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OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MINUTES
April 16, 2013
Committee Members Present: Dana Ralph, Chair, Dennis Higgins and Jamie Perry
The meeting was called to order by Dana Ralph at 4:09 p.m.
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES DATED MARCH 19, 2013.
J. Perry moved to approve the Operations Committee minutes dated
March 19, 2013. D. Higgins seconded the motion, which passed 3-0.
2. APPROVAL OF CHECK SUMMARY REPORTS DATED 3/1/2013 THROUGH
3/15/2013 AND 3/16/2013 THROUGH 3/31/2013.
D. Higgins moved to recommend that the City Council approve the Check Summary
Reports dated March 1,2013 through March 15,2013 and March 16,2013 through March
31,2013. J. Perry seconded the motion, which passed 3-0.
3. LODGING TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT- APPROVE.
J. Hall presented the reappointment of Andrew Hutchinson to the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee.
He is currently serving in this position. This position is to be filled by a person representing
businesses required to collect lodging tax dollars.
J. Perry moved to recommend to approve the appointment of Andrew Hutchinson to the
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee. D. Higgins seconded and the motion passed 3-0.
4. WASHINGTON TRAFFIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT GRANT- ACCEPT.
K. Thomas presented the Washington Traffic Safety Equipment Grant for th e committee members
to accept. This grant was applied for the purchase of two automated license plate readers, device
installation and maintenance, software upgrades, and training. The grant money needs to be spent
by June 30,2013.
D. Higgins moved to recommend that Council accept the Washington Auto Theft
Prevention Authority grant funding to purchase two automated license plate readers,
device installation, maintenance, software upgrades, and training in the amount of
$35,235, and authorize amending the budget and expending the funds in accordance
with the grant terms, with terms and conditions acceptable to the Police Chief and the
City Attorney.
5. FINANCIAL REPORTS 2012 YEAR END (INFORMATION ONLY).
B. Nachlinger presented the financial reports for 2012 year end. He said the General Fund grew
better than expected. The revenues were .5% over budget and expenditures were 3.2% below
budget. The permits are up 46.5% from last year.
Operations Committee Minutes
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6. FINANCIAL SUMMARY REPORT AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2013 (INFORMATION
ONLY).
B. Nachlinger presented the Financial Summary report as of February 28, 2013. Based on the
report, the General Fund is expected to grow by the end of the year at 9.5% of the expenditure
budget. He said it will be closely monitored to react in a timely manner to any adverse trends that
may arise. He said this does not include collective bargaining.
7. DISCUSS B&O TAX IMPLEMENTATION (INFORMATION ONLY).
Mayor Cooke wanted to discuss the B&O Tax implementation. She said that some neighboring cities
are not charging the 3PL warehouses any square footage. 3PLs are 3rd party logistics centers and
do not generate any revenue by selling the products. They are basically storage warehouses until
the product leaves for the port and other facilities. The staff will research for cities similar to Kent
that exempt 3PLs from B&O tax.
B&O taxes are due on April 30, 2013.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:41 p.m. by D. Ralph.
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Satwinder Kaur
Operations Committee Secretary