City Council - Special Meeting

Name: City Council - Special Meeting — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2022-11-07T13:00:00
End: 2022-11-07T15:00:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Special Meeting

Bellingham, WA · November 7, 2022

Agenda Minutes Packet Video Recording

Minutes

City of Bellingham City Council Special Meeting Minutes November 7, 2022, 1:00 PM Mayor: Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8100, mayorsoffice@cob.org Council Members: Hannah Stone, Hollie Huthman, Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Daniel Hammill, Edwin H. “Skip” Williams, Lisa Anderson, https://cob.org/council Michael Lilliquist and Kristina Michele Martens All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted. Call to Order Council President Pro Tempore Michael Lilliquist called the Special Council meeting to order at 1pm. Roll Call Present: Council President Hannah Stone, First Ward Council Member Hollie Huthman, Second Ward Council Member Daniel Hammill, Third Ward Council Member Edwin H. "Skip" Williams, Fourth Ward Council Member Lisa Anderson, Fifth Ward Council Member Michael Lilliquist, Sixth Ward Council Member Kristina Michele Martens, At Large 23515 1. Budget Work Session p. 3 Forrest Longman, Deputy Finance Director, provided an update on additional budget modifications. Daniel Hammill / Edwin H. "Skip" Williams moved to recommend approval of the proposed budget modifications. MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Not Present: Hannah Stone Darlene Peterson and Judge Deborah Lev provided an overview of the 2021-2022 Court Achievements and outlined the proposed 2023-2024 budget. Budget highlights include:  One Additional Staff Member to Reopen Public Front Counter Services  Upgrade our JAVS Court Recording System for Electronic Court Proceedings  Continue to Work Towards a Paperless Court  Restore Funding for Domestic Violence Treatment for Indigent Defendants City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page 1 November 7, 2022 Council Members asked questions. Mayor Seth Fleetwood provided an overview of the 2021-2022 Administration Achievements and outlined the proposed 2023-2024 budget. Budget highlights include:  Create the Office of Climate  Support the work of the Whatcom Racial Equity Commission  Continue Small and Simple grants  Continued support for community cultural events  Continued emphasis on alternative response for those in crisis Council Members asked questions. Council President Hannah Stone provided an overview of the 2021-2022 Council Achievements and outlined the proposed 2023-2024 budget. Budget highlights include:  No Change in FTEs - Revisit Staffing Needs at Mid-Biennium (or sooner, if needed)  Increase in Budget is due to Salary and Benefit Increases  New Legislative Assistant hired to start December 1, 2022  Temporary Overlap with Current Legislative Assistant  Salary Commission to complete work by December 31, 2022  Collaboration with New Communications Position in the Mayor's Office (to be hired in 2023) Council Members asked questions. Adjournment There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 2:05pm. City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page 2 November 7, 2022

Agenda

City of Bellingham City Council Special Meeting Agenda November 7, 2022, 1:00 PM Mayor: Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8100, mayorsoffice@cob.org Council Members: Hannah Stone, Hollie Huthman, Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Daniel Hammill, Edwin H. “Skip” Williams, Lisa Anderson, https://cob.org/council Michael Lilliquist and Kristina Michele Martens All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at Legislative Assistant: Nalini Margaitis 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted. The City Council Special Budget Meetings are open to the public to listen and view only. The full preliminary budget is available at https://cob.org/budget. Council meetings are streamed live via the City’s website at https://cob.org/meetings and on the City’s YouTube channel at https://cob.org/btv. Meetings are also broadcast in high definition on BTV on Comcast channel 321, and in standard definition on Comcast channel 10. To listen live during the Work Budget Session Meeting at 1:00 PM, please visit:  Mayor’s Boardroom 2nd floor, City Hall, 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA 98225 Members of the public who would like to listen 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: 841 9761 6432 Password: 9 Call to Order Hannah Stone, Chair Hollie Huthman, Daniel Hammill, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams, Lisa Anderson, Michael Lilliquist, Kristina Michele Martens 23515 1. 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://cob.org/meetings. Meetings are streamed live at https://cob.org/btv 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 Deputy City 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 21, 2022 Deadline to submit material for any public hearing for inclusion in the published agenda packet is 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday prior to the meeting.

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