Whetham votes against new meeting rules, it needed to go back to work session he says"
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| Council Whetham voted against new meeting protocol, it needed more work he told council during debate. |
Option 2:
Members of the public may address the City Council at the beginning of any Regular Meeting
under "Public Comment." During the "Public Comment" portion of the meeting, individuals
may speak to agenda items, except those scheduled for a Public Hearing.
The City Council desires to allow the opportunