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MINUTES OF THE CONTINUED SPECIAL SESSION OF NOVEMBER 4, 1998
NOVEMBER 9, 1998
The City Council of the City of Port Townsend met in continued session this ninth day of
November, 1998, at 6:30 p.m. in the Port Townsend Council Chambers of City Hall, Mayor Julie
McCulloch presiding. The meeting was continued from November 4, 1998, at which a public
hearing was held on the 1999 budget, departments excluding Public Works. The council
proceeded to deliberations and the meeting was continued.
ROLL CALL
Councilmembers present at Roll Call were Ted Shoulberg, Mark Welch, Peter Badame, Forrest
Rambo and Joe Finnie. Councilmember Kathryn Jenks was excused. Mr. Keith was not
present. Also present were City Clerk Pam Kolacy, Public Works Director Bob Wheeler, Public
Works Operations Manager Charlie Simpson, City Engineer Dave Peterson, Bob LaCroix, John
Merchant, Catherine McNabb..
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
The council moved to deliberations on the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Budget. Members
of the LTAC were present to answer councilor's questions.
Discussion items included:
Clarification requested on beginning fund balance, Larry Scott Trail restrooms, true amount to be
budgeted for custodial work on public restrooms.
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Noted that Port of PT will maintain Larry Scott Trail restrooms; also noted that Finance
Committee will be looking at financing plan for sharing Memorial Field restrooms with Jefferson
County when police station remodeling begins.
Catherine McNabb's memo regarding public restroom costs will be distributed to LTAC
members.
Mr. Rambo recommended approval of the budget but did not wish to have an advisory vote
taken.
After discussion, the City Attorney was asked to produce a memo clarifying the roles of
Council/LTAC in terms of budget review. Does LTAC under state law get to review every
budget change for 45 days before the city can change the budget even though we have "reversed"
the procedure and LTAC presents the budget to the Council rather than the other way around.
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Building & Community Development
Salary figures reflect mistakes from 1998 budget; correction sheet has been made available.
There was some confusion about a receptionist position added to Mayor's budget rather than
BCD.
Other topics of discussion included Development Review Engineer position, better standards for
intake of building permit plans, training, technical upgrade.
Mr. Badame suggested that in next year's budget process, it would be helpful to have goals for
each division of a department, i.e. planning, building, enforcement.
Request to Mr. Legarsky: please footnote funds for Development Review Engineer if added to
BCD; also footnote Tidemark (or other permit management system) software and labor as a
separate item
Because of numerous outstanding issues, not recommendation was made on the BCD budget.
At 6:00 p.m. the meeting was continued to a date certain to be determined later this evening after
the scheduled workshop meeting at 6:30 p.m. [Note: date set for Tuesday, November 17, 8:30
a.m. in Council Chambers].
Pamela Kolacy
City Clerk
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