HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 10/9/2018Kent City Council Special Workshop
Minutes
October 9, 2018
Kent, Washington
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Approved October 16, 2018
October 9,20L8
5 p.m.
Council Chambers East/West
Dana Ralph, Mayor
Bill Boyce, Council President
Brenda Fincher, Councilmember
Dennis Higgins, Councilmember
Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember
Marli Larimer, Councilmember
Toni Troutner, Councilmember
Council President Boyce opened the meeting at 5:04 p.m
Aoenda:
2OL9-2O2O Biennial Budget Process
Aaron BeMiller, Finance Director, provided a review of today's agenda in addition to
providing the Council with materials relating to the Questions and answers from the
October 6, 2OL8 workshop,
BeMiller provided further details in response to: Question #28 - Provide a pie chart
of all the components that went into balancing the General Fund for 2O20; and
Question #29 - Looking at the General Fund revenue graph on page 25, how are the
tax percentages expected to shift over the next 5-10 years?
BeMiller provided additional details on the expected percentage changes over the
next 10 years, based on the l5-year forecast.
BeMiller responded to question #30 - If an additional parking enforcement FTE is
authorized, how much of those costs could be expected to be recovered through
parking fees? Chief Padilla provided further information regarding the duties of the
current parking enforcement officer. BeMiller advised of the financial impact of
increasing the FTE to a full-time employee.
Council requested the Finance Department research industry standards and what
parking enforcement officers are compensated in addition to their duties.
Marty Fisher, Human Resources Director, responded to Question #31 - Request to
add $30,000 in the HR budget for outside training.
Councilmembers supported the idea of community conversations and sought further
information regarding how the funds will be spent and where it comes from. Reducing
the budget and utilizing Uriel Varela, the City's Cultural Community Coordinator to
bring in speakers was suggested. BeMiller will return to the next workshop with
additional information.
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Kent City Council Special Workshop
Minutes
October 9, 2018
Kent, Washington
Approved October 16, 2018
Fisher responded to Question #32 - Related to new temporary employees hiring in
and then moving to another department within a short space of time, do we or can
we say that they can't move to another department for X number of months?
Fisher responded to Question #33 - Clarify the supported employment budget of
$40,000 and using about $30,000, Is there currently a surplus for that line item?
Julie Parascondola, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director and Tim
LaPorte, Public Works Director responded to Question #34 - Provide additional
information on the Green River Trail/Van Doren's project, including scope of project
and why the City is contributing a large amount of funding towards the project.
Parascondola responded to Question #35 - Is there an opportunity to use volunteer
inters to begin addressing Parks GIS needs?
Parascondola responded to Question #36 - Is there an option to have an Adopt-A-
Park program for groups to organize themselves for clean-ups? Is there a limit of
volunteer hours the department can log per year?
Fisher provided confirmation that the City's union contract contains standard
language regarding the use of volunteers. Higgins suggested revising the union
contract to include language for volunteers to be able to work on Green Kent events.
Additional follow up
BeMiller responded to Kaur's question regarding the 13.60lo increase in the General
Fund for the Finance Department as follows: (1) Recent reclassifications; and (2)
because of the Cost Allocation Plan, expenditures that were sent out to other funds
are now being reduced.
BeMiller responded to Kaur's question regarding the 3 million increase in police are
due to salaries, increase in number of positions, recruitment division, increases for
body worn cameras, in car cameras, and red-light cameras, Additionally, since police
has a large FTE count, the 20olo medical increase that everyone is sharing amounts
to a larger amount in the police department.
Chief Padilla responded to Kaur's question regarding the policy on how far an officer
can take their assigned police car home. Padilla advised that the policy is not
finalized, but he anticipates the distance will be 40-45 miles.
Next steps
BeMiller advised that during the October 16, 2018 final Council workshop final
requests and decisions will need to be made.
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Kent City Council Special Workshop
Minutes
October 9, 2018
Kent, Washington
Approved October 16, 2018
On October 16, 2OL8, the 7 p.m. Council meeting will include the public hearing for
the property tax levy and second public hearings for the budget and Capital
Improvement Plan.
Budget items will go before the Operations Committee on November 6, 2018
The budget items will go before the full Council for adoption on November 20,20L8.
The meetin g concluded at 6:09 p.m.
Kimberley
City Clerk
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