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FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILLY TASK FORCE MEETING MINUTES
DATE: April 6, 2023 START TIME: 1:00 p.m. LOCATION: City Hall (In person and virtual)
VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT: Catharine Robinson, Rick Jahnke, Earll Murman, John Nowak
NON-VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT: Berk Consulting Staff: Project Manager Katherine Goetz
MEMBERS EXCUSED: MEMBERS ABSENT:
CITY STAFF PRESENT: City Manager John Mauro, Finance Manager Ron Logghe, Director of Finance and Technology Services
Connie Anderson, Public Works Director Steve King, Director of Parks, and Recreation Strategy Carrie Hite, and Planning and
Community Development Director Emma Bolin.
Topic Action
Welcome, Meeting Overview, and Minutes: Motion: John Nowak made a motion to
City Manager John Mauro welcomed the task force and provided a meeting approve the March 17, 2023 minutes.
Catharine Robinson seconded.
overview which included hybrid workshop format and agenda items.
Vote: Motion passed 3 to 0, with 1
excused.
Ideas and Strategies to Meet Community Expectations:
Finance and Technology Services Director Connie Anderson and Mr. Mauro
provided the City of Port Townsend Financial Sustainability Taskforce
presentation which included Meeting Overview, Project Schedule, Meeting Arc,
and Framework for Recommendations.
Discussion ensued around the taskforce’s role with the public.
Ms. Anderson continued on with the presentation which included Level Of
Service Discussion, Level of Service Discussion- Notes From Meeting 3.
Discussion ensued around the differences between “sustain current services”
and “enhance services,” services vs. facilities, and banked capacity.
Review Community Initiatives:
Parks and Recreation Strategy Director Carrie Hite presented on Parks and
Recreation 2023.
Discussion ensued around grants, dry space, RCO funding, importance of
laying out math especially for pool, dry space, inclusivity of pool, putting notes
Topic Action
when numbers should be taken in a regional context, and debt service number.
Earll Murman joined by phone.
Planning and Community Development Director Emma Bolin presented on
Housing which included Tactical Infill Housing Initiative, the need for workforce
housing and low-income housing, revenue sources to build housing, building
staff, and city staff capacity.
Discussion ensued around working poor population, affordable housing,
household income vs. housing price, lack of higher paying jobs, Evans Vista
workforce housing, No Net Loss, funding, lack of infill housing developers, and
system development charges.
Public Works Director Steve King presented on Comprehensive Streets
Program: Funding Strategies which included Background and Reference
Materials, Public Engagement and Level of Service.
Discussion ensued around how long it would take to get streets back to being
reasonable, good communication plan around streets, and visibility to
community.
Earll Murman arrived in person.
Mr. King continued with his presentation which included Striving for Outcomes,
Review Outcome Rating Investment Strategy Rate, and What does a $1.5m
Increase in Funding Look Like?
Discussion ensued around sustainable maintenance and operations, impact
fees, Transportation Benefit District,sales tax, car tabs,avoidoverly taxing
lower income community members pathway, and the importance of the “How.”
Interactive Funding Exercise: Carrie will send presentation to Earll.
Finance Manager Ron Logghe presented the Interactive Funding Exercise:
Finance Model 10yr Charts with Scenarios. The taskforce participated in the Ron will add snapshots of reviewed
funding exercise and discussed different funding scenarios. spreadsheet for record.
Topic Action
Discussion ensued around utility tax, impact fees, Metropolitan Park District, Carrie will add tally marks on bottom of
spreadsheet for each bucket.
buckets for general fund, productivity/efficiency, enhancement possibilities,
special purpose districts, public engagement, dedicated funding, library fund,
generational reasonable ask for Salish Coast, inflation, electronic whiteboard
option, and fire levynext year.
Next Steps and Adjourn:
Mr. Mauro discussed the May 8 workshop with Council and follow up at May
19 Financial Sustainability meeting.
Catharine stated she will not be at May 19 meeting.
Earll stated he will not be at May 8 Council workshop.
Discussion ensued about timing and being prepared for tax levy, May 8
discussion/process with Council, and Metropolitan Park District in relation to
General Fund.
There being no further, business the meeting adjourned at 3:25pm.
Next Regular Meeting: May 19, 2023, at 1:00 p.m.