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example, and the Conference supplies us with needed information. Mayor Harrison
said he thought regional planning should be financed regionally, and the county
should stand the cost of this. Councilwoman Shippen then made a motion to re-
instate money for the Puget Sound Governmental Conference, but the motion died
for lack of a second. Councilwoman Shippen then moved, seconded by Councilman
Nordquist that $240 be added under the Non -Departmental Fund for the City of.''
Edmonds' share to help maintain planning services of the Snohomish County Health
Planning Council, as presented to council at their regular meeting on November 28.
Motion carried. A motion was made by Councilwoman Shippen, seconded by Councilman
Gellert that on page 56, Item 63 under Non -Departmental, the word "Park" be struck
so as to have this item apply to any Beautification. This motion also carried.
CAO Ron Whaley suggested that a token amount of $200 be budgeted to pick up any
necessary expenses of the person assigned to Edmonds under the ACTION program, if
it becomes a reality. It was therefore moved by Councilman Gellert, seconded by
Councilwoman Shippen to add the amount of.$200 to this Fund for the ACTION program,
and the motion carried.
No changes were.suggested for.the LEFF Disability Board, nor for Public Works
Administration._ Under General Services, CAO,Whaley noted"that this included Data
Processing as well as the commonly.used items by all departments. He added that'
conversion of the card,system to disk system.on the computer and.the rental fee
are included in the total here. He then stated that in order to complete this
conversion to disk, etc., he felt it necessary to keep the E.E.A. Programmer in
Data Processing, and,following some discussion, it was moved by Councilman .
Gellert to retain the E.E.A. Programmer only to November 1, 1973. This motion
died for lack of a second. There was more discussion, and a motion was then
made by Councilman Haines, seconded by Councilman Nordquist to accept the recom-
mendation of the CAO and retain the Programmer to the end of the year 1973, with
the amount of $4488 increased in the General Services Fund. Motion carried.
Under Street Department, discussion resulted in a motion being made.by Councilman
Gellert, seconded by Councilman Nordquist that $14,000 be re -instated under
Construction Projects on page 94, Item 65, based on results of the recent survey
via the questionnaire. Motion carried. Director of M & 0 Herb Gilbo asked for
reconsideration -of the two E.E.A. positions cut from the Street Labor force,
based on the increase in services, but the request was withdrawn when it was
found to be included in the budget. Herb Gilbo recommended. that under the Water -
Sewer council reconsider on landscaping at the Treatment Plant and also Construction
projects. Going back to the previous motion, discussion was held and Councilman
Haines moved, seconded by Councilman Gellert to reserve judgement on the $14000
until recapitulation is received on the additional expenditures made thus far
tonight, so. -that council will know where it stands budgetwise. Motion carried.
Councilwoman Shippen moved, seconded by Councilman Gellert that the $4775 under
Landscaping in the Water -Sewer Dept. 411-029 be retained in the budget. Motion
carried.
Under the Treatment Plant, City Engineer Leif Larson reminded council that by
July 1, 1977 there was a requirement.for this facility in regard to governmental
regulations.
Councilwoman Shippen said that in regard to underground wiring, she would like
to see an amendment passed by the council to implement this instead of -,.depending
upon money from the contingency fund. She felt this was a priority item.
On the Sidewalk Construction Fund, a motion was made by Councilman Gellert,
seconded by Councilwoman,.Shippen that on page 165 of the proposed budget.$20,000
be added to the -Sidewalk Construction Fund for bicycle trails, sidewalks, and
walkways. Motion carried.
At this point, it was moved by Councilman Nordquist, seconded by Councilman Haines
to recess the budget hearing to Mond -ay evening, December 4 at 7:30 P.M. Motion
carried, and the meeting was recessed at 10:15 P.M.
Irene Varney Moran City Clerk
BUDGET HEARING
December 41 1972
Harve H. Harrison, Mayor
Recessed hearing on the 1973 budget was called to order by Mayor Harve Harrison
at 7:30 P.M. with all council members present except Nelson, who is out of town
for the month of December.
Council was advised that since Friday's budget hearing another item had come to
the city's attention in that it was possible to get a potential grant amounting
to 1% of the motor vehicle tax for a public transportation system if the city
provides matching funds from either a city owned utility or from a household tax.
