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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION
October 19, 2017
City Hall -- Council Chambers
9 a.m. -- MINUTES
1 Roll Call
Council: Mayor Kathy Coffey, presiding, Assistant Mayor Carmen Mendez, Council
Members Avina Gutierrez (arrived 9:31 AM), Dulce Gutierrez and Bill Lover
Staff: City Manager Moore, Financial Services Manager Lewis and City Clerk Claar Tee
Absent: Council Members Maureen Adkison (excused) and Holly Cousens (excused)
2. Council Review of Proposed 2018 Budget - 4 of 4
City Manager Moore noted they will begin budget presentations on other City operations.
Visitor and Convention Center
John Cooper, President and CEO of Yakima Valley Tourism and Connie Upton, General
Manager of the Yakima Convention Center, briefed Council on their activities, budget
and policy issues.
Capitol Theatre
Charlie Robin, CEO of the Capitol Theatre, and Carol West, Vice President of
Finance, reviewed the Capitol Theatre budget.
Community Relations
Randy Beehler, Communications and Public Affairs Director, reviewed the division's budget
and performance statistics and described their services and funding, which is from cable TV
franchise fees. Council Member D. Gutierrez stated she hopes in the future there could be
funding for Spanish subtitles for City Council meetings. Mr. Beehler stated the cost
estimates for real time captioning would be approximately $45,000 and for offline captioning
would be approximately $71,000 annually. Mayor Coffey asked staff to investigate grant
funding options for this service.
Municipal Court
Tara Lewis, Financial Services Manager, briefed Council on the Municipal Court history,
duties and budget. Ms. Lewis noted with the addition of electronic records management in
the near future, electronic payments should be available in approximately six months.
YakCorps
Financial Services Manager Lewis briefed Council on the YakCorps budget.
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City Manager Moore, Financial Services Manager Lewis, PubIic Works Director Schafer,
Streets & Traffic Manager Rosenlund and Parks & Recreation Manager Wilkinson reported
on several items requested throughout the budget study sessions.
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forward:
• Legal — domestic violence conference
• Gitywide services information/wellness fair (staif to bring back additionalresearch)
• Trolley — facility operations
• Randall Park completion
• Airport parking fee increase of one dollar
The majority of Council members present agreed the following revenue options would go
forward:
• Adjust utility cap
• Fund Transportation Benefit District -- vehicle tab fee at $20
• Parking fee in downtown core (stafto bring back additional scenarios
including keeping on street parking as it is)
After Council discussion regarding the Aquatic Center poJicy issue, the majorityof Council
present agreed that Mayor Coffey and City Manager Moore should meet with the YMCA to
obtain additional information regarding the Aquatic Center, including a proforma and five year
budget forecast, for future consideration.
City Manager Moore and Communications and Public Affairs Director Beehler updated
Council on the Olympia lobbiSt selection process, which will be added to the next study
session agenda, Council Member D. Gutierrez thanked City Manager Moore and Financial
Services Manager Lewis for their hard work on putting this budget together.
Adjournment
MOTION: Mendez moved and D. Gutierrez seconded to adjourn to a City Council
Study Session on October 24, 2017, at 10 a.m. in the Council Chambers. The motion
carried by unanimous vote, Adkison and Cousens absent. The meeting adjourned at 11:19
a.m.
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