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May 20, 2003
Meeting Minutes
Staff:
David deCourcy, Council Chief of
Staff, 296-0343
Scott White, Council Staff, 296-0324
Gennevie Cook, Committee Assistant, 205-5079
Members:
Richard Derham
Mark Endresen
Dave Gering
Steve Goldblatt
Arun Jhaveri
Sharon Maeda
Jim Montgomery
Bill Ptacek
Steve Williamson
The Commission on Governance meeting was called to order at 3:12 p.m. in the Maynard Conference Room, 2nd Floor, King County Administration Building, Seattle, Washington.
The following commission members were present: Richard Derham, Dave Gering, Steve Goldblatt, Jim Montgomery, and Bill Ptacek
Excused: Mark Endresen, Arun Jhaveri, Sharon Maeda and Steve Williamson
1. Welcome and Introductions.
Steve Goldblatt welcomed the Commission members and the public to the meeting.
Each Commission member introduced themselves to the new Commission member, Jim Montgomery and to the Consultants, Bonnie Berk and Marty Wine.
The following people in the audience introduced themselves as well:
1. Anthony Hemstad, Suburban Cities Association/City of Maple Valley
2. Dave Regnier, King County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
3. Russ Carlsen, Legislative Aide, Councilmember Kathy Lambert
4. Ryan Halset, Legislative Aide, Councilmember Julia Patterson
5. Sarah Chandler, Municipal League
A Sign in sheet for distribution of meeting materials was distributed.
2. Approval of Minutes of May 6, 2003.
Bill Ptacek moved to approve the meeting minutes of May 6, 2003, Dave Gering seconded the motion.
Dave Gering – Page 4, last paragraph, second line down, ‘judicial functions’ should be “financial structure”.
Steve Goldblatt – Page 6, under B. i., third paragraph, ‘Steve Gering’ should be “Dave Gering”.
Steve Goldblatt – Page 6, under B. ii., fifth paragraph, ‘Steve Gering’ should be “Steve Goldblatt”.
Steve Goldblatt – Page 2, under 4., fifth paragraph, ‘combo’ should be “combination of experience”.
Steve Goldblatt – The spelling of ‘Burk’ should be changed to “Berk”.
Steve Goldblatt moved to approve the amended meeting minutes of May 6, 2003. The motion passed 5-0 with Mark Endresen, Arun Jhaveri, Sharon Maeda and Steve Williamson excused.
3. Discussion on the scope and vision for the Commission
This item was deferred. Councilmember Rob McKenna was scheduled to attend and due to unforeseen circumstances was unable to attend. This will be rescheduled for a future date.
4. Work Plan Sub-Committee Report
Dave Gering and Dick Derham reported back to the Commission what the Work Plan Sub-Committee discussed. A Phase Definition sheet was handed out to the members and discussed.
Scott White, Council Staff, answered questions from the Commission.
Bonnie Berk and Marty Wine, introduced themselves again and gave a little background on themselves and the firm. They also spoke about roles and responsibilities.
5. Discussion of next steps for the Commission
The Commission members discussed the next steps for the Commission.
6. Commission Administrative Items.
- Future Meeting Dates
i. Dates to be determined pending responses from Commission members
The members discussed this and Marty Wine will take over and set up the next meeting date.
ii. Maynard Conference Room, King County Administration Building
iii. Dave Gering scheduled to chair next meeting
iv. Identify future temporary chairs
Dick Derham – Would like to see, as an agenda item, on the next meeting’s agenda moving towards a permanent organization. (i.e. a permanent chair, how to interact day to day with Marty and Bonnie, do we have a steering committee that keeps us on track, etc.)
- Agenda items for future meetings
i. Discussions with Councilmembers (ongoing)
ii. Briefings on specific issue areas
Dave Gering made a motion to request two new Commission members to represent unincorporated King County and to be as diverse as possible. Bill Ptacek seconded the motion. The motion passed 3-0 with Mark Endresen, Arun Jhaveri, Sharon Maeda and Steve Williamson excused. Dick Derham and Steve Goldblatt abstained from voting.
7. There being no further business to come before the Commission on Governance, the meeting adjourned at 5:03 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Gennevie Cook, Committee Assistant