City Council - Committee Of The Whole

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Minutes June 18, 2018, 2:35 PM Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members April Barker, Gene Knutson, Daniel Hammill, www.cob.org/council Pinky Vargas, Terry Bornemann, Michael Lilliquist and All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at Roxanne Murphy 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted. Call to Order Roll Call Roxanne Murphy, Chair Michael Lilliquist Gene Knutson April Barker Dan Hammill Terry Bornemann Pinky Vargas 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: Committee Of The Whole Roxanne Murphy, Chair April Barker; Gene Knutson; Daniel Hammill; Pinky Vargas; Terry Bornemann; Michael Lilliquist 21984 1. Elected Officials Salary Survey p. 3 Presented by Mayor Kelli Linville and Brian Heinrich April Barker moved to direct the Administration to return with various options for moving forward. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 2. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Committee Of The Whole Minutes Page 1 June 18, 2018  Gene Knutson / Dan Hammill moved to recommend approval of the June 4th minutes. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 3. Old/New Business Terry Bornemann - 1) Is there going to be a tent city at the old Aloha property? He is hearing concerns from his ward constituents, but he has not heard anything about it. The Mayor said that the City is not suggesting that. 2) For our Canadian neighbors: Bellingham welcomes you. Pinky Vargas - Can we have an update on the Climate Action Plan Task Force tonight? Yes. Gene Knutson: Thanked Marie Marchand for her four years of service as the Legislative Assistant. Mayor Kelli: 1) She has the names of the volunteers to write the pro-Home Fund piece in the voters' pamphlet. There are no people who volunteered to write against it. 2) She wrote a letter against the federal government's practice of separating children from their parents at the border. She will send it to the Council this afternoon for their consideration to co-sign. Brian Heinrich: They will be going to a wider search for the Legislative Assistant position. Roxanne Murphy: Building Association BBQ was enjoyable. Adjournment Committee Of The Whole Minutes Page 2 June 18, 2018