City Council - Special Meeting

City of Bellingham City Council Special Meeting Minutes 10/05/2015, 7:00 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 Roxanne Murphy Pinky Vargas Michael Lilliquist Dan Hammill Jack Weiss Terry Bornemann Committee Of The Whole 20993 1. Public Hearing To Consider A Council Resolution Regarding Proposed Whatcom County Charter Amendments Council President Gene Knutson opened the meeting at 7:00 PM. He announced the process for the evening. There will be presentations on Propositions 1, 2, and 3 first, then Proposition 9 will follow. Four people have been invited to present on the topics. The people's names were received from the Auditor's Office; they were listed as Committee Members for the various Charter Amendments and they helped to author the descriptions in the voter's pamphlet. City Attorney Peter Ruffatto read the descriptions of Propositions 1-3 from the voter's pamphlet. The Council President chose names randomly to determine who presents first. Iris Maute-Gibson spoke against Propositions 1, 2, and 3. Then Karl Uppiano spoke in favor of Propositions 1, 2, and 3. The public hearing was opened for citizens to speak. The following citizens spoke: Opposition to 1-3 In Favor of 1-3 Abe Jaccobson David McCluskey Carole Jacobson Delaine Clizbe 1 Lisa McShane Kris Halterman Sandy Robson Linda Morrell Dena Jensen Matthew Goggins Mike Sennett Ken Kaliher Dianne Foster Eugene Lewis Brooks Anderson Peter Ruffatto read the description of Proposition 9 from the voter's pamphlet. The Council President chose names randomly to determine who presents first. Tim Douglas spoke in favor of Proposition 9 and Delaine Clizbe spoke against Proposition 9. The following citizens spoke: Opposition to 9 In Favor of 9 Matthew Goggins Abe Jacobson Kris Halterman Lisa McShane Karl Uppiano Mike Sennett David McCluskey Louann Chapman Carole Jacobson Ken Kaliher Dianne Foster Brooks Anderson Sandy Robson Kiernan Matt Petryni Judith Jenkins Iris Maute-Gibson Josie Ellison Andy Douglas Everett Ury Roxanne Murphy and Terry Bornemann thanked the citizens for speaking so that the voters can be adequately informed about these important issues. The president thanked the citizens for participating in the public hearing and adjourned the meeting. Adjournment at 9:30 2