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19751201 City Council Minutes• 355 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6.30.060 OF THE CITY CODE 1 1 MOTION: MOTION: MOTION: COUNCILMAN GELLERT MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN'ANDERSON'TO PASS ORDINANCE #1803. MOTION CARRIED. PROPOSED ORDINANCE RE/SHELL CREEK VALLEY COUNCILMAN CLEMENT MOVED, SECONDED.BY COUNCILMAN GELLERT TO PASS ORDINANCE #1804. PROPOSED RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING FUNDS MOTION CARRIED. COUNCILMAN ANDERSON MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN SHIPPEN TO PASS RESOLUTION #346. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES Council acknowledged receipt of Claims for Damages from Robert A. Moss and -Delmar -and La Vaughn Feely. These were referred to the City Clerk for processing., There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:00 P.M. IRENE VARNEY MORAN, 'ty Clerk H. H. H RRISON, Mayor Dedember 1., 1975 BUDGET HEARING The City of Edmonds Budget Hearing was opened in the Council Chambers at the Edmonds Civic Center by Mayor Protem Gellert, with all council members present. Mayor Protem Max Gellert gave the Mayor's message saying that the Mayor took the input from the various departments and found that the budget was out of balance about $360,000. He preceeded to pare it down with some of the major cuts being 2% out of the salary increases, several cap- ital items such as the attach unit for the Fire Department, and a new inspector, $50,000 out of the underground wiring fund, etc. The hearing was then opened.-.. Capt..Shields asked where-the.largest cuts were being made. Mayor Pr6tem Gellert answered that the biggest dollar cut was in the Fire Department, then in the underground wiring `_and $38,000 in the Street Department. Capt. Shields stated that the general public is interested in street improvements. Mr. Gellert said that this is mainly a maintenance budget. There was some dis- cussion on storm drainage, following which the hearing was closed. Council then proceeded.to review the document department'by department. There was discussion on employee fringe benefits, with a request being made to the Finance Department.to re -calculate the benefits by tomorrow night. There was also a brief discussion on exempt salaries. Council- man Nordquist said that he would not like to consider any of these salaries unless the Council MOTION: is supplied with evaluations on those people. COUNCILMAN CLEMENT MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST THAT THE -COUNCIL NOT CONSIDER SALARY ORDINANCE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS FORMAL REVIEWS HAVE BEEN MADE.AVAILABLE'FOR THE EXEMPT PEOPLE UNDER CONSIDERATION.' MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. There was.discussion on miscellaneous accounts and what is'covered under these. Mr. Whaley explained the benefit to the City from his attendance at varzaus seminars and meetings through - MOTION: out the year. Transportation was also considered. COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARNS TO MAINTAIN THE 1975-LEVEL OF $1,400.IN THE TRANSPORTATION FUND IN THE EXECU- TIVE BUDGET., MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MOTION: COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST ALSO MOVED TO REDUCE THE TRANSPORTATION FUND IN THE CITY CLERK'S BUDGET TO $500. THIS WAS SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARIS AND CARRIED. MOTION: COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN BRUNS TO CUT THE CITY COUNCILTRANSPOR- TATION BUDGET IN HALF ($300). MOTION CARRIED. A discussion on the proposed census then took place and it was decided to leave the money in the City Clerk's budget to cover this item. MOTION: A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST TO CUT THE TRANSPORTATION FUND IN THE FINANCE DE- PARTMENT'TO 4600.00. MOTION CARRIED, FOLLOWING SECOND FROM CLEMENT. MOTION: COUNCILMAN CARNS MOVED TO CUT THE MISCELLANEOUS FUND IN THE FINANCE.DEPARTMENT TO $400.: THIS MOTION ALSO CARRIED, AFTER BEING SECONDED BY NORDQUIST. MOTION: Discussion followed on the Library budget. COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEMENT TO PLACE $800 BACK INTO LINE ITEM #38 IN THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE SECTION OF THE LIBRARY BUDGET. THIS MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MOTION: COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST THEN MOVED., SECONDED,BY'COUNCILMAN CARNS TO PROVIDE $5,600 TO THE LIBRARY FOR ITEMS 1,'2, AND 3 IN LINE 63. MOTION.,CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY., A discussion followed on the Municipal Arts Fund. There was general discussion on what the objectives of the Arts Commission will be for the coming year. Councilman Carns said that he would rather have money in the contingency fund and then have them make a presentation to MOTION: the Council to request funds. COUNCILWOMAN SHIPPEN MOVED, ZCONDED.BY COUNCILMAN CLEMENT THAT • $2,000 BE PLACED IN THE MUNICIPAL ARTS FUND CONTINGENT UPON THE ARTS COMMISSION PRESENTING THE COUNCIL WITH AN OUTLINE OF THEIR PHILOSOPHY BY APRIL. MOTION CARRIED, WITH COUNCILMAN CARNS VOTING AGAINST. 3-u • The Police Department budget was discussed in general with no motions for changes this evening, except that it was noted that the Mayor had put $8,000 back in the budget for overtime. There followed discussion on the Fire Department and replacement of equipment. Following MOTION:, further discussion, MAYOR PRDTEM GELLERT MOVED TO TAKE $4,000 FOR THE VIDEO-TAPE OUT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED AND CARRIED. There was no change in the Planning Department budget. COUNCILMAN CARNS THEN MOVED, AT 10:45 P.M., TO RECESS THE HEARING TO 7:30 P.M. TOMORROW EVENING. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED AND CARRIED. DECEMBER 2, 1975 ROLL CALL The regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council was called to order by Mayor Harve Harrison at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Edmonds Civic Center with all council members present., APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the meeting of the 25th of November had been posted, mailed and distributed and with no omissions nor corrections, they were approved as written. COUNCIL PARTICIPATION Councilman Carns said that he would like to have put on the next work meeting agenda, a dis- cussion on business license fees for the City of Edmonds. The next work meeting is December 9th. Councilman Clement asked the City Attorney about Council contact with members of the legislature. The attorney said there was no prohibition'. MOTION: COUNCILMAN GELLERT MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST THAT ITEMS 7, 8 AND 9; THE ITEM RE- GARDING A REQUET FOR BID ON LOTH & MAPLE, PHASE IV WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT AND SPEED LIMITS ON HIGHWAY 99 BE PLACED AHEAD OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Harrison announced that the term of Mike Rizzuto has expired on the Amenities Design Board MOTDN: and he would like to reappoint him to that Board. COUNCILMAN ANDERSON MOVED, SECONDED BY COUN- CILMAN GELLERT TO CCNFIRM THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MIKE RIZZUTO TO THE AMENITIES DESIGN BOARD. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Harrison said that the City Engineer has asked for a bid opening date of January 15, 1976 for the Phase IV Water Main Replacement Program. Mr. Larson said that he would give the council MOTION: an estimate before that time. COUNCILMAN GELLERT MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON TO SET JANUARY 15, 1976 FOR THE BID OPENING IN CONNECTION WITH THE PHASE IV WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PRO- GRAM. MOTION CARRIED. There was also a request that January 6, 1976 be set as the bid date•for the sale'of the loth and Maple water tank site. A re -appraisal was recently made which reduced the price from $35,000 to $32,000. Authorization was asked to re -advertise at the price of $32,000. Engineer Larson suggested that we also advertise as a real estate advertisement. He said that it could be sold as one piece, or as individual building sites. City Planner, Joe Wallis, stated that the attorney has previously advised that when continguous lots are in the same ownership, that have previously been subdivided, and are re -sold along subdivision lines, they would still have to go through • another subdivision process. Mr. Larson said in that case the property could only be sold in one piece. Discussion followed, with the City Planner saying that this would be a short sub- division and can be handled in-house. The property can be posted and then heard at staff level. Mr. Larson said that we would have to delay the bid date until the end of January if this pro- MODION: cedure is followed. COUNCILMAN GELLERT MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON TO PERMIT THE PLANNER TO SUBDIVIDE THE LOTH & MAPLE SITE. MOTION CARRIED. The Mayor said there was a request to reduce the speed limit on a portion of Highway 99 north of 212th. He said that the State Highway Department has requested that the City of Edmonds include a two block section north of 212th in Ordinance #1764 which reduced the speed limit on Highway 99 within the city limits from 50 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour. City Engineer, jJ Leff Larson, said that the Highway Department had indicated that with the various speed limits along Highway 99, it was very confusing and asked that it be 45 all the way. A motion WAS MADE by Councilman Nordquist, and seconded by Councilman Carns to pass -Ordinance #1805. Mr. Larson said that it needs to be published and that this is a little premature. The motion was withdrawn MOTION:, by Councilman Nordquist with the concurrenceeof the second. COUNCILMAN GELLERT MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NORDQUIST TO SET.THIS MATTER ON THE AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 16TH. MOTION CARRIED. AUDIENCE PARTICPATION Marilyn Alkire said that she and many of her neighbors would like to have the tennis courts put back on the Seaview Reservoir. She also notified the Council that there is a petition circulating at the present time in this regard. She said that everyone she has talked to has been in favor of the courts. During discussion, the City Engineer said that the top of the tank could still be used as tennis courts if, and when, the funds are avilable. 40