HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council Workshop - Minutes - 02/15/2011 KENT
......n.° Kent City Council
Workshop
February 15, 2011
Councilmembers Present: Albertson, Harmon, Higgins, Ranniger, Raplee and
Thomas
The meeting was called to order at 5:37 p.m. by Council President Perry.
Legislation. Michelle Witham discussed with Councilmembers how they would
prefer to provide feedback to Doug Levy on legislative issues, and after a
lengthy discussion it was determined that they should individually forward their
comments to Michelle, who will forward them on to Levy. Witham emphasized
that the timeframe to provide input is very short.
Council Retreat Follow-Up. Perry asked Councilmembers to review the notes
from Bonnie Boyle and the work plan, and provide her with input by email. She
asked staff to continuously update their committees on the progress being made
on work plan items, and said that Council will check in occasionally
Hodgson indicated that Boyle will provide a template consisting of actions,
responsible department, timelines, and measures, for use in creating work plans
around the strategies. He said the intention is to deliver the work plans to
Council by the first part of April, at which time an evening meeting could be held
to go over them with staff. Council considered having an additional meeting for
Council only to review and discuss the issues.
Hodgson asked for input from Councilpersons on how to present the vision
statement to staff.
Added Item — Suburban Cities Association Report. Higgins announced
that the Suburban Cities Association recommended supporting renewal of the
Veterans & Human Services levy this fall at the current level, but no increase in
the levy. He added that the SCA voted to support the same language as AWC
supports in the public records requests bill.
The meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
Brenda )acober, CMC
City Clerk