City Council - Budget and Finance Committee
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · June 4, 2018
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Finance and Personnel Committee Minutes
June 4, 2018, 10:30 AM
Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members Daniel Hammill, Chair www.cob.org/council
April Barker, Pinky Vargas All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order
Roll Call
Present:
Committee Chair Dan Hammill, Third Ward
Committee Member April Barker, First Ward
Committee Member Pinky Vargas, Fourth Ward
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. The notice of Committee Meetings identified below also serves as notice of
Special Meetings of the City Council at the times identified as Council Members who are not
members of the committee routinely attend and participate in the Committee Meetings.
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
Daniel Hammill, Chair
April Barker; Pinky Vargas
21913 1. Roundtable Discussion on Future Levies and Taxes p. 3
The Committee held a roundtable discussion with Bellingham School District
Superintendent Greg Baker, County Executive Jack Louws, WTA General
Manager Pete Stark, and WTA Finance Director Shonda Shipman. Council
Legislative Analyst Mark Gardner gave a short presentation on the distribution
of funds from the City's portion of property tax in 2018.
INFORMATION ONLY
Adjournment
Finance and Personnel Committee Minutes Page 1
June 4, 2018
Agenda
City of Bellingham
Finance and Personnel Committee Agenda
June 4, 2018, 10:30 AM
Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members Daniel Hammill, Chair www.cob.org/council
April Barker, Pinky Vargas All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order
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. The notice of Committee Meetings identified below also serves as notice of
Special Meetings of the City Council at the times identified as Council Members who are not
members of the committee routinely attend and participate in the Committee Meetings.
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
Daniel Hammill, Chair
April Barker; Pinky Vargas
21913 1. Roundtable Discussion on Future Levies and Taxes p. 3
Adjournment
Agenda Information:
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supporting documentation for agenda items, are available to the public Wednesday afternoon
prior to the meeting. They are posted at https://meetings.cob.org/. Meetings are streamed live
on the internet as they occur.
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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, contact the Legislative
Assistant at 778-8200 in advance of the meeting. Thank you.
Next City Council Committee Meetings
Monday, June 18, 2018
Deadline to submit material for any public hearing for inclusion in the published agenda
packet is 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday prior to the meeting.
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