Councilman Tuson asked CAO Whaley what 1% on the Water would amount to, and was
answered about $5,000 per year.
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Councilman Gellert asked if a summary of the monies needed for what was done on
Friday night at the budget hearing was available for council to look at to see
how it affected the budget. CAO Whaley said that the Finance Director had the
figures.
Councilman Tuson noted that council had --.voted before on the 5% Water tax, stating
that 2% was to go back into the Water Dept.
Councilman Haines questioned if the figures used on page 1 and 2 were the same
amounts certified.by the City Clerk on the ordinance which was passed levying
the taxes. The City Clerk got out the original ordinance book and verified that
the figures were 8 mills on an assessed valuation of $103,494,756.00.
Mayor Harrison then asked Finance Director Allen Tuttle to report on the effect
of various appropriations from the last budget hearing. Mr. Tuttle stated that
they had.added Fund 115 for underground wiring and put in $50,000; then added
Fund 322 for sidewalks and trail improvements and placed the sum of $20,000 in
there. He reported that the E.E.A. figures from the end of June 1973; including
23 people, amounted to $120,000. When asked how long the E.E.A. funding was to
last, he answered that the program went to August 15 and some to November 9. He
then went on to say that they had taken out the federal revenue sharing from
Dept. 18 of the General Fund; put in % mill property tax that the Mayor had plan-
ned to take out; put in the tax on electricity, and in fact returned the amounts
for the 5% Utility taxes, which had been suggested for reduction by the Mayor.
He explained where in each fund the monies were to be placed, but council felt
it would be preferable if the estimated revenues were shown in one place and the
expenses then shown using this particular money.
Councilman Tuson stated that if council earmarked certain revenues for certain •
funds, then this was alright; but if not, the revenues should be shown in the
General Fund. It was noted by the CAO that the budget as it stood would be in
the hole $18,000 if figured with the Mayor's recommendations (minus certain taxes);
that it would be $32,000 to the good if all these recommended tax deletions are
put back, counting revenue sharing monies, and also the contingency fund left of
$1569000.
Council seemed to feel that they should know how much they spent above the pro-
possed budget on Friday night (exclusive of revenue sharing monies) and where
they stood at that point. The figure of $100,000 in the hole if not transferred
out of the General Fund was mentioned. Mr. Tuttle made copies of the list of
figures for each council member. In trying to get some clarification, Councilman
Haines said he objected to this type of listing and Councilwoman Shippen agreed,
since the revenue was not in the revenue column, but divided up amongst the funds
where it.would be utilized. Council also felt that the revenue sharing monies
should be listed separately and set aside for special projects as needed, and as
Councilman Haines noted, if we need the money - fine - but put the rest in a Trust
Account to use when and if we need it. Councilman Haines then asked the Attorney
where the income goes from the 5% tax, and Attorney Murphy answered the Current
Expense Fund. There was a great deal of discussion, and a motion was then made by
Councilman Haines, seconded by Councilman Nordquist that the revised budget be.
done with the income of the City showing on estimated revenues on pages 1 and 2,
and the expenses then be parcelled out from those estimated revenues. Motion
carried, and the .hearing was again recessed at 8:30 P.M.
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�_� •Irene Varney Mo n, City Clerk Harve H. Harrison, Mayor
December' S, 1972
ROLL CALL
Regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order by Mayor Harve
Harrison with all council members present except Nelson.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the meeting of November 28 had been posted, mailed and distributed, and
since there were no corrections nor omissions, they were approved as written.
COUNCIL PARTICIPATION
Councilman Haines stated that he would like to have placed on the council agenda
a report once a month from the council representatives who attend the meetings of
Committees such as the Health District, SNOCOM, South County Transit Board, Airport,
etc. Councilman Haines then put this in the form of a motion, seconded by Council-
woman Shippen that once a month a report be given to council on the proceedings of
these various committees attended by a council representative, and this be on the
agenda. Motion carried.
APPOINTMENT TO LIBRARY BOARD
Mayor Harrison made the appointment of Beverly Gustayson to the Library Board for
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