HomeMy WebLinkAboutFinance October 25 1994WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Finance & Personnel Committee
October 25, 1994
The meeting was called to order at 9:35 a.m. by Committee Chair Alvin
Starkenburg in the Committee Room of the Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue.
Also Present: Absent:
Ward Nelson None
Barbara Brenner
(ITEMS 1 -3 SCHEDULED FROM 9:30 - 10:00 A.M.)
COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL
1. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET, REQUEST NO. 10 (AB94-
521)
Nelson moved to recommend for approval.
Motion carried unanimously.
COUNCIL "CONSENT AGENDA" ITEMS
2. BID AWARD FOR AN ENGINEERING READER PRINTER TO THE
LOWEST RESPONSIVE BIDDER, MINOLTA BUSINESS SYSTEMS,
FOR $28,719.53 INCLUDING OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND SALES
TAX (AB94 -536)
Jeff Monsen, Transportation Services, spoke to this issue.
Starkenburg moved to recommend for approval.
Motion carried unanimously.
3. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR INSTALLATION OF A
LOCAL AREA COMPUTER NETWORK FOR THE ELECTION
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS PROVIDED IN THE 1994 BUDGET TO
3 -D COMPUTER CORPORATION FOR $56,974.67(AB94 -537)
Shirley Forslof, Auditor, spoke to this issue.
Brenner moved to recommend for approval.
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1 Motion carried unanimously.
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3 A 15 minute break was taken.
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5 (ITEM 4 SCHEDULED FROM 10 A.M. - 1 P.M.)
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7 4. BUDGET REVIEW OF THE 1995 WHATCOM COUNTY BUDGET
8 FOR THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS: AUDITOR, ASSESSOR,
9 TREASURER, EXECUTIVE /MISC. NON - DEPARTMENTAL, AND
10 HEARING EXAMINER (AB94 -551)
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12 Shirley Forslof, Auditor, discussed changes, election costs, goals and the budget.
13 She also gave out a handout.
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15 Terry Hinz, Auditor, discussed reserve fund balance.
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17 Deidre Phillips, citizen, spoke to cuts benefitting women and youth.
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19 Keith Willnauer, Assessor, expressed serious concern regarding their resource
20 capability to meet its statutorily required functions, with particular attention drawn to the
21 staffing level. He also noted the need for updated software and hardware for their
22 computers.
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24 Barbara Cory, Treasurer, commented on a technological concern: no major
25 update on the software has been done since 1983, which would make her office more
26 efficient. Much of the first half of the year was spent handling problems with the JD
27 Edwards' system. Also, their funding for an ADA employee was not set aside, and this
28 created a hardship for them.
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30 Shirley Van Zanten, Executive, spoke to non - departmental budgets and answered
31 questions.
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33 Ed Good, Hearing Examiner, briefly spoke to request restoring the $2,000 from
34 Professional Services and $2,000 from Extra Help the Executive suggested cutting. He
35 suggested charging a rental fee on the Hearing Examiner's room to all the agencies
36 (there are 10) using that room.
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38 ADJOURN
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40 The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 p.m.
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44 16rstin Bailey, 6Recording Lgecretary
Finance Minutes, 10/25/94, Page 2
ATTEST:
Ramona Reeves, Clerk of the Council
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Alvin Starkenburg, Council Memher
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