City Council - Committee Of The Whole

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 11/09/2015, 1:55 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 Gene Knutson, Chair Jack Weiss Michael Lilliquist Pinky Vargas Terry Bornemann Roxanne Murphy Dan Hammill Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole 21032 1. A Resolution by the City Council of Bellingham, Washington Making a Declaration of Substantial Need for the Purposes of Setting the Limit Factor for the 2016 Property Tax Levy Terry Bornemann/Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of the resolution MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 21033 2. 2016 Property Tax Levy Ordinance Dan Hammill/Jack Weiss moved to recommend approval of the ordinance MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 21034 3. Resolution Setting the 2016 City Council Meeting Schedule Michael Lilliquist/Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of the resolution 1  MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 21035 4. A Resolution Regarding the Korean War Children's Memorial in Big Rock Garden Park Under the third Whereas, add "Garden" after Big Rock. In the first Be it Resolved clause, add "Korean War Children's Memorial in" before Big Rock Garden Park. Terry Bornemann/Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of resolution as amended MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 5. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Michael Lilliquist/Roxanne Murphy moved approval of the October 26th minutes as submitted. MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Gene Knutson abstained. 6. Old/New Business Terry Bornemann invited the public to a short ceremony for the unveiling of the new Billy Frank, Jr. Street signs at the corner of Laurel and Indian Streets on Monday, November 16th at 8:30 AM. Mayor Linville asked that the Council consider changing the Council calendar to have two successive meetings in August. The Council chose to keep the calendar as is with the acknowledgement that it can be changed as needed in the future. Mayor Linville, Brian Heinrich, and Peter Ruffatto reported on their meeting with Sheriff Elfo on Thursday. The Mayor expressed appreciation for her staff for looking at alternatives to reduce the jail population. Brian said that the Sheriff will put a population cap on the downtown jail at the beginning of the year at 212 occupancy. Sheriff Elfo was clear that he does not want any booking restrictions. Peter reported that even before the Task Force recommendations come out, we can still make some process changes. 21036 7. Work Session on the 2016 Supplemental Budget Modifications Council Members presented their budget modifications for discussion with the Administration and each other. 2 Councilmember Terry Bornemann's proposal is for staff to draft an ordinance and send to the Community & Economic Development Committee. Council directed staff to come back to Council with funding options on Councilmember Weiss's proposal regarding the library. Council asked that Councilmember Hammill's proposal be assigned to the Finance Committee. Councilmember Vargas/Councilmember Hammill moved that Council add the reallocation of downtown safety and outreach funds to the Homeless Outreach Team with the inclusion of $1,657 from the General Fund. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Adjournment 3