City Council - Budget and Finance Committee
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · September 28, 2020
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Finance and Economic Development Committee Minutes
September 28, 2020, 1:00 PM
Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members, Pinky Vargas, Chair www.cob.org/council
Lisa Anderson, Hollie Huthman 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 Pinky Vargas, Fourth Ward
Committee Member Lisa Anderson, Fifth Ward
Committee Member Hollie Huthman, At-Large
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 Economic Development
Pinky Vargas, Chair
Lisa Anderson, Hollie Huthman
22691 1. An Ordinance Amending the 2019-2020 Biennial Budget Increasing p. 3
Appropriations and Estimated Revenues in the General Fund to
Recognize Additional CARES Act Funding
Andy Asbjornsen, Finance Director, introduced and explained the CARES Act
additional funding that was approved on September 16, 2020 from the
Department of Commerce.
Tara Sundin, Economic Development Manager, provided a review of additional
funds and what they are being used for. The City is receiving $1,351,000. The
City is proposing $651,000 to business recovery grants, $100,000 to childcare
Finance and Economic Development Committee Minutes Page 1
September 28, 2020
business recovery and $500,000 to food & beverage industries within the
Bellingham City Center.
Pinky Vargas moved to recommend approval.
MOTION CARRIED 3-0.
Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:19 PM.
Finance and Economic Development Committee Minutes Page 2
September 28, 2020
Agenda
City of Bellingham
Finance and Economic Development Committee Agenda
September 28, 2020, 1:00 PM
Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members, Pinky Vargas, Chair www.cob.org/council
Lisa Anderson, Hollie Huthman All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted.
Council members will participate in this meeting remotely through an online web-based
meeting platform. Per Washington State Proclamation 20-28, in-person attendance at
meetings is prohibited at this time.
Council meetings are streamed live via the City’s website at meetings.cob.org and on the City’s
YouTube channel. Meetings are broadcast in high definition on BTV on Comcast channel 321,
and in standard definition on Comcast channel 10. Members of the public who do not have
cable or Internet access may contact the City Council office to receive phone numbers in order
to listen to the meeting via telephone.
Those who would like to listen in by phone can do so using any of the following phone
numbers:
(253) 215-8782
(346) 248-7799
(669) 900-6833
(301) 715-8592
(312) 626-6799
(929) 205-6099
Meeting ID: 976 1056 0548
Password: 9
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 Economic Development
Pinky Vargas, Chair
Lisa Anderson, Hollie Huthman
22691 1. An Ordinance Amending the 2019-2020 Biennial Budget Increasing p. 3
Appropriations and Estimated Revenues in the General Fund to
Recognize Additional CARES Act Funding
Adjournment
Agenda Information:
Council Committee and Regular Meeting agendas and agenda packets, which contain the
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.
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, contact the Legislative
Assistant at 778-8200 in advance of the meeting. Thank you.
Next City Council Committee Meetings
Monday, October 12, 2020
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.
Get email alerts for Bellingham
A daily email when new agendas and minutes are posted.