HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council Workshop - Minutes - 03/09/2018Kent City Council Workshop
Minutes
March 9, 2018
Kent, Washington
Approved March 20,20L8
Date: March 9,20L8Time: 1:30 p.m.
Place: The Platform Apartments - Rooftop Meeting Room
Attending: Mayor Dana Ralph
Bill Boyce, Council President
Tina Budell, Councilmember
Brenda Fincher, Councilmember
Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember
Dennis Higgins, Councilmember
Les Thomas, Councilmember
Toni Troutner, Councilmember
Staff
Attending: Derek Matheson, Chief Administrative Officer
Pat Fitzpatrick, City Attorney
Aaron BeMiller, Finance Director
Julie Parasoncola, Parks Director
Margaret Yetter, Court Administrator
Kurt Hanson, Economic and Community Development Director
Ken Thomas, Police Chief
Tim LaPorte, Public Works Director
Mary Fisher, Human Resources Director
Mike Carrington, Information Technology Director
Kim Komoto, City Clerk
Council President Boyce opened the meeting at 1:30 p.m,
Agenda:
Fiscal Sustainability
Council President Boyce provided opening comments, encouraged everyone to
participate, and indicated the need for the Council to provide the Mayor with
direction on fiscal sustainability for her use when preparing her 2019-2O2O budget.
Mayor Ralph promised that the budget preparation would be a collaborative
approach, and that she wants to move forward and make decisions as a team.
Derek Matheson indicated that this is a good opportunity to ask questions, get
answers, and provide direction to the Mayor for her use in preparing her budget.
Aaron BeMiller, Finance Director, provided an overview of the City's financial
sustainability that include a brief history on the general fund revenue deficit,
decision points to increase revenues, reduce expenditures, and re-allocate revenues
and/or expenditures between funds, the fiscal cliff, and the structural imbalance.
Aaron presented specific options for increasing revenues, reducing expenses, and
the theoretical impact on expenditures.
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Kent City Council Workshop
Minutes
March 9, 2018
Kent, Washington
Approved March 20,2OLB
Mayor Ralph, councilmembers, and staff discussed Aaron BeMiller's fiscal
sustainability presentation. The Finance Department was directed to prepare
information regarding possible increases to revenue and reduced expenditures that
would be presented at a future workshop. Staff was directed to look for efficiencies
in their departments.
Derek advised that the Council should be prepared to provide any budget-related
guidance to the Mayor by May, when the Mayor needs to issue budget ínstructions
to departments.
Mayor Ralph expressed her appreciation of the Council's willingness to work
collaboratively regarding the 2019-2O2O budget.
The meetin g concluded at 5 p
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Kimberley
City Clerk
Komoto
March 9, 2018
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