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Council approves routine agreements, housing allocation and grants; recesses to executive session
Summary
At its March meeting the Renton City Council approved consent items and committee recommendations including a $269,077 SCIP housing allocation, multiple finance committee items and grant agreements, then recessed into executive session on labor and litigation.
The Renton City Council on March 24 approved a series of routine consent and committee recommendations, including a $269,077 allocation to the South King Housing and Homelessness Partners housing capital fund and several finance committee actions, before recessing to an executive session on labor negotiations and potential litigation.
The measures adopted included approval of consent items, authorization to join the Eastside Transportation Partnership, concurrence with the Planning and Development Committee to allocate $269,077 from the city's SCIP (South King Housing and Homelessness Partners) housing capital contribution, and several finance committee recommendations to pay vouchers and authorize contract amendments and grant agreements.
The finance committee items approved included accounts-payable vouchers totaling $8,496,918.30, payroll payments totaling $2,032,721.96, and municipal court vouchers totaling $7,536.18. The council also concurred with an amendment to the city's contract with Pacifica Law Group LLP to increase compensation by $125,000 related to a B&O tax audit; authorized the mayor and city clerk to execute a subgrant agreement with the Association of Washington Cities for $205,806 to pay for investment-grade energy audits; and authorized Amendment No. 8 with Graham Baba Architect for design and construction administration for the Piazza Park/Renton Pavilion project in the amount of $394,865.
Council members moved and seconded the items as listed in the meeting record and each motion was approved by voice vote with "Aye" called by council members; the meeting minutes record the motions as carrying. The council then voted to recess into executive session to discuss labor negotiations per the statutory citation read at the meeting and potential litigation; no action was announced during the session.
Votes at a glance
- Motion to excuse absent council member — Moved by Council President Albertson; seconded by Council Member Perez; outcome: approved. - Proclamation adopting National Women’s History Month — Moved by Council Member Rivera; seconded by Council Member Perez; outcome: adopted. - Consent agenda (approved as published minus item C) — Moved by Council President Albertson; seconded by Council Member Perez; outcome: approved. - Approval of item C (join Eastside Transportation Partnership as a full voting member) — Moved by Council Member McGurbon; outcome: approved. - Planning & Development concurrence to allocate $269,077 to SCIP housing capital fund — Moved by Council Member McGurvin; outcome: approved. - Resolution authorizing administering agency for SCIP to execute documents for SCIP-funded affordable housing projects — Moved by Council Member McGurvey; seconded by Council Member Van; outcome: adopted. - Finance committee concurrence: accounts-payable/payroll/municipal court vouchers (amounts above) — Moved by Council Member Perez; seconded by Council Member Halloran; outcome: approved. - Finance committee concurrence: Amendment 3 to Pacifica Law Group LLP contract to increase compensation by $125,000 — Moved by Council Member Perez; seconded by Council Member Halloran; outcome: approved. - Finance committee concurrence: Subgrant agreement with Association of Washington Cities for $205,806 (energy audit funding) — Moved by Council Member Perez; seconded by Council Member Halloran; outcome: approved. - Finance committee concurrence: Amendment No. 8 with Graham Baba Architect for combined Piazza/Renton Pavilion project design and construction administration in the amount of $394,865 — Moved by Council Member Perez; seconded by Council Member Halloran; outcome: approved. - Motion to recess into executive session to discuss labor negotiations and potential litigation (statutory citations read aloud) — Moved and seconded from the dais; outcome: approved; no action to follow.
Items that passed were recorded as "motion carries" in the meeting record; the meeting concluded with the council adjourning to executive session.
Ending
The council listed upcoming committee meeting dates and returned the meeting to executive session for approximately 45 minutes; the public record notes that no further action would be taken following that session.
