HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/04/2009 04B Minutes 07-16-2009 Council Rules and Procedures Committee Yakima City Council Corâ–ºmmittee Meeting 11liinutes
• RULES AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE
Wednesday, July 16 2009
3:00 p.m.
Mayor's Office, 1 Floor, City Hall
Council Members Staff
Bill Lover Dave Zabell, Asst. City Manager
Sonia Rodriguez Randy Beehler, Community Relations Manager
Micah Cawley
The meeting convened at 3:00 pm.
Agenda
1. Review request from Tim Eyman, Jack Fagan, and Mike Fagan, directors of Voters
Want More Choices, for the Yakima City Council to hold a public hearing on Initiative
1033
Dave Zabell and Randy Beehler reminded the committee of the action taken by the City
Council in April 2008 to establish a process regarding requests for the Council to conduct
public hearings on ballot measures. The Council, by a 4-3 vote, adopted a 3 -step process
regarding such requests as follows: 1) such requests are to be reviewed by the Council
Rules and Procedures Committee; 2) the Rules and Procedures Committee will make a
® recommendation to the full Council whether to conduct a public hearing or not; 3) the full
Council will vote to conduct a public hearing or not.
If the Council votes to conduct a public hearing on a ballot measure, following such hearing,
the Council may: 1) take no further action; 2) vote to endorse the ballot measure; 3) vote to
oppose the ballot measure.
Bill Lover said that he is in favor of the full City Council conducting a public hearing on
Initiative 1033. Micah Cawley and Sonia Rodriguez agreed that the committee should
recommend that the full City Council conduct a public hearing on Initiative 1033.
Lover suggested, since Voters Want More Choices has also requested that the Yakima
County Commission hold a public hearing on Initiative 1033, the City could explore the
possibility of a joint City /County public hearing. Zabell said that coordinating with the
County Commission would be researched if the full Council votes to conduct a public
hearing on Initiative 1033.
2. Make recommendation to the full City Council regarding request for a public hearing
on Initiative 1033
Committee Action: Lover moved to recommend to the full City Council that it conduct a
public hearing on Initiative 1033.
The motion was seconded by Cawley.
Vote: 3 -0 in favor of motion.
The meeting adjourned at 3:21 p. / / ' j
Approved by Coun it Members Cawley & Rodriguez