions too quickly to keep a trained person in the position. Mr. Hunter said staff is looking for an employee who could act as a backup for the City Clerk when she is on vacation or using her compensatory time. He said they are also anticipating the retirement of the current City Clerk and they are looking for someone to help bridge the gap. However, this person would not necessarily take over the Clerk's position. Mr. Hunter explained that the City Clerk has estimated it would take about six months to train a person to be able to handle the Clerk's position. The level 7 classification would help bridge that gap by allowing the staff to hire a more skilled person. Mr. Hunter said the level 4 classification has probably been fine in the past for the floater position, but if the City is going to anticipate a change in that position it would be to the City's advantage to change the level to recruit more qualified applicants. Mr. Hunter said staff is also requesting the Council to upgrade the Community Services secretary from level 6 to level 7. He explained that this position requires the employee to do the same type of work as other administrative secretaries in other departments. He said there is virtual- ly no difference between the job descriptions of the Community Services secretary and the level 7 administrative secretaries. Mr. Hunter said he feels there was an error made in how this position was evaluated. He felt the previous employee was evaluated and not the position. He recommended that the Council reclassify this position to level 7. Mr. Hunter reminded the Council of their request that he simplify the classifications as much as possible. Mr. Hunter suggested one way.to do this would be to classify receptionists as level 2, general clerks at a level 4, secretaries at a level 7, and clerk supervisors at a level 8. He further stated that grading positions too closely together causes employees to always question the differences in their pay. Councilmember Hertrich inquired if there is any difference in skill requirements for an adminis- trative secretary in the various .departments. Mr. Hunter answered that the education require- ments and experience are the same. Each position, however, may request that the applicant have her experience in a field relating to the position available. Councilmember Hertrich inquired if it would be appropriate to hire one person with the idea that the person will become the City Clerk someday or would it be more appropriate to wait until the City Clerk's position becomes available and put it out to bid. Mr. Hunter said the purpose of this request is to help the City obtain a qualified secretary. When the City Clerk's position becomes available, staff would bid the position. If the secretary has acquired the skills necessary at that time, she could certainly apply for this position. Councilmember Hertrich inquired whether staff had ever discussed the possibility of creating a Deputy Clerk position. Mayor Naughten answered that it is not the staff's intention to hire this person as an heir apparent, but the person can certainly try to obtain the position when it be- comes vacant. Councilmember Nordquist said at the retreat the Council discussed changing the structure of some of the staff positions. One of the issues at that time was looking at the City Clerk program to see if they want to continue to use this program. He stated that some cities do not use a City EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Page 2 October 30, 1989 Clerk. He felt it would be good to see how they want to structure this position in the future. He said he is not ready to dive into this issue when they don't know how they are going to struc- ture the position in the future. Councilmember Jaech said she is concerned because the Council originally approved the floating position to help when different staff members are on vacation. She noted that Mayor Naughten hired temporary clerical manpower to replace people who were on vacation. She pointed out that this is illegal because the Council passed an ordinance that no temporary help would be hired. She said she- is irritated that the Mayor went against the ordinance. The floater position was intended for this purpose. She referred to a list the Council had requested of temporary help hired without Council approval, including a replacement of the Mayor's secretary during her vaca- tion. Councilmember Jaech said she did not feel the floater employee was used for any of these situations but has, instead, become a full-time employee for the City Clerk's office. Mayor Naughten said this summer was an unusual situation. One person was on maternity leave, another person was off as a result of an accident and the City Clerk and the Personnel Coordina- tor were on vacation. He said it is impossible to use the floater employee to cover all of these positions. City Clerk Jackie Parrett explained that when the floater position was created she already had a half-time person in her office, fully justified and authorized. This person was approved to work half-time for the Finance Office also. But she said that two and a half years ago staff asked for a