HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/12/2008 - City Council - City Council Meeting MinutesCITY OF EAST WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON
REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
MAYOR STEVEN C. LACY, PRESIDING
NOVEMBER 12, 2008
6:30 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Councilmember's Present: Councilmember Hendricks, Councilmember McCourt, Councilmember
Barnhart, Councilmember Bremmer, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Buckner, Councilmember
Raab and Mayor Lacy.
Staff Present: Devin Poulson, Lori Barnett, Joan Sims, Nick Gerde, Randy Harrison, and Catalina
Garibay.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CITIZEN COMMENTS
MAYORS REPORT
Mayor Lacy said he attended the fifteen year anniversary of the opening of the Wenatchee Valley Senior
Center on Tuesday, November 11, 2008, in which he gave a speech with regard to Veteran's Day and the
State Representative, Mark Armstrong, was the keynote speaker.
Mayor Lacy said revisions to the Personnel Policy and Procedure Manual have been completed and will
be submitted for Council review by the end of the year.
Mayor Lacy said 2010 will be the year that marks the 75`h Anniversary of the existence of the City of East
Wenatchee. He said an email has gone out to employees and staff asking for ideas of what the City should
do to celebrate this event. He asked Council and employees to submit any ideas to Events Board Director
Dawn Collings.
Mayor Lacy said the Health District Proposal requesting funding in the amount of $1 per capita from each
City in Chelan and Douglas Counties totaling approximately $11,300 for East Wenatchee has been
discussed at the Budget Committee meetings and has not been included in the 2009 Preliminary Budget
that has been presented to Council. He added that this does not mean this is a final decision until Council
votes on the issue.
Mayor Lacy said the 2009 Preliminary Budget will include some significant changes which
Councilmembers will be taking into consideration. These changes include raising the property tax for
2009 by a 1% increase, consideration of an ordinance fixing and confirming salaries for employees,
implementation of a 6% tax on electricity, telephone and natural gas, a 2% increase on gambling tax, it
will include increases to the Humane Society, Chelan County Justice Center, a proposed reduction in
sales tax revenue for 2009. These changes will result in a proposed carryover in the budget at the end of
2009, of approximately $500,000.
Mayor Lacy said there are substantial cuts from the budgets originally presented by the Department
Heads. For example in the Police Department there are cuts in excess of $100,000 from the original
proposed budget. This includes eliminating a part-time employee. He added this proposed budget would
also eliminate Clerical Assistant position in the City Clerk Department. He added that there are additional
cuts that Finance Director Nick Gerde will discuss during his report.
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with additional tax rolls from annexations, could result in $556,000 in additional revenue to make up for
the revenue shortfalls and increased expenses.
He said he anticipates a decrease in sales tax receipts by approximately 10%, reducing annual revenue by
$271,000. He feels this is not a conservative figure and believes that very realistically it could go down
further than that. He said the decrease in the existing one -quarter of 1% real estate excise tax was close to
$180,000 last year and we do not expect that to approach $100,000. Therefore, the net change in revenue,
based on the proposals in the preliminary budget totals $185,000 annually. Additional costs consist of a
collective bargaining agreement with the Police Department which includes a 6% pay increase; non —
bargaining unit employees will receive a "one step" increase of 2.5% according to the personnel policy
guidelines. There are also increases to the contracts with the Chelan County Regional Justice Center, the
Wenatchee Valley Humane Society and RiverCom. He added there are additional cuts to travel budgets,
and there is no allowance for street improvement projects for 2009.
Section C, details each department in the general fund and every other fund in the City for historical
revenue and historical expense. So it is virtually all of the detail surrounding every department that we
operate in the general fund, all the revenue we receive in the General Fund and the revenue and expense
that we incur in all the other funds. He estimates that cash at the beginning of 2009will be $497,000 and
will be approximately $512,000 at the end of 2009 under this preliminary budget. Mr. Gerde reviewed the
summarized cash flow statements by revenue and expense categories and also revenue and expense by
fund.
