City Council - Budget and Finance Committee

Name: City Council - Budget and Finance Committee — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2020-11-09T13:35:00
End: 2020-11-09T15:35:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · November 9, 2020

Agenda Minutes Packet Video Recording

Minutes

City of Bellingham Finance and Economic Development Committee Minutes November 9, 2020, 1:35 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 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 22807 1. Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's 2021 Budget Recommendations p. 3 Tara Sundin, Economic Development Manager, explained the recommedation and how it is based on a reduction of approximately $900,000 in 2020 revenue and $800,000 in 2021. Extreme revenue reduction has impacted several programs as outlined in the attached memorandum in the agenda packet. Lisa Anderson moved to accept the recommendations. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 22808 2. An Ordinance Amending the 2019-2020 Biennial Budget Increasing p. 8 Estimated Revenues and Appropriations and Transferring Funds Hollie Huthman moved to recommend approval. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. Finance and Economic Development Committee Minutes Page 1 November 9, 2020 22767 3. A Resolution Making a Declaration of Substantial Need for the p. 13 Purposes of Setting a Limit Factor for the Property Tax Levy for 2021 Forrest Longman, Deputy Finance Director, explained the resolution is required to increase the levy by one percent. Lisa Anderson moved to recommend approval of the resolution. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 22767 4. An Ordinance Establishing the Property Tax Levy for 2021 p. 16 Forrest Longman, Deputy Finance Director, explained that the property tax is based on the assessed value of the property. Hollie Huthman moved to recommend approval of first and second reading of the ordinance. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 22809 5. Resolution Adopting a Self-Insurance Program p. 21 Brian Heinrich, Deputy Administrator, outlined the City's continued goals to provide affordable, comprehensive benefit options for employees. Self- insurance is not adding any additional costs to the City. It is budgeted appropriately and Premera will still be the City's provider. Hollie Huthman moved to recommend approval of the resolution at the City Council Meeting. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:15 PM Finance and Economic Development Committee Minutes Page 2 November 9, 2020

Agenda

City of Bellingham Finance and Economic Development Committee Agenda November 9, 2020, 1:35 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: 938 9801 6919 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 22807 1. Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's 2021 Budget Recommendations p. 3 22808 2. An Ordinance Amending the 2019-2020 Biennial Budget Increasing p. 8 Estimated Revenues and Appropriations and Transferring Funds 22767 3. A Resolution Making a Declaration of Substantial Need for the p. 13 Purposes of Setting a Limit Factor for the Property Tax Levy for 2021 22767 4. An Ordinance Establishing the Property Tax Levy for 2021 p. 16 22809 5. Resolution Adopting a Self-Insurance Program p. 21 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, November 23, 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.

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