reclassification to improve the retention in the position. That is when the Council decided that the Finance portion of the position would become the floater. Ms. Parrett said it is difficult for this floater employee to cover all of the vacancies. She pointed out that several of the employees in the administrative offices receive three to four weeks of vacation per year. The person covering for these individuals must learn each position and the person who was doing it became very stressed. Then that person took six months' materni- ty leave and in her absence a temporary person was hired for six months. That person was pre- pared to handle the floater duties, but three months into the job she had to resign for personal reasons. Ms. Parrett said at that time she went to the Mayor and told him she could not bring in someone new and staff all of the vacations that were coming up immediately. His secretary was about.to go on vacation and when she returned Ms. Parrett was going on vacation and a new person could not learn everything to accomplish the duties in the Clerk's office and cover the vaca- tions. Ms. Parrett proposed to the Mayor that she would find someone to cover her office and the Personnel Office and that he find someone for his office. Then when she was on vacation the receptionist was in an accident and they had to bring someone in to be at the reception desk and handle the switchboard. Ms. Parrett said the floater position cannot cover all of the contingen- cies in the administrative offices, but if the proposal were approved this position would still cover the positions in the City Clerk Division. Councilmember Jaech pointed out that the Council has not decided what they want to do to prepare a new City Clerk or if they want to restructure the program. Ms. Parrett stated that when she goes on vacation, she prepares everything she can for the two weeks she will be gone. However, if she should have an emergency and cannot be there, there is no one who has enough knowledge of the job to carry on in her absence. She said a year ago her mother in California was very ill, close to death, and she did not go to her because there was no one to take care of her responsibilities. She said that will not happen again. Councilmember Jaech suggested that there are people in the office who could be cross trained to fill in. Councilmember Hall said she understands Ms. Parrett's concerns and that is why she would recom- mend the City hire a Deputy City Clerk. Councilmember Hall said she is also concerned that other secretaries should be shouldering some of the responsibilities of the Clerk's position. She suggested that there is the staff available in the building, but there is not enough cross train- ing. Mayor Naughten said he disagreed. He pointed out that the City is hiring from Manpower at $13 per hour when they could hire an employee for $11 per hour. He pointed out that they need the position right now. Council President Kasper suggested the following: 1) Staff is not doing a good job of coordinat- ing vacations. This needs to be managed better, and 2) the City should open the City clerk's position for bids six months prior to the retirement of the present Clerk and hire someone to start approximately four months prior to her termination. He pointed out that the City Clerk position is one place for secretaries on the City's staff to advance to. EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Page 3 October 30, 1989 Council President Kasper inquired if there is a need for a full-time person, and if so should this person be responsible for taking the minutes also. Ms. Parrett pointed out that the computer has created more work for current employees. She said efficiancy has been greatly improved because of the computer, but it takes time to pull out the information from documents and enter it on the computer. She noted that the City did not have the computer when she became City Clerk and much of her time now is dedicated to that part of the record keeping. Mr. Housler said he disagreed that the administrative offices have added employees over the last years. He said prior to 1985, the City had five people in the City Clerk's office and three people in the Personnel office. During the reorganization in 1985, the City eliminated one posi- tion in the Personnel office and one position in the Clerk's office. This action saved the City a lot of money and now a full-time position is needed in the City Cl-erk's office. Mr. Housler did not feel it would be efficient to have the Mayor's secretary fill in for the Clerk or vice versa. Mr. Housler pointed out that the City has grown and the work has increased during the last five years. Council President Kasper said the issue is, should the Council hire another person now to train for that position or wait until six months before the position is available to hire someone to replace the City Clerk. The Councilmembers inquired as to how the floater employee's time is being used and what offices benefit from her time. Ms. Parrett said they try to work as a team and the person works where she is needed. This person knows she is primarily assigned to the Clerk's office