2018-10-23 Council MIN - Special CITY OF
Federal Way
CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
Council Chambers - City Hall
October 23, 2018 —6:00 p.m.
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Mayor Ferrell called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.
City officials in attendance: Mayor Jim Ferrell, Deputy Mayor Susan Honda, Councilmember Lydia
Assefa-Dawson, Councilmember Hoang Tran, Councilmember Mark Koppang, Councilmember
Martin Moore, and Councilmember Dini Duclos.
City staff in attendance: City Attorney Ryan Call and City Clerk Stephanie Courtney.
Councilmember Jesse Johnson joined the meeting at 6:16 p.m.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Ferrell led the flag salute.
3. 2019-2020 BIENNIAL BUDGET WORKSHOP
• Council Discussion and Deliberation
Councilmembers discussed items they would like to see funded in the budget which include Federal
Way Youth Action Team; Affordable Housing Task Force; adding a Teen Coordinator position;
implementing financial software to increase transparency, increasing staffing levels for the IT
Department; increasing staffing levels for the Economic Development Department; and adding a
potential staff daycare facility at the Community Center.
Discussion also centered on Police overtime budget and the new prevailing wage Washington State
Department of Labor and Industries(L&I)has set for landscape maintenance workers which will have
a large budgetary impact for Parks and Public Works Departments.
• Citizen Comment
Dana Hollaway signed up to speak, yet withdrew her request.
Lamont Styles does not feel the budget was prepared using zero based budgeting. He
would like the Council to go line by line; and supports limiting Police overtime to$500K a
year. He believes the city is too top heavy and supports increasing programs for the drug
addicted and homeless.
Lyn Idahosa supports the Affordable Housing Task Force proposal. She is concerned
with the current level of affordable housing available for families. She also would like
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the Council to be more transparent in this budget process and expected a zero-based
budget approach as promised.
Council consensus was to further discuss the budget next Tuesday; October 30, 2018
beginning at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers.
4. ADJOURNMENT
There being nothing further on the agenda; Mayor Ferrell adjourned the Special Meeting at 8:15 p.m.
Attest:
Ste an Courtney
City Clerk
Approved by Council: I I-010.10(
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