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Minutes of the Arlington
City Council Retreat
Stillaguamish Conference Room
154 W Cox
October 1, 2016
Councilmembers Present: Mike Hopson, Jan Schuette, Debora Nelson, Chris Raezer, Sue Weiss,
Jesica Stickles, and Marilyn Oertle
Council Members Absent: None
Staff Present: Mayor Barbara Tolbert, Paul Ellis, Kristin Banfield, Kristin Garcia, Sheri Amundson,
Jonathan Ventura, Bruce Stedman, Chris Young, Jim Kelly, Kris Wallace, Kurt Patterson, Heather Logan,
Dave Ryan and City Attorney Steve Peiffle.
Also Known to be Present: None
Mayor Tolbert called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. and the pledge of allegiance followed.
Retreat facilitator, Steve Peiffle, began the retreat requesting the expectations for the day from the
attendees. The expectations of the attendees included a clear understanding of contents of budget and
process; ensuring the budget addresses the community's needs not what Council wants; and ensuring
that the individual department goals are aligning with the Council's direction.
2017-18 Preliminary Budget. Review
Finance Director Kristin Garcia gave a presentation on the 2017-2018 preliminary budget and 2017
property tax levy. Discussion followed with Kristin and various staff answering council questions.
The Council Retreat was recessed at 1:00 p.m. and resumed at 1:02 p.m.
Council and the Mayor reviewed a few of the additional program requests that could be funded with the
$124,000 of discretionary spending available in the General Fund over the 2017-2018 Biennial budget
cycle. General consensus was that Council would like to see staff return with proposals to assist the
Snohomish Health District, to update the City's website, and expand the city's streetscape beautification
to all corridors.
Council then briefly discussed a grant from the United Way for a health and human services project to
begin to understand the network of community support and resources that currently exist, and the gaps in
services for homes, addicted, or mentally ill individuals in Arlington. Additional information will be
presented to the Council on the project at an upcoming workshop.
The Council Retreat was recessed at 1:32 p.m. and resumed at 1:52 p.m.
The Council reviewed any miscellaneous items that were raised throughout the day, including how our
out of city business license program and costs compares to other cities, a request to discuss city -owned
properties and the future use of them at the spring retreat, the renovation of Terrace Park, and the
maintenance of the Merchant and City Hall parking lots.
With no further items to discuss, the retreat was adjourned at 2:01 p.m.
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Barbara Tolbert, Mayor