for her main duties and then she helps wherever she is needed, including some work for the Council President. Ms. Parrett said this person should not have to be doing so much. There are times when the float- er employee has to try to make everybody happy and get their work done for them while also fill- ing in for the receptionist. She said this not the kind of work that gives an employee pride in her job. She suggested that this person needs some of her own responsibilities so she can see what she is accomplishing and be proud of what she has done. Councilmember Jaech felt that part of the problems stated by Ms. Parrett come from not having a supervisor to control this person's assignments. Councilmember Jaech said at this point, she would like to leave this position as a level 4 classi- fication until the Council decides what direction they would like to take with the City Clerk position. The Councilmembers inquired about the possibility of the Mayor's secretary filling in for the Clerk and vice versa. Ms. Parrett pointed out that the jobs are entirely different. Mayor Naughten said it is not possible for the Clerk to fill in for his secretary. He said the City needs to hire someone to learn more about the Clerk's job to help cover for her when she is gone. Councilmember Hall suggested, once again, that a Deputy City Clerk is needed to fill in for the clerk when necessary. Mayor Naughten said he disagrees that the Council knows better how to handle the workload in the City as some Councilmembers have inferred. In regard to the Community Services Secretary's upgrade, Councilmember Nordquist inquired if the request was being suggested because of the person or because of the position. He said the memo- randum says that the person should be the reason for the change. Mr. Hunter said he was merely trying to point out that an error was made. COUNCILMEMBER JAECH MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST, THAT THE POSITION IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE BE LEFT AS A LEVEL 4 CLASSIFICATION UNTIL THE COUNCIL DECIDES HOW THEY WANT TO HANDLE THE CLERK'S POSITION. Councilmember Hertrich inquired if the level 4 position requires enough qualifications for the City to obtain a person who is able to perform the duties listed in the job description. Ms. Parrett said several duties on the description have not been done by the employee. Ms. Parrett has done those. MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERTRICH VOTING AGAINST THE MOTION. EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Page 4 October 30, 1989 COUNCILMEMBER HALL MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER WILSON, TO UPGRADE THE CLASSIFICATION FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES SECRETARY FROM LEVEL SIX TO LEVEL SEVEN. MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST OPPOSING THE MOTION. Mayor Naughten said he would make a written recommendation to the Council regarding the Clerk's office in the future. FURTHER PRESENTATION ON EXEMPT EMPLOYEE SALARIES Mr. Hunter explained that in the packet is a draft version of what the Council agreed to at the October 7, 1989 meeting. He said he would like to have the Council confirm this draft if possi- ble. Councilmember Wilson said it is a correct version, but he is opposed to moving the Administrative Services Director to an A-1 classification and leaving the two Chiefs at an A-2 classification. He said he sees it as unnecessary and divisive. He said he would rather see all of them at an A-1 classification than one of them moving up to where the Community Services Director is. He felt the Community Services Director's job is the lead job in the City. Mayor Naughten agreed. He said it was never explained why the Administrative Services Director should have the same classification as the Community Services Director. He said he is not con- vinced that it should be. Councilmember Hall said the first divisive move was moving the Administrative Services Director to A-1. She said she would like to have them all at the same salary. Mayor Naughten said if the Council gets the people out of the scenario, they will see that the Community Services Job requires much higher job qualifications. Council President Kasper pointed out that this discussion is available on tape for anyone wishing to review -it. He said he felt the Fire and Police Chiefs and the Administrative Services Direc- tor positions should remain as A-2. Because of the complexity of the Community Services Director position,.it should be upgraded to A-1. Councilmember Dwyer suggested that someone should make a motion to see if the Council can make some decisions on this issue. Councilmember Jaech said in the not too distant future, the Fire and Police Chief positions will be combined into a Public Services Director. When that is done, she would like this position to have the A-1 classification, also. COUNCILMEMBER .WILSON MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HERTRICH, THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIREC- TOR POSITION CONTINUE WITH THE A-1 CLASSIFICATION AND THE POLICE CHIEF, FIRE CHIEF, AND ADMINIS- TRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR