Council MIN 01-13-2003 Special
FEDERAL WAY CITY COUNCIL
Special Meeting
Council Chambers - City Hall
January 13,2003 - 12:00 p.m.
Minutes
I.
CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Mayor Burbidge called the special meeting of the Federal Way City Council to order at the
hour of 12: I 0 p.m., for the purpose of interviewing all applicants and selecting finalists for
a second interview to ultimately select and appoint one of the candidates to City Council
Position No.5.
Councilmembers present: Mayor Jeanne Burbidge, Deputy Mayor Dean McColgan, and
Councilmembers Mary Gates, Eric Faison, Linda Kachmar and Mike Park.
City staff present: City Manager David Moseley, City Attorney Pat Richardson and City
Clerk Chris Green.
II.
APPLICANT INTERVIEWS TO FILL VACANT CITY COUNCIL
POSITION #5
. Interview all Candidates
City Clerk Chris Green conducted an earlier random drawing, which established the order
of appearance and interview time for each candidate. The applicant interview schedule is
attached hereto as Exhibit "A".
In an open meeting following the completion of interviews at 7:00 p.m., the Council
narrowed the field to ten candidates. Those selected were: Hope Elder, Joseph Henry,
Art Hagberg, Stephen Jacobson, C. T. Purdom, Timothy Holderman, Patrick Godfrey,
Karen Pettingell, Barbara Reid and Jack Dovey.
. Executive Session/Evaluate Qualifications of Candidates for
Appointment to Elective Office/Pursuant to RCW
42.30.11 0(1 )(h)
At 7:10 p.m., Mayor Burbidge announced a recess to executive session for purposes of
evaluating the remaining candidates' qualifications pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1 )(h), to
enable the Council to further narrow the field of finalists.
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Mayor Burbidge reopened the special meeting at 7:40 p.m.
.
Selection of Finalists
Mayor Burbidge then conducted an open poll of the remaining ten candidates, which
narrowed the field to six finalists. The City Clerk was directed to contact and schedule
final interviews for January 16, 2003. Those selected as finalists: Hope Elder, Art
Hagberg, C. T. Purdom, Patrick Godfrey, Barbara Reid and Jack Dovey.
III.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Federal Way City Council, Mayor
Burbidge adjourned the special meeting at the hour of7:55 p.m.
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Interviews for position #5 are scheduled for Monday, January 13,2003, starting at 12:15 p.m.,
and again on Thursday, January 16,2003, starting at 5:30 p.m. The Mayor has requested a
brief review of the process starting at 12:00 noon on the 13th. I will arrange for food to be
available during both sessions. I have attached copies of all applications, as well as a copy of
Section 22 of Council Rules of Procedure (Filling Council Vacancies) as informational.
Craig Dahl withdrew his name from consideration today, so there are 26 candidates at this time.
Jack Dovey and Alana Summers are both unable to attend, so have requested you consider their
applications in lieu of personal appearances-their applications are at the front of the packet.
TIME
12:15 p.m.
12:30
12:45
1:00
1:15
1:30
1:45
2:00
2:15
2:30
2:45
3:00
3:15
3:30
3:45
4:00
4:15
4:30
4:45
5:00
5:30
5:45
6:00
6:15
6:30
6:45
NAME
Hope Elder
Diane Lorenz
Joseph Henry
Harold Griffey
Art Hagberg
David "Corrigan" Gommenginger
Grace Rawsthorne
Stephen Jacobson
Henry George
BREAK
C. T. Purdom
Timothy Holderman
Joe Spransy
Debra DiPietro
Darryl Mitchell
Michael Maine
Stephana Jacobson
Helen Graves
Tyree Forest
BREAK
Patrick Godfrey
John Hagstrom
Donovan Shortridge
Karen Pettingell
Debi Braulik
Barbara Reid
David H. Moseley. City Manager
Donna Hanson & Derek Matheson, Assistant City Managers
Pat Richardson, City Attorney
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