Meeting Proceedings
King County
1200 King County Courthouse |
Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
Councilmembers: Larry Gossett, Chair; Dow Constantine and Jane Hague, |
Vice Chairs; Bob Ferguson, David Irons, Julia Patterson, Pete von |
Reichbauer |
Staff: Rebecha Cusack (296-0330), Lead Staff Analyst; Polly St. John |
(296-1641), Analyst; David Layton (296-1679), Analyst; Peggy Dorothy |
(296-1658), Analyst; |
William Nogle (296-1632), Analyst; Monica Clarke (296-1638), Analyst; |
Janice Mansfield (296-1683), Committee Assistant |
Room 1001
July 13, 2005
9:30 AM
Call to Order
Chair Larry Gossett called to order the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee meeting at 9:40 |
a.m. |
Roll Call
Also attending were Larry Phillips, Chair, Metropolitan King County Council and Kathy Lambert, |
Vice Chair, Law, Justice and Human Services Committee. |
Present: Mr. Gossett, Mr. Constantine, Ms. Hague, Mr. Irons, Ms. Patterson, Mr. Ferguson and Mr. |
von Reichbauer |
Approval of Minutes
1.
The Minutes of July 6, 2005 were approved as presented.
Action
2.
Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-0378
Mr. Gossett
AN ORDINANCE relating to comprehensive planning; adopting the 2004 King County |
space plan; altering the space plan submittal requirements; and amending Ordinance 10810, |
Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.100. |
David Layton, Council Staff, presented a brief overview of the 2004 King County Space Plan. |
Peggy Dorothy, Council Staff, briefed the committee and answered questions of the members on |
Proposed Ordinance 2004-0378. |
Polly St. John, Council Staff, briefed the committee and answered questions on the Striking |
Amendment to Proposed Ordinance 2004-0378. |
David Layton, Council Staff, briefed the committee and answered questions on the 2005 County |
Space Plan. |
Rebecha Cusack, Council Staff, answered questions and presented clarifying remarks. |
Kathy Brown, Director, Facilities Management Division, Department of Executive Services and |
Cindy Eaton, Wright Runstad, presented opening remarks and answered questions of the members. |
Motions were made by Mr. Constantine to pass Amendments S1 and T1. The motions passed. |
This matter was Amended.
A motion was made by Mr. Constantine that this matter be Recommended Do Pass Substitute. |
The motion carried by the following vote: |
Yes: 5 - Mr. Gossett, Mr. Constantine, Ms. Hague, Mr. Irons and Mr. Ferguson |
Excused: 2 - Ms. Patterson and Mr. von Reichbauer |
Discussion and Possible Action
3.
Proposed Motion No. 2004-0268
Mr. Gossett
A MOTION approving the facilities management division report, titled Feasibility Study - |
Relocate and Backfill Work Release, and supporting the conclusion that King County is |
best served by not pursuing an alternative at this time of relocating and backfilling the |
courthouse space currently occupied by the King County work release program in response |
to a proviso outlined in Ordinance 14812, Section 2. |
Deferred
4.
Proposed Motion No. 2005-0102
Mr. Gossett
A MOTION approving the facilities management division report titled New County Office |
Building: Prospective Tenants, and supporting occupancy recommendations in the New |
County Office Building in response to a proviso included in Ordinance 15042. |
Deferred
5.
Proposed Ordinance No. 2005-0266
Mr. Gossett and Ms. Edmonds
AN ORDINANCE making a supplemental appropriation of $667,000 to the building repair |
and replacement fund to provide the necessary spending authority to expeditiously proceed |
with completing due diligence and related programming and planning required to proceed |
with the acquisition and redevelopment of a potential site for the consolidation of elections |
operations as well as for core data center operations of the information and |
telecommunication services division; and amending the 2005 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance |
15083, Section 114, as amended, and Attachment B, as amended. |
Deferred
6.
Proposed Motion No. 2005-0092
Mr. Gossett
A MOTION authorizing and approving the office of the public defender plan for provision |
of indigent defense services for cases that cannot be assigned to existing contractors due to |
an ethical conflict of interest. |
Monica Clarke, Council Staff, briefed the committee and answered questions on 2005-0092. |
Sheryl Willert, Attorney at Law, Williams, Kastner and Gibbs, PLLC, answered questions of the |
members. |
The following persons spoke: |
1) Bob Boruchowitz, Director, The Defender Association |
2) Anne Daly, Director, Society Representing Accused Persons |
3) Eileen Farley, Director, Northwest Defenders Association |
Motions were made by Mr. Constantine to pass Amendments S1 and T1. The motions passed. |
This matter was Amended.
A motion was made by Mr. Constantine that this matter be Recommended Do Pass Substitute. |
The motion carried by the following vote: |
Yes: 4 - Mr. Gossett, Mr. Constantine, Ms. Hague and Mr. Ferguson |
Excused: 3 - Mr. Irons, Ms. Patterson and Mr. von Reichbauer |
Other Business
There was no further business to come before the committee.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 11:54 a.m.