POSITIONS REMAIN CLASSIFIED AS A-2. MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMEMBER HALL, COUNCILMEMBER JAECH, AND COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. Council President Kasper said that one thing that has not been agreed upon is the percentage of cost of living adjustment (COLA) that will be granted to professional/technical and supervisory employees. He suggested the Council come to some conclusions regarding this. Mr. Hunter said the Council previously decided that the department directors and division manag- ers would not get any COLA increase, only performance increases. The Council also decided that supervisors would receive a portion of COLA increase and a portion of performance increase. However, the Council did not decide what those portions should be. Council President Kasper expressed that he wants to have the performance of each employee mea- sured. If it is not the Council will be reviewing this again next year. Mr. Hunter recommended one change, that the Council deal with the actual salaries from the market- place cities rather than the ranges of salaries. He felt this would be more fair to the staff. He explained that when a person reaches the top of the range, they should not be able to go fur- ther. .They should only be able to get COLA increases. COLA increases affect the range and merit increases do not. Mr. Hunter explained that measuring actual salaries each year will show the total amount of sala- ry change in the marketplace cities each year. That information could be given to the Council to help them decide on how much to put into the salary pool. By surveying only the salary ranges each year, we would only know how much COLA the marketplace cities used; we would not know how much merit or performance was awarded. EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Page 5 October 30, 1989 Councilmember Jaech pointed out that using the actual salaries of different cities could be mis- leading. Perhaps a city, which has a need for a special expertise, hires an individual who must be paid at a higher level than normal in order to attract him to the area. This would be reflect- ed in the actual salary figures and make the City's pay for the same position look very low. Councilmember Hertrich inquired if staff is interested in using the same methods as the City of Auburn uses. Mr. Hunter said that after listening to the Management Team and the Mayor, he feels this would be the best approach. Councilmember Hertrich expressed that he did not want the City to be forced to do everything other cities are doing. Mr. Hunter explained that the City would not be forced to do anything. This information will only be used to help make decisions. In reference to the third suggestion in the memorandum from Mayor Naughten, Councilmember Dwyer inquired if this 7% pool would mean that some employees could get more than 7% and some employees could get less than 7%. Mayor Naughten answered affirmatively. He further indicated that the 7% figure includes 4% for COLA and 3% for merit. Mr. Hunter explained that Mayor Naughten's recommendation is to upgrade the salary range to a 1990 level. Council President Kasper inquired if there could be a cap of 9% so that a person could not re- ceive a raise of over 9%. Mr. Hunter said that would be possible. Mayor Naughten added that the City will refigure the percentages each year depending on the'econo- my. Councilmember Jaech said she feels more comfortable looking at the salary range than at the actu- al salaries. Once the ranges have been set, the City can determine what percentages will be used for COLA and merit increases. Councilmember Dwyer asked if it was the technical/professionals or the managers the Council is concerned about being fair with. He said if it was the directors and managers then he was com- fortable with looking at the ranges because they are the ones who work closely with the Mayor and he could judge the circumstances to award the merit pay. Councilmember Wilson said a performance increase provides the mayor with a tool to create incen- tive for employees to perform well. Councilmember Jaech said the problem in the past is the performance reviews have not been done. Councilmember Wilson commented that the Council would be offended if the Mayor did not conduct performance reviews before giving salary increases. The Council began discussing bonuses and whether or not they differ from merit pay. Councilmember Jaech suggested that another way to reward employees is to offer bonuses. This would not change their salaries and is a one-time payment. This type of pay could be used rather than merit and COLA increases. Mayor Naughten suggested that the Council go through each of his three suggestions and make their decisions on each. COUNCIL PRESIDENT KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DWYER TO APPROVE SUGGESTION ONE. MO- TION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMEMBER HALL VOTING AGAINST THE MOTION. (Suggestion 1: The salary rang- es the Council proposes to adopt for 1990 be updated before final adoption to reflect the current marketplace values for the