City Council - Special Meeting

Name: City Council - Special Meeting — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2022-11-14T13:00:00
End: 2022-11-14T15:00:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Special Meeting

Bellingham, WA · November 14, 2022

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City of Bellingham City Council Special Meeting Minutes November 14, 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 President Hannah Stone called the 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 23529 1. A Review of 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Modification Proposals p. 3 Forrest Longman, Deputy Finance Director, provided a summary of an additional 2023-2024 budget modification related to Human Resources FTE. Edwin H. "Skip" Williams / Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of the budget modification to the Human Resources Department FTE. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Council Member Anderson introduced a budget amendment to increase the number of police officer FTE. Council Members asked questions. Lisa Anderson / Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of the proposed budget modification to increase police staffing by two additional officers in 2023 and two additional officers in 2024. MOTION Fail 2-5. City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page 1 November 14, 2022 Opposed: Hannah Stone, Hollie Huthman, Daniel Hammill, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams, Kristina Michele Martens Council Member Lilliquist introduced a budget amendment to add a new position for a lead diversity officer. Council Members asked questions. Michael Lilliquist / Lisa Anderson moved to recommend approval of the proposed budget modification to add a new FTE for a lead diversity officer position at the City of Bellingham. MOTION Fail 3-4. Opposed: Hannah Stone, Hollie Huthman, Daniel Hammill, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams Council Member Martens introduced a budget amendment to fund an Immigration Resource Center. Council Members asked questions. Kristina Michele Martens / Lisa Anderson moved to recommend approval of of the proposed budget modification to add 2023 and 2024 funding for the Immigration Resource Center. MOTION Fail 3-4. Opposed: Hannah Stone, Hollie Huthman, Daniel Hammill, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams Daniel Hammill / Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend the administration issue a request for qualifications (RFQ) to hire a facilitator to oversee a process similar to the Racial Equity Commission for creation of an Immigrant Resource Center. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:31pm. City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page 2 November 14, 2022

Agenda

City of Bellingham City Council Special Meeting Agenda – Special Budget Meeting November 14, 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 23529 1. A Review of 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Modification Proposals 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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