COUNCIL
MEETINGS: Audio and Summary - November
22, 2005
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HEARING before Council: Preliminary Budget Hearing audio: Part A (1.1 mb, 9:29 min.) ... Part B (1.4 mb, 11:49 min.) ... Part C (1.3 mb, 10:57 min.) .... Part D (0.8 mb, 6:57 min.) ... Part E (0.9 mb,7:15 min.), and the Draft Preliminary Budget Handout Part 1, pages 1 through 11; Part 2, Pages. 12-23 (both files in pdf)
COUNCIL MEETING START:
- File A, 8:33 min.,1.0 mb - Pledge of Allegiance, Changes to agenda,"Helen Turner Day" Proclamation and presentation of plaque to Helen Turner.
- File B, 9:39, 1.1 mb - Appointment of Ron Wiediger to fill Rob Criswell's vacated council seat (All ayes with abstention by K. Blair) & swearing in/Oath of Office of new Councilman Wiediger. ....First-ever announcement by City (i.e., Mayor Tolson) that meetings are being recorded by City and by G.R.I.T.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Loretta Storm, comment relates to 2006 budget: First and most important function of city is to provide for the protection of its citizens; plans to cut Sultan PD budget line short-sighted (File C, 1:53 min., 1,1 mb)
COUNCILMEMBER & COMMENTS FROM MAYOR
- Flower, Blair, Boyd, Champeaux, Seehuus comments(File D, 3:08 min., 0.4 mb)
- Mayor Tolson comments on status of the Prothman report, meetings with state auditor and budget issues. (File E, 1:32 min., 0.2 mb)
STAFF REPORTS:
- Fred Walser, Sultan Police Dept.: Skateboard park update; announcement of U. S. 2 Safety Coalition meeting on 11/28; statement of traffic counts being taken and that the volume jumped 6,000 vehicles per day due to I-90 problems (File F, 2:54 min., 0.3 mb)
- Connie Dunn, Public Works: update on 5th street light (delay is due to traffic light controller); Q&A between Tolson and Dunn re demonstrations of dewatering tests (File G, 2:43 min., 0.3 mb)
- Donna
Murphy
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Grants - Reported that grants not received: $35,000 GMA from CTED and two TIB grants, one for $500,000 for SBR and one for $100,000 for 8th St. sidewalk improvements. Gives dollar volume breakout of applications made/funds received/grants rejected.
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School Committee Report - Discussion and clarification on misunderstanding of purpose and ownership of Sultan's "Championship" sign; clarified by council and mayor.
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VIC: Announced that a photo/story of the new Visitor Information Center was featured on PSRC's (Puget Sound Regional Council) monthly newsletter.
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CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL (File I, 37 seconds, 74 kb)
HEARING for City's WATER & SEWER COMPREHENSIVE PLANS in four parts:
- Part #1 - 9:55 min., 1.1 mb
- Part #2 - 10:32 min., 1.2 mb
- Part #3 - 10:59 min., 1.3 mb
- Part #4 - 9:47 min., 1.1 mb
ACTION AGENDA ITEMS:
- Ordinance 891-05 2006 Property Tax Levy - all ayes (File K, 1:15 min., 0.2 mb)
- Ordinance 894-05 GO Bonds (all ayes, except for C/m Champeaux, nay (File L, 1:38 min., 0.2 mb)
- Ordinance 896-05 Cable TV Franchise - all ayes (File M, 1:00 min., 0.1 mb)
- Appointment of Brian Copple and David Houge to Design Review Board - all ayes (File N, 3:47, 0.4 mb)
- Ordinance 898-05 Water Comprehensive Plan - First Reading, all ayes, except C/M Kristina Blair (File O, 1:46 0.2 mb)
- Ordinance 897-05 Sewer Comprehensive Plan - First Reading, all ayes, except C/M Kristina Blair (File P, 1:00 min., 0.1 mb)
- Resolution 05-29 Urging caution to County Council on approving FCC (Fully Contained Communities) ordinance, all ayes. (File Q, 9:06 min., 1.1 mb)
- Resolution 05-30 to create a Surface Water/Stormwater Management utility, all ayes (File R, 2:29 min., 0.3 mb)
- Interlocal with Snohomish County for Emergency Management, all ayes (File S, 2:09, 0.3 mb)
DISCUSSION
- Planning Commission: Derek Boyd-requested discussion on the relevance of having a Planning Commission and the possibility of dissolving it. (In 2 files: #T-1, 10:08 min., 1.2 mb; #T-2, 11:58 min., 1.4 mb)
- Police Levy: Derek Boyd-requested discussion of the possibility/need for a Levy to fund Sultan Police officers (In 2 files: #U-1, 6:05 min., 0.7 mb; #U-2, 6:11 min., 0.7 mb)
- Sex Offenders: Sex Offender Housing ordinance, similar to the ones approved in Monroe/Issaquah (File V, 1:46 min., 0.2 mb)
- Paid Health Ins. for Mayor/council: Tolson-requested item on possibility of City paying for health insurance benefits for himself and council members (File W, 5:38, 0.7 mb)
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Jean Roberts, Sue Shawger and Loretta Storm all support continuance of the Planning Commission; Storm requests strong public advocation and "promotion" of new members to the PC by the Mayor, Council and other city officials. In response to the mayor's comment that he feels someone being pro-slow-growth is just as inappropriate as someone on the Commission who is pro-fast growth, Storm stated there is a big difference between someone who champions a pro-law, long-term quality of life approach to planning for the city's future and those whose only motivation for serving is enhancing their wallets. Josie Fallgatter commended the council for creating a surface water management/stormwater utility. (File X, 7:28 min., 0.9 mb)
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS to Public Comments (File Y, 7:50 min., 0.9 mb)
- Kristina Blair thanked all for coming and making comment
- Derek Boyd "I've said enough tonight."
- Bruce Champeaux wished everyone a Happy Thanks giving and said he'd bite his tongue on any other comment.
- Ron Wiediger thanked everyone for coming.
- John Seehuus "I'll just bite my tongue."
- Jim Flower statement on his past service on the Index Planning Commission and how public service is a tough job.
- Karsten Thot; re policy levy/Plng. Commission: City needs to look at the long term.
- Brief discussion between Derek and Karsten re Sultan Police and Plng. Commission.
- Mayor Tolson thanked the public for attending.
The meeting adjourned at 9:44 PM