Exempt positions.) COUNCIL PRESIDENT KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DWYER TO APPROVE SUGGESTION TWO. MO- TION .CARRIED. (Suggestion 2: The pay plan for Supervisors and Professionals should not be changed from the current plan, that being the COLA and 0% to 4% merit pay. This pay plan is needed in order to prevent pay compression with subordinate employees who are represented by the unions.) COUNCIL PRESIDENT KASPER MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DWYER TO APPROVE SUGGESTION THREE WITH ONE AMENDMENT: ADD THE WORD "ONLY" AFTER 1990. MOTION CARRIED. (Suggestion 3: The salary pool should be used only for the Department Directors and Division Managers. In addition, the pool should be funded for FY 1990 (only) AT A LEVEL BASED UPON 7% of the Directors' and Managers' EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Page 6 October 30, 1989 salaries, allowing sufficient resources to award their pay increases for 1990 on the basis of their past performance.) Mayor Naughten announced that the ranges would be updated for 1990 and brought back before the Council for their approval. DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL RESOURCE POSITION Council President Kasper said he sent forth a memorandum explaining his current thinking on this position. He said the Council has always kept this person to themselves, but the turnover has been a problem. He said that Barbara Mehlert does not want to work full-time and her qualifica- tions are excellent. She would like to work for the Council. Because of the Centennial coming up, this person could be used for the overflow work of the Centennial projects only. He suggest- ed that the Council could work out a schedule for this. He inquired if the Council would be - willing to let their resource'person work on the Centennial projects. Councilmember Hall said that if it is not the Centennial work this year, it will be something else next year. She felt the Council should "take the bull by the horns" and make a stand by not allowing their resource person to help with other projects. She felt the Council is going to need a lot of time. Council President Kasper said that this person would only be allowed to help on Centennial projects if there is time available. COUNCILMEMBER NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HALL, THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH BARBARA MEHLERT TO SERVE AS A COUN- CIL RESOURCE PERSON WITH DUTIES TO BE ASSIGNED BY THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND NO OTHER WORK LOAD. MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMEMBER DWYER OPPOSING THE MOTION. 1990 REVENUE AND BUDGET PREVIEW COUNCIL PRESIDENT KASPER MOVED THAT THE MAYOR'S BUDGET MESSAGE BE PUT IN FULL IN THE MINUTES. MOTION FAILED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. Councilmember Hall inquired about what the plans are for getting the budget approved. Mr. Housler said the .City cannot work on the 106% issue because the Assessor has advised him that there will be a delay in certifying the total assessed value and maximum property tax revenue because the State Department of Revenue cannot provide values for the County until later in November. Council President Kasper proposed that since the Council cannot work on the budget next week unless time is available, they should spend either the first or last hour of the Committee night working on the budget. He said they are trying to get this done by December 5 or 12. Councilmember Jaech advised of meeting dates when she would not be present. She stated her con- cern that property valuations are going up. She said in Seattle valuations have gone up 20%. If that is the case in Edmonds, she said the amount of additional funding that will be generated at a zero increase is more than it would have been based on last year's increase. She said the Coun- cil needs to look carefully at the rate they are going to levy because of the heavy impact on citizens' real estate taxes. Councilmember Hertrich said he checked into the reevaluation issue and it will not be until 1991 or 1992 when the properties in Edmonds will be reevaluated. Only new construction will be evalu- ated this year. Councilmember Dwyer said last year the Council budgeted for an ending cash balance of $100,000. This year they have budgeted for a $203,000 cash balance. The 6% increase brings in $183,000. If the Council does not want to increase the taxes by 6%, they can just take $183,000 off the ending cash balance. Councilmember Hall felt the Council needs to establish the Council Contingency Fund. Council President Kasper said he is not ready to approve anything until he looks at the budget. Council President Kasper stated that he will not vote for the 6% increase unless the money is used for road improvements. EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Page 7 October 30, 1989 MAYOR Mayor Naughten said he would recommend approval of a Class E and F liquor licence for the new owner of the AM/PM convenience store at 5th and Dayton, and the approval of a Class B, C, E, and puk F liquor license for the new owners of the Pub Tavern at 22921 Highway 99, if the