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MINUTES
October 1 , 212
Committee Members Present: Les Thomas, Chair, Dennis Higgins and Jamie Perry
The meeting was called to order by L. Thomas at 4:02 p.m.
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
J. Perry moved to approve the Operations Committee minutes dated
September 18, 2012. D. Higgins seconded the motion, which passed 3-0.
2. APPROVAL OF CHECK SUMMARY REPORT DATED SEPTEMBER 16, 2012 THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012.
D. Higgins moved to recommend that the City Council approve the Check Summary
Report dated September 16, 2012 thru September 30, 2012. J. Perry seconded the
motion, which passed 3-0.
3. CONSULTANT SERVICE AGREEMENT- JABEZ & ASSOCIATES DBA THE EDGE
ADVISORY GROUP
L. Patterson presented the consultant agreement for the advisory group to conduct Cultural
Competency training for the City of Kent. The training is done in three different phases. First phase
is an intensive phase with senior management team. This phase is a 2 day seminar which includes
where we are, how we got there and where we want to be and how to get there. That will help with
the curriculum for training the employees. All employees will be trained by 2014. It is a 3 year
agreement.
Six companies applied to the RFP and four were chosen to come to the interview. The Edge
Advisory Group was the best fit for this service. The City employees did not have cultural
competency training even though there was diversity training available for the employees.
Motion by J. Perry, seconded by D. Higgins, to move to recommend that the Mayor be
authorized to enter into a consultant services agreement with Jabez and Associates dba
The Edge Advisory Group which provides training and delivers a tactical approach to
support the city of Kent in achieving the strategic goal of fostering inclusiveness, in an
amount not to exceed $40,000 per year for 2012, 2013, and 2014. The motion passed 3-0.
4. FINANCIAL SUMMARY REPORT AS OF AUGUST 31sT1 2012
B. Nachlinger explained that there is an increase in General Fund of $638,000 for the year. That is
up by 160,000 from last month. We are anticipating revenues to be down about $490,000 from
budget and expenses to be down as well. Dennis asked if this is before the changes that take affect
November 1st. and B. Nachlinger replied that is correct. Dennis asked if there is a way to turn this
economy around with Sales tax. Bob replied that the internet sales are up and the big discount
stores are doing fairly well. We do not have big discount stores in the City of Kent so it does not
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help with our revenues. The committee members, B. Nachlinger and Mayor discussed the budget
issues.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:20 p.m. by L. Thomas.
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Satwinder Kaur
Operations Committee Secretary