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SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
Minutes -- November 27, 1984
The Special Council meeting was called to order on Tuesday,
November 27, 1984, at 7:07 p.m, by Chairperson Cole with all
members present.
HEARING - FINANCE COMMITTEE'S PROPOSED 1985 BUDGET, AND ORDINANCE
AMENDING SALES TAX RATE
Chairperson Cole explained the background on the Finance
Committee's meetings and turned the meeting over to Becker, the
Chairperson of the Finance Committee.
Becker gave further explanation of the Finance Committee's
changes to the County Executive's proposed 1985 budget and entered
into the record the written communications which had already been
received as exhibits for the record.
The following people gave verbal testimony for the record:
Jack Holtzheimer
3800 Birch Bay Lynden Road
Custer
Sheila Fox
President of the Board of
Directors for Womencare Shelter
Mary McKinney
Master Food Preserver's Program
Michael Sullivan
2226 "A" Street
Clara Wieland
4041 Tarte Road, Blaine
Karen Gilliam
3215 Alderwood
Bellingham
Spoke in opposition to
cutting salaries, loss
of jobs and cutting services.
Spoke in favor of re-
evaluating job positions.
Spoke in support of funding
for Womencare Shelter
in 1985.
Spoke in support of main-
taining funding for the
Master Food Preserver's
Program.
Spoke against proposed cuts
in the Parks Department and
the 1985 budget as a whole.
Spoke in support of funding
for Senior Citizen programs.
Spoke in support of funding
Ave. for the Master Gardener and
Master Food Preservers
programs.
Michael Brennan
Chamber of Commerce
Spoke in support of estab-
lishing a County Grants
Coordinator position; also
spoke in support of the
County participating with
private industry whenever
possible.