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Home My WebLink AboutFinance Committee November 17 1986WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE November 17, 1986 The meeting was called to order at 3:05 p.m. by Chairman Roehl with Warner present. Muenscher joined the meeting at 3:10. Also present were Councilman Jim Hawley; Executive Shirley Van Zanten; Tom Sutberry, Budget Director; Mark Morrow, Bellingham Herald; John Havland; Cathi O'Connell; Roger DeSpain, Parks; Terry Lewis, Prosecuting Attorney's Office; Bud Jewell; Nat Dickinson, Purchasing; Paul Rushing and Brad Bennett of Public Works; Dorothy Durand, Nor -Bell; Harold Raymond, Personnel; and Richard Waldemar, Northwest Washington Fair. AGREEMENT BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY AND WHATCOM SOCCER COMMISSION FOR LEASE OF 20 COUNTY -OWNED ACRES LOCATED AT SMITH AND NORTHWEST ROADS Several aspects of the proposed agreement were discussed by the Committee, 'Roger DeSpain, and John Havland. The Committee agreed upon three amendments to the contract: 1) at the end of section 19, change the period to a comma and add the words "and approved by the Whatcom County Council." 2) add a clause to require an annual review with area residents, the Soccer Commission, and the Parks Department; 3) add language reiterating that non - compliance constitutes grounds for termination of the contract to Section 24. Roehl asked Terry Lewis to revise the contract to include the amendments. WARNER MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT AS AMENDED. The motion carried. MUENSCHER MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. There was discussion on the motion. The motion carried. The Committee discussed several of the projects included in the resolution with Paul Rushing. The Committee requested that Rushing conduct another review of the projected costs for finishing the jail basement, and to look into the feasibility of using volunteer labor to perform part of the work. Finance /November 17, 1986 Page 2 WARNER MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. The motion carried. RESOLUTION IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTING A SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE UNREPRESENTED WHATCOM COUNTY EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEAR 1987 Harold Raymond introduced two substitute pages for Exhibit B, and explained the changes. There was discussion about the differences between union - represented and unrepresented employees, and the merits of maintaining a close relationship between the employment terms of the two types of employees. Tom Sutberry was asked to prepare an amendment to the resolution which would request the administration to prepare a report on the differences between represented and non - represented employees. WARNER MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. The motion carried. The Committee discussed the resolution with Dorothy Durand, who requested that an adjustment be made in the salary schedule to allow the Bookkeeper's salary to remain at the same level for 1987 as for 1986, a difference of $15 per month. MUENSCHER MOVED TO RECOMMEND AMENDING THE RESOLUTION BY CHANGING THE BOOKKEEPER POSITION'S SALARY TO $1415 PER MONTH, THE CHANGE TO BE REFLECTED IN ALL COLUMNS. The motion carried. MUENSCHER MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. The motion carried. MRS i l _ • i s _ •' _. i' • • • MdKe • i+ Y.. MUENSCHER MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. There was discussion on the motion. The motion carried. Finance /November 17, 1986 Page 3 Warner's substitute ordinance and several proposed amendments were discussed by the Committee and Bud Jewell. The Committee agreed to make the following amendments to the ordinance: 1) add on line 13 that the ferry rates will remain in effect until January 1, 1990; 2) on line 28 add the specification that the $15 charge for special trips between 6 :30 a.m. and 12 :30 a.m. is the charge per vehicle; 3) on line 32 add: "Oil Trucks_: A run limited to oil trucks shall be scheduled on at the regular rate. "; 4) delete the three classes of vehicles over 8,001 lbs from the "Multiride Card" section on page 2, lines 9 and 10 (those classes of vehicles to pay the cash fare); 5) change the date for Council review of the rate schedule, on line 29 of page 2, to June 1989; 6) change "tax deferrals" to "tax exemptions" in the senior citizen clause at the bottom of page 2; 7) add a provision that unused portions of punchcards purchased after October 1, 1986 may be credited to 1987• WARNER MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS. The motion carried. WARNER MOVED TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED. The motion carried. ORDINANCE IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE FINAL BUDGET OF WHATCOM COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 1987 The Committee noted that the word "not" on page 4, line 10 of the ordinance was a typographical error which should be deleted. No further action was taken on the ordinance, scheduled for hearing on 11/24/86. ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF TAXES FOR COUNTY AND STATE PURPOSES IN WHATCOM COUNTY. WASHINGTON. FOR THE YEAR 1987 This ordinance was also scheduled to be included in the 11/24/86 hearing, and no action on it was taken. Finance /November 17, 1986 Page 4 Shirley Van Zanten explained the ordinance. MUENSCHER MOVED TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE. The motion carried. '•] xi�7 ��h i.�i[y:lZ•]311F�L3►YUTZ!�[�Llt1 _ � Z�7Mi�•hi' .. _. • ; Shirley Van Zanten explained the ordinance. WARNER MOVED TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE. The motion carried. ..:..9 Shirley Van Zanten explained the ordinance. WARNER MOVED TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE. The motion carried. na of NA'asiml on we a 1161 In IN 0=71 Ims *1111 � 110011U 0 WA Shirley Van Zanten explained the ordinance. MUENSCHER MOVED TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE. The motion carried. Shirley Van Zanten explained the ordinance. MUENSCHER MOVED TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE. The motion carried. Finance /November 17, 1986 Page 5 iY• ► •. O I STi II �e Richard Waldemar explained the transfer. MUENSCHER MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER. The motion carried. Nat Dickinson explained the request. WARNER MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE LIST. The motion carried. Harold Raymond said that the date in Section 25.02 on the last page of the agreement was an error and would be changed to January 1, 1988 rather than January 1, 1987. WARNER MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION. The motion carried. Shirley Van Zanten distributed copies of the transfer request for $321,126, which she requested be substituted for the original transfer request of $29+,626. Brad Bennett explained the transfer. WARNER MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER. The motion carried. .9 i Shirley Van Zanten requested that the Committee act on both resolutions since Council's attorney advised that the Finance /November 17, 1986 Page 6 resolution authorizing the sale be passed before the resolution for the hearing. She explained the resolutions. MUENSCHER MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF BOTH RESOLUTIONS. The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 p.m. WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON William P. Roehl, Chair Finance Committee AT ST: Carol Eb rgstouncil Clerk of the