Council did not ,PP#L4 object. No objection was noted. Regarding the illegal campaign signs on Olympic Avenue, Mayor Naughten said that in accordance with the Sign Code, he sent the violators a letter asking them to remove their signs by 5 p.m., October 29, 1989, which they did not. The -City has notified the attorney to proceed with the citations. Councilmember Hertrich referred to Section 20.60.100(C) of the Edmonds Community Development Code which states that the notice should advise the person of the penalties for continued violation of the Code. He pointed out that this letter did not point out the penalties of the violation. He suggested that another letter be sent stating that a penalty of $25 per day will be fined. Councilmember Dwyer also recommended that the City would do well to send another letter to these people advising them of the penalties they face. Mayor Naughten said he would find out if the notice was proper, and if not, he would send another notice. Councilmember Jaech asked why the City is hiring an independent prosecutor for this case. Mayor Naughten said they felt it would be better to go with an independent prosecutor because of all the legal embroilment with these people right now. Mayor Naughten said he did not have the name of the prosecutor, but he is from the Lynnwood area and was recommended by the City Attorney. Mayor Naughten said he sent a memorandum to each of the Councilmembers regarding Snohomish County Tomorrow. This is an opportunity for the cities to get together to plan for the future: The County wants a resolution from all of the cities who wish to participate and they would like each city to appoint a representative. COUNCILMEMBER HALL MOVED THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE RESOLUTION. MOTION FAILED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. Councilmember Dwyer asked for this issue to be placed on the next agenda. The Council decided to add this item to the November 7 consent agenda. Mayor Naughten announced that the public hearing on the train speeds will be November 9. COUNCIL Council President Kasper said the Puget Sound Council of Governments (PSCOG) presentation last Q S CO& week was excellent and he felt the best way to handle the issue is to run a tape of just that portion of the meeting. He said the City must reply by November 16. He recommended that the Council react to a draft by staff as to key comments they want to make prior to November 14. Councilmember Nordquist commented regarding the campaign signs on the transit issue that the :r signs do not say Community Transit is proposing to increase the sales tax by three tenths of a J percent. Council President Kasper responded that Councilmember Nordquist was correct and that Councilmember Kasper had objected to that. He added that this increase is a substantial amount of money that could be used for various projects Community Transit is proposing. He explained some of the projects they are working on. Councilmember Nordquist said he did not feel many people were aware of the raise in the sales tax. Councilmember Hall referred the Council to the memorandum from Marion Wilkerson regarding chang- ing parking on the west parking lot of the Library. She inquired what has been done with this request. Mayor Naughten answered that he sent a letter to him stating that the traffic engineer is looking into this request. Councilmember Jaech said she read an article in the Wall Street Journal concerning large trucks going through the residential areas. She said the article stated that one heavy truck going through a residential street is the equivalent of 1,000 cars. She felt that if the Council is concerned about the deterioration of the streets, they may want to consider placing some restric- tions on these heavy trucks. EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Page 8 October 30, 1989 Doug Merlino announced that there is a new traffic light at the base of the hill at Woodway High School. He thought this would take care of some of the accidents. The meeting adjourned at 9:35 p.m. THESE MINUTES ARE SUBJECT TO NOVEMBER 7 APPROVAL. JAC UELINE G. PARRETT, City Clerk AR EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Page 9 October 30, 1989 AGENDA EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL 7:00 - 10:00 P.M. OCTOBER 30, 1989 SPECIAL WORK MEETING - MONDAY - NO AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION MEETING PLACE: ROOM 206, FRANCES ANDERSON CENTER 700 MAIN ST., EDMONDS, WASHINGTON CALL TO ORDER FLAG SALUTE 1. CONSENT AGENDA (A) ROLL CALL (B) APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 24, 1989 (C) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF CLAIM FOR DAMAGES FROM KRISTINE A. NOBLE ($1,491.73) 2. RECOMMENDATION TO RECLASSIFY CLERICAL POSITIONS 3. FURTHER PRESENTATION ON EXEMPT EMPLOYEE SALARIES 4. DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL RESOURCE POSITION 5. 1990 REVENUE AND BUDGET PREVIEW 6. MAYOR 7. COUNCIL b THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND PARKING AND MEETING ROOMS ARE HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE (40 MINU1�,) (60 MINUTES) (15 MINUTES) (60 MINUTES)