Mayor Lacy said he has had conversations with City Clerk Dana Barnard regarding the proposal to
eliminate the part-time position in her department and she is very adamant this would be a mistake. Ms.
Barnard has submitted additional reasons to the Budget Committee as to why this, in her view, is a
mistake, not the least of which, the person in that position is the only real source of bilingual services we
have in the City during the workday.
Mayor Lacy reminded Council that this is a preliminary budget that needs to be approved by full Council
and while he respects and supports the work that has been done by the Budget Committee it should be
reviewed and looked at critically. Therefore, if Councilmembers have objections or suggestions regarding
things that could be done differently in this budget, or in terms of the function or the efficiency of the
staff or the city, we encourage you to bring those up items up soon so that the planning process which is
fairly short in and of itself, can proceed pace without necessarily ignoring your suggestions.
Mr. Gerde said Police Chief Harrison has some additional cuts from his original budget simply because
the Mayor and he both felt as though we could not support that budget recognizing what they saw as
revenue declines so is was reduced even more. He said the Police Chief has also requested an increase of
pay to the Assistant Chief position based on the bargaining unit increase.
Councilmember Hendricks asked about the City Theme and Christmas Events line items and wanted to
know where those line items are funded and how much of the Events Director salary comes out of
Stadium Funds. Mr. Gerde explained that the Events Board has an allocation of the Hotel/Motel Tax and
virtually all of the tax that does not go back to the City of Wenatchee for the Wenatchee Valley
Convention and Visitors Bureau is supposed to go into the Events Fund.
Councilmember Barnhart said he commends the budget committee for the work they have done on the
Preliminary Budget. He questioned whether the city should raise taxes and give pay raises when the
proposed Budget has eliminated positions. He said he does not understand how we would explain to the
people out there that times are tough but yet we are giving pay raises.
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ORDINANCE
08-10-02 Second reading of an ordinance regarding property taxes in the proposed 2009 East
Wenatchee Budget.
Mayor Lacy read the ordinance title.
ORDINANCE NO. 2008-12
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON,
AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND AUTHORIZING
ANY INCREASE WHICH MAY BE ALLOWED IN THE AMOUNT UNDER THE
NEW CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS TO PROPERTY AND STATE
ASSESSED PROPERTY PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW LEVYING THE GENERAL
TAXES FOR THE CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2009, ON ALL PROPERTY, BOTH REAL,
PERSONAL AND UTILITY, IN SAID CITY WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TAXATION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING SUFFICIENT REVENUE TO CARRY ON THE
SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF SAID CITY FOR THE ENSUING YEAR AS
REQUIRED BY LAW; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND SETTING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Raab, second by Councilmember Johnson, to
adopt the ordinance regarding property taxes in the 2009 proposed budget. The motion carried, 5-2.
(Hendricks, Bremmer)
08-11-02 First reading of and ordinance fixing and confirming salaries and compensation to be paid
to certain officials and employees of the City of East Wenatchee during the year 2009.
Mayor Lacy read first reading of the ordinance.
Mayor Lacy said this ordinance includes a step raise increase to all non -union employees excluding the
Mayor. He said he had a discussion with the Budget Committee with regards to adding a benefit package
for the Mayor in 2009, as opposed to a salary increase. Therefore, if this budget is passed he would ask
that the benefit package begin in the fall of 2009.
Treasurer/Finance Director Gerde said there would also be other considerations to the salary ordinance as
there will be a discussion about one position later on in the agenda. He added there is also a Street
Department employee that has been recommended for an. additional increase due to additional duties and
certification requirements for the Stormwater Utility.
08-11-03 First reading of an ordinance implementing a 6% utility tax on Electricity, a 6% utility
tax on Natural Gas, a 6% utility tax on Telephone Service, and a 6% utility tax on
Cellular Service.
Mayor Lacy read first reading of the ordinance.
08-11-04 First reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 4.38 of the East Wenatchee Municipal
Code increasing the tax collected on social card games to 10%, effective January 1, 2009,
or as soon thereafter as notice requirements are met.
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