City Council - Committee Of The Whole

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 07/10/2017, 2:25 PM Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members April Barker, 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 Michael Lilliquist, Chair Terry Bornemann April Barker Pinky Vargas Roxanne Murphy Gene Knutson Dan Hammill Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole 21662 1. Memorandum of Agreement Between City of Bellingham and Whatcom County Regarding Their Commitment to Incarceration Reduction and Prevention Terry Bornemann / Pinky Vargas moved to recommend adding to the second recital the GRACE program and adoption of the pre-trial risk assessment tool MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Gene Knutson / Terry Bornemann moved to authorize the Mayor to enter into this MOA if the JFFUA is approved by the City Council with the Mayor's signature dependent upon the County Council's approval; and add the word "prevention" after "incarceration" in item B on page 133 MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 1 21266 2. Interlocal Jail Facility Financing and Use Agreement Gene Knutson / Pinky Vargas moved to recommend approval of the JFFUA MOTION CARRIED 5-2. Opposed: April Barker, Dan Hammill 21663 3. Whatcom County Jail Ballot Ordinance INFORMATION ONLY 4. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Michael Lilliquist / Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval of minutes for the June 19th Committee Meetings, June 13th Town Hall, March 29th Joint Lake Whatcom Meeting, and March 25th City Council Retreat MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 5. Old/New Business Councilmember Hammill followed up with the Mayor’s Office on a request for a presentation on ombuds services, or third party contracting that would handle any Civil Rights complaints made against City employees or departments. There was input given by Councilmembers. Brian Heinrich said a presentation will be given at the July 24th Council meeting. Councilmember Vargas attended the Pride Parade and Festival and thanked the Bellingham Police and Fire Departments for their participation. She is proud of Bellingham. April Barker / Gene Knutson moved to schedule an evening presentation by Adrienne Solenberger and Mike Parker of the Opportunity Council on the topic of master leasing MOTION CARRIED 7-0. April Barker / Pinky Vargas moved to create a City Council Justice Committee MOTION CARRIED 4-3. Opposed: Gene Knutson, Terry Bornemann, Roxanne Murphy 2 Councilmember Lilliquist received head nods for the VERA Institute to present to the Justice Committee when they return with their recommendations in the fall. Councilmember Lilliquist invited the public to visit the City Council’s redesigned webpages that include a Top Issues section. This will be a dynamic page that Councilmembers can utilize when new issues emerge. Community members can also stay in touch with Council happenings through the Council’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/bellinghamcitycouncil. Additionally, three Councilmembers have blogs: Hammill, Lilliquist, and Barker. These new endeavors are efforts to enhance Council communication with the public. He attended the Homeless Person’s Summit on Saturday at Maritime Heritage Park and was very moved by hearing the stories of people who have experienced, or are experiencing, homelessness. Adjournment 3