City Council - Special Meeting

Name: City Council - Special Meeting — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2020-11-16T13:00:00
End: 2020-11-16T15:00:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Special Meeting

Bellingham, WA · November 16, 2020

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Minutes

City of Bellingham City Council Special Meeting Minutes November 16, 2020, 1:00 PM Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members Hannah Stone, Gene Knutson, Daniel Hammill, www.cob.org/council Pinky Vargas, Lisa Anderson, Michael Lilliquist and All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at Hollie Huthman 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted. Call to Order Roll Call Committee of the Whole Gene Knutson, Chair Hannah Stone, Daniel Hammill, Pinky Vargas, Lisa Anderson, Michael Lilliquist, Hollie Huthman 22775 1. 2021-2022 Biennial Budget Work Session Council Member Vargas introduced the items to be considered for modifications. Michael Lilliquist / Lisa Anderson moved to direct staff to modify the budget proposal to include $1 million dollars of REET funds for additional homeless capactiy. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. The second modification is a request to add an additional $500,000 for expanding service hours of the Homeless Outreach Team and increase in services with the contract provider, the Opportunity Council. Michael Lilliquist / Holly Huthman moved to modify the budget amendment by $500,000 to support the HOT program. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. The Mayor proposed a third modification to add and restructure the Human Resources department and bring a Human Resources Director to the City. Lisa Anderson / Gene Knutson moved to modify the biennial budget to fund a Human Resources director position for 2021/2022. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Council President Knutson, asked that the administration to contact our lobbyist to oppose Senator Doug Ericksen's introduction of a bill to do away with mail-in ballots. City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page 1 November 16, 2020 Forrest Longman, Deputy Finance Director, reminded all that furlough days are down to 12 days instead of 16 days for all employee groups. He plans to have final numbers on December 7, 2020. Adjournment Council President Knutson asked about the timing and schedule / outline for the next meeting and public hearing for the meeting on the November 23. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:50 PM. City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page 2 November 16, 2020

Agenda

City of Bellingham City Council Special Meeting Agenda November 16, 2020, 1:00 PM Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members Hannah Stone, Gene Knutson, Daniel Hammill, www.cob.org/council Pinky Vargas, Lisa Anderson, Michael Lilliquist and All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at Hollie Huthman 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: 991 3727 2593 Password: 9 Call to Order Committee Of The Whole Gene Knutson, Chair Hannah Stone, Daniel Hammill, Pinky Vargas, Lisa Anderson, Michael Lilliquist, Hollie Huthman 22775 1. 2021-2022 Biennial Budget Work Session p. 3 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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