City Council - Budget and Finance Committee

Name: City Council - Budget and Finance Committee — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2015-07-27T14:00:00
End: 2015-07-27T16:00:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · July 27, 2015

Agenda Minutes Packet Video Recording

Minutes

City of Bellingham Finance and Personnel Committee Meeting Minutes 07/27/2015, 2:00 PM Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members Jack Weiss, Gene Knutson, Daniel www.cob.org/council Hammill, Pinky Vargas, Terry Bornemann, Michael Lilliquist All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at and Roxanne Murphy 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted. Call to Order Roll Call Pinky Vargas, Chair Michael Lilliquist Dan Hammill Council Standing Committee Meetings: Finance and Personnel 20903 1. 911 Phone System Purchase INFORMATION ONLY Presentation by Greg Erickson, Deputy Director, WhatCom 20904 2. An Ordinance Relating to the 2015 Budget Appropriating an Additional $35,000 from Estimated Ending Restricted Reserves in the Library Gift Fund Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of budget amendment MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 3. Approval of Committee Meeting Minutes from July 6, 2015 Lilliquist/Hammill moved to approve Committee Meeting Minutes MOTION CARRIED 6-0. 4. Old/New Business Dan Hammill went on a ride-along with two Bellingham Police Department officers to clean up homeless camps. They picked up 4.5 tons of garbage. Council Member Hammill thanked the officers. He also went on a ride-along with the Bellingham Fire Department, and thanked them, as well. He also thanked the 180 volunteers and 53 1 service providers for their time and expertise at Project Homeless Connect last Thursday. The event served 530 people who are experiencing homelessness. Pinky Vargas attended a consultation by Roger Brooks, which was a review of the County from an outsider's perspective. Mr. Brooks discovered that way-finding could be improved. For a video of the presentation, visit www.Bellingham.org. Terry Bornemann proposed that the City Council host a Public Hearing on the topic of the County's proposed changes to the County Charter that will appear on the ballot. It would be an opportunity to present information to the voters via BTV10 and the Council can decide if it wants to take a stance on any of the measures. Gene Knutson went on a tour of FaithLife. Adjournment 2

Agenda

City of Bellingham Finance and Personnel Committee Meeting Agenda 07/27/2015, 2:00 PM Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members Pinky Vargas, Chair www.cob.org/council Michael Lilliquist, Daniel Hammill All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted. Call to Order Roll Call Council Standing Committee Meetings: Open to the public to attend. Note: there is generally no public comment period for Committee sessions. Standing Committee Members receive reports and information, ask questions and, when appropriate, vote on a recommended action for consideration by the full Council at the Regular Meeting. Committee Chairs give a report of the Committee Meeting at the Regular Meeting in the evening prior to deliberation and formal vote in the order shown below: Finance and Personnel Pinky Vargas Chair Michael Lilliquist; Daniel Hammill 20903 1. 911 Phone System Purchase p. 1 20904 2. An Ordinance Relating to the 2015 Budget Appropriating an p. 8 Additional $35,000 from Estimated Ending Restricted Reserves in the Library Gift Fund Adjournment Agenda Information: Council Committee and Regular Meeting agendas and agendas packets, which contain the supporting documentation for agenda items, are available to the public Wednesday afternoon prior to the meeting. They are posted at www.cob.org/meetings. Meetings are streamed live on the internet as they occur. 1 Accessibility: The Council Chambers is fully accessible. Elevator access to the second floor is available at City Hall’s west entrance. Hearing assistance is available and a receiver may be checked out through the clerk prior to the evening session. For additional accommodations, persons are asked to contact the Legislative Assistant at 778-8200 in advance of the meeting. Thank you. Next City Council Meeting 08/10/2015 Deadline to submit material for the public hearing for inclusion in the published agenda packet is 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday prior to the meeting. 2

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