City Council Committee Agendas
Regular MeetingMount Vernon, WA · July 24, 2024
Minutes
Finance & Parks and Enrichment Services Committee Minutes
July 24, 2024
Police Court Campus, 1805 Continental Place
Councilmember Hudson called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm
Present
Mayor Donovan
Councilmembers: Beaton, Brocksmith, Molenaar, and Tercero
Staff Present: Finance Director Volesky, City Attorney Rogerson, Parks
and Enrichment Services Director Berner, Special Projects
Manager Sexton, Public Works Director Phillips,
Development Services Director Pratschner, IT Director
Thomas, Fire Chief Brice, Assistant Fire Chief Harris, and
Police Chief Christman
Citizens 0
1. Approval of June 26, 2024 Minutes
Councilmember Molenaar moved to approve
the June 26, 2024, committee minutes. Motion
seconded by Councilmember Tercero. Motion
carried 4-0.
2. Parks and Enrichment Services
Community Events: A recap of the Fabulous 4th of July and Touch a
Truck events was provided. The Youth Arts Festival takes place July
27th and National Night Out is August 6th .
Parks Mapping Project: Staff are working with GIS to develop park
maps that can be viewed online for the larger more popular parks,
Little Mountain, Kiwanis, Edgewater, Bakerview, and Hillcrest Park.
The next step is building an interactive site with trail information.
Bakerview Restroom Fire: The restroom had a fire on July 5th
making the facility unusable. Portable toilets and a hand washing
station are on site. Staff are soliciting quotes for fire and water
restoration and reconstruction work.
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3. Finance
ARPA Funding: An update was presented on the funding status of
the American Rescue Plan Act Fund (ARPA). As of the end of 2023,
the City has spent about $5.6M of the $9M that received. There will
be about $2M remaining that the City must spend or obligate by the
end of 2024. A spending plan was presented to Council and a
discussion proceeded on options for Council to consider of how to
spend these remaining funds.
4. Agenda Requests
none
5. Miscellaneous
The meeting adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
Submitted by: Becky Jensen
Agenda
FINANCE & PARKS & ENRICHMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE
AGENDA
July 24, 2024 - 6:00 p.m.
Police Court Campus - 1805 Continental Place
1. Approval of June 26, 2024, meeting minutes
2. Parks & Enrichment Services – Jennifer Berner
Community Events Update
Parks Mapping Project
Bakerview Restroom Fire
3. Finance – Doug Volesky
ARPA Funding Discussion
Lien Process
4. Agenda Requests
5. Miscellaneous
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