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Medical Lake council dissolves Parks & Recreation committee, adopts monthly written reports

2086434 · January 7, 2025

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Summary

At its Jan. 7 meeting the Medical Lake City Council voted to dissolve the Parks & Recreation committee and replace it with monthly written reports from the parks director; the council also confirmed committee rosters and reappointed a mayor pro tem.

On Jan. 7, 2025, the Medical Lake City Council voted to dissolve its Parks & Recreation committee and replace that standing committee with a monthly written report prepared by the parks and recreation director.

Council members said the change is meant to reduce duplication between the council committee and the new Parks & Recreation Advisory Board and to free councilmembers’ time. The council adopted the replacement by motion, with the director assigned to provide a monthly written synopsis of activities and upcoming programs.

City Administrator Sunny Weathers summarized options for reducing redundancy between council committees and advisory boards and recommended monthly written reports to keep the full council informed. Council members discussed attending advisory-board meetings individually and receiving a centralized monthly briefing instead of maintaining a separate council committee.

The council also discussed the structure and purpose of other committees, including Finance, General Government and Public Safety. Members agreed to keep the Finance Committee intact. For public safety, members asked staff to provide a more detailed monthly report to the council packet so the full council could ask questions without dissolving the committee immediately; the council deferred any structural change until members who were absent for the discussion could weigh in.

In related business, the council reappointed Councilmember Kennedy as mayor pro tem for 2025 and confirmed committee rosters for Finance, General Government and Public Safety with no other changes recorded in the minutes.

The council instructed staff to amend the City Council Policies and Procedures to reflect the dissolution of the Parks & Recreation committee and to include the new monthly reporting requirement in council packets.