City Council Committee of the Whole

CITY OF DUVALL CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MINUTES July 25, 2013 – 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Duvall Fire Station – 15600 – 1st Avenue NE The Workshop was called to order at 6:00 p.m. Council present: Gérard Cattin, Leroy Collinwood, Scott Thomas, Becky Nixon, Gary Gill, Amy Ockerlander, Jason Walker. Staff present: City Attorney Rachel Turpin, City Engineer Boyd Benson, City Clerk Jodee Schwinn. Social Media Policy – Mayor Ibershof. Mayor Ibershof distributed a draft policy addressing Social Media. He explained that there is an urgency to create a City of Duvall Facebook page in conjunction with the upcoming City Comprehensive Plan Update. Planning Manager Lara Thomas is going to be using the Facebook page as an additional way to reach out to the public. The draft of this plan was taken from the City of Kenmore. It contains many of the same elements as other cities currently using Facebook. This policy will allow City of Duvall to at least get started implementing Facebook. Revisions and amendments can be looked at and updated as it evolves. Council agreed that the administrative policy was fine for now. They would like the City Clerk to work with the City Attorney to make some minor revisions to the policy, and to bring it back to Council at a later date for review. City Project – Boyd Benson, City Engineer. City Engineer, Boyd Benson, gave an overview of current City projects. He reviewed current Capital Projects and where they were all at in the process. Boyd also gave an update on what the Public Works Crew has been working on this summer. They have been very busy. Lastly, Boyd reviewed the list of Long Range projects, including the Emergency Management Plan, and construction development activity in the City. Adjournment The Committee of the Whole adjourned at 7:00 p.m. ATTEST: Jason Walker, Mayor Pro Tem Jodee Schwinn, City Clerk Committee of the Whole – July 25, 2013