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CITY OF KENT November 16, 1987
CITY CLERK
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Tom Bailey
Berne Biteman
Christi Houser - Budget Portion of Meeting
STAFF PRESENT: Brent McFall
Tony McCarthy
Mike Webby
Sandra Driscoll
Ron Spang
Lori Hogan
May Miller
Priscilla Shea
OTHERS PRESENT: Dee Moschel, Chamber of Commerce
Ron Ricketts, Chamber of Commerce
Lyle Price, Kent News Journal
APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS
All claims for the period ending November 16, 1987, in the amount of
$1 ,078,443.76 were approved for payment.
EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM
Committee Chair, Tom Bailey, opened the discussion by noting that the
Committee had requested the staff to obtain information on a program developed
for the Peninsula School District in Gig Harbor, prior to a report on this by
City Administrator, Brent McFall . Tom noted that he made three trips to the
Commons and found the reception very warm. He interviewed a number of
participants who were happy with the setup at the Commons and received some
statistical information on the Commons usage comparing October 1987 to October
1986, noting that participation was up. He also noted that the number of
businesses in the area including Boeing, Puget Power, and Kent View Christian
School were using the facility for some of their employee and student
participation.
City Administrator, McFall , noted that he had a phone conversation with a
Mr. Palusavich of the Peninsula School District and discovered that the
program established there was very similar to the program that was planned for
the City of Kent. Mr. Palusavich noted that he could provide some sort of
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consulting services to the City in kicking off the City's program, if that was
desired.
Mr. Biteman noted that he had also made contact with Mr. Palusavich and
determined that the program for the school district involved a $30 a year
membership fee which was refunded when the employees attended two seminars per
year. He also noted that he had visited with the people at Weyerhaeuser and
that they had established a employee board, paid $14.00 per month and had over
600 participants and their families participating in the program. In the
Weyerhaeuser instance, they used the monthly participant fees to pay the
salaries of a full time supervisor, and aerobics instructor to handle the
program. Their program included prize incentives, and they were available to
provide some consulting to other agencies that were interested in the program.
Following this presentation, Mike Webby noted that the program proposed by
Group Health was for $6.20 per employee per month and that covered all
employee testing, a confidential report of employee, a summary report to the
City, a individualized health prescription, 5 1/2 days of consulting with a
City team on establishing the program, providing six seminars on various
health related topics per year and a year-end assessment of the program per
employee and for the City.
Councilman Biteman noted that he felt like the testing portion of the program
seemed to be high and could be done for about half the amount. He proposed
that two alternative motions be considered, one would be to table the proposal
until all questions could be answered. The other motion would be that it
would be brought to the Council as a whole. Staff noted that the item was
already included on the Consent Agenda, but that the item could be pulled and
discussed under Other Business; and it was so recommended that the program be
discussed under Other Business at the November 17 Council meeting, coming to
the Council without a recommendation.
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COMMUTER RAIL PROJECT
City Administrator, Brent McFall, noted that the City has been working on
establishing a Valley portion of the Commuter Rail Project. Thsrex,isting
Commuter Rail Project talks about the primary alternative being the I-5
corridor. The City is proposing that $20,000 of money currently available
within the Valley Corridor Study Project be reallocated to provide a commuter
rail program budget, so that the data that choose the I-5 corridor could be
reanalyzed and see if it would be more appropriate for Valley floor
alignment. Councilman Biteman moved that this item be sent to the Council
without a recommendation. It was noted that the item is shown on the Consent
Calendar, it will be removed and discussed under Other Business at the
November 17 Council meeting.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET
The City Administrator reviewed the General Government portion of the Budget
discussing the departments of Administration, Personnel, Law, Finance and
Information Services. The items that were discussed in those areas primarily
were the addition of a Assistant City Administrator position and a Executive
Secretary. The additional support being provided for the Saturday Market
operation including a portable sound system. With respect to the attorney's
budget, CounciTman Bailey noted that he felt that there was support for
additional legal assistant position based upon the expansion of Police
Department activities and recommended that such a position be funded through
cuts in other areas of the Budget. Councilman Biteman supported that effort
recognizing that the workload was there. Councilman Biteman also asked if the
staff would prepare an analysis of its fleet size compared to that of about
five other neighboring cities. That information will be developed for the
Budget Workshop on November 24.
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