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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil MINS 01-09-2001 Special FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL Council Chambers - City Hall January 9, 2001 SPECIAL MEETING - 3:00 p.m. MINUTES I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER Mayor Park called the special meeting of the Federal Way City Council to order at the hour of 3:05 p.m., for the purpose of selecting and appointing one of the candidates to Federal Way City Council Position No.6. Councilmembers present: Mayor Mike Park, Deputy Mayor Linda Kochmar, Councilmembers Jeanne Burbidge, Mary Gates, Michael Hellickson, Dean McColgan, City staff present: City Manager David Moseley, Deputy City Attorney Pat Richardson, City Clerk Chris Green, Deputy City Clerk Stephanie Courtney. II. INTERVIEW ALL CANDIDATES City Clerk Chris Green conducted an earlier random lot drawing, with the assistance of Sun So, Administrative Assistant/Human Resources, which established the following order of appearance and interview time for each candidate: 3:00 p.m. 3:20 " 3:40 " 4:00 " 4:20 " 4:40 " 5:00 " 5:20 " 5:40 " 6:00 " 6:20 " 6:40 " Barry Turnbull Eric Olsen Donald Putman Eric Faison Hope Elder James Borden - break - Skip Priest Joseph Henry Ronald Hodge Arthur Hagberg Peg Altman All candidates, with the exception of Barry Turnbull, were in attendance for their interviews. In accordance with Council Rules of Procedure, Section 22.4(5), each candidate was allowed no more than twenty (20) minutes. ORIGINAL Federal Way City Council Special Meeting Minutes January 9, 2001 - Page 2 Candidates had up to five (5) minutes to present his/her credentials to the Council, followed by a predetermined set of questions established by the Councilmembers; each candidate had up to two (2) minutes in which to respond to each of those questions. Any remaining time allowed for an informal question and answer period, during which time the Council asked and received answers to miscellaneous questions. All interviews concluded at 7:10 p.m. III. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION At 7:10 p.m., Mayor Park announced the Council would recess into executive session for approximately thirty to sixty minutes, for purposes of evaluating each candidate's qualifications pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(h). At 8: 10 p.m., the executive session was extended thirty minutes; at 8:40 p.m., the executive session was extended an additional twenty minutes. IV. RECONVENE SPECIAL MEETING At 9:02 p.m., Mayor Park reconvened the special meeting and opened nominations to fill Council Position No.6. MAYOR PARK PLACED THE NAMES OF ERIC FAISON, SKIP PRIEST AND DON PUTMAN INTO NOMINATION; DEPUTY MAYOR KOCHMAR ADDED THE NAME OF ERIC OLSEN. Following Council discussion of those nominated, it was a consensus of Council to narrow the nominations to two candidates, those being Eric Faison and Skip Priest due to their past experiences with land use issues, their availability to attend meetings, and both are attorneys who understand legal issues with respect to economic and regional development. MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR KOCHMAR TO PLACE THE NAME OF ERIC FAISON INTO NOMINATION FOR FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL POSITION NO.6; SECOND BY COUNCILMEMER MCCOLGAN. Followed by the City Clerk's roll call vote, the nomination failed 3-3 as follows: Gates Kochmar Hellickson yes yes no Burbidge Park McColgan yes no no MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER HELLICKSON TO PLACE THE NAME OF SKIP PRIEST INTO NOMINATION FOR FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL POSmON NO.6; SECOND BY MAYOR PARK. Federal Way City Council Special Meeting Minutes January 9, 2001 - Page 3 MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR KOCHMAR TO TABLE THE MOTION TO ALLOW FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS. Motion failed for lack of a second. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER GATES TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO EXTEND BEYOND THE 10:00 P.M. MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME, AND RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR FURTHER REVIEW OF COUNCIL CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS; SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HELLICKSON. Motion passed 4-2 as follows: Gates Kochmar Hellickson yes yes no Burbidge Park McColgan yes yes no v. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION At 9:52 p.m., Mayor Park announced the Council would recess into a second executive session for approximately twenty minutes, for purposes of further evaluating each candidate's qualifications pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(h). VI. RECONVENE SPECIAL MEETING At 10:08 p.m., Mayor Park reconvened the special meeting and reopened nominations to fill Council Position No.6. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER HELLICKSON TO PLACE THE NAME OF ERIC FAISON INTO NOMINATION FOR FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL POSITION NO.6; SECOND BY COUNCILMEMER GATES. Followed by the City Clerk's roll call vote, the nomination of Eric Faison passed 5-1 as follows: Gates Kochmar Hellickson yes yes yes Burbidge Park McColgan yes yes no VII. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Federal Way City Council, Mayor Park oIj""",," tho 0""'" """""g " tho ""'" of 10, ~ ~ N. hristine Green, CMC City Clerk