HomeMy WebLinkAboutSigned Minutes 11-14-11Minutes of the Arlington
City Council Workshop
Council Chambers
110 East Third Street
November 14, 2011
Dick Butner Sally Lien, Marilyn Oertle, Chris Raezer, Linda Byrnes, Steve Baker, Mayor Larson, Allen
Johnson, Kristin Banfield, Jim Chase, Police Chief Nelson Beazley, Rory Bolter, Fire Chief Bruce
Stedman, Doug Schmidt, Jim Kelly, Eric Scott, David Kuhl, Linda Taylor, Lynn Bridges, Bryan Terry,
Roxanne Guenzler, Julie Good, Paul Ellis, Kurt Patterson, Sherry Amundson, Jan Bauer, Steve Peiffle —
City Attorney
Council Members Absent: All Council members were present.
Also Known to be Present: Walt Riebe, Neil Knutson, Sarah Arney — North County Outlook, Jim
Rankin, Ken Klein, Vickie Solla, Debora Nelson, Mike Hopson, Kirk Boxleitner — Arlington Times, Randy
Tendering, and Craig Christiansen
Mayor Larson called the meeting to order at TOOPM.
Steve Baker moved to approve the Agenda, and Marilyn Oertle seconded the motion, which passed with
a unanimous vote approving the Workshop Agenda.
WORKSHOP ITEMS -- NO FINAL ACTION WAS TAKEN
Waste Management Northwest Contract Amendment #2
Public Works Director Jim Kelly addressed the charge to include a 1.5 cubic yard recycle container. Mr
Kelly then answered Council questions. This item will be presented at the November 21, 2011 meeting.
Legion Park Depot (Restroom) Bids
Special Projects Manager Paul Ellis addressed the Depot bids, all of which had come in within budget.
He noted the bid winner, Lone B Construction, and then answered Council questions. This will be
presented at the November 21, 2011 meeting.
Fire Department EMS Contracts for Districts #21, #24, & #25
Fire Chief Bruce Stedman spoke to the renewal of the EMS contracts. Discussion followed. This will be
presented at the November 21, 2011 meeting.
Distribution of Applications for Council Vacancy
Assistant City Administrator distributed the list of 8 applicants for the Council Vacancy. Interviews will
begin at 6:OOPM on Wednesday, November 16 at 6:OOPM. The same questions would be asked to each
of the candidates. Sample questions used in the past will be distributed for Council scrutiny before the
interviews. The time with each candidate is scheduled for 20 minutes. Discussion regarding scheduling
and candidate interviews followed.
2012 Budget Workshop & Review of Public Comments on: 2012 Property Tax, Utility Tax, and TBD
Formation
With the use of a display board, City Administrator Allen Johnson, along with Assistant City Administrator
Kristin Banfield, and Finance Director Jim Chase, reviewed the background of the Budget deficit
beginning with the year 2009, and included 2010 and 2011. He then reviewed the 2 million dollar deficit
for the 2012 budget. A lengthy discussion followed containing suggestions for options closing the budget
deficit. These included cutting Council medical insurance, forfeiting step increase, cutting all employees
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Minutes of the City of Arlington City Council Meeting November 14, 2011
by a certain % across the board. Also discussed were other possible cuts with fire and police giving up
their COLAS, 1 day/month furlough, also fire and police matching the other city employee furlough days,
Also discussed at length was overtime charges by City employees. Also .1 % sales tax proposed to
voters for public safety, .2% sales tax for TBD / transportation, and improvements for specific projects. A
lengthy discussion followed.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:47PM.
Margaret Larson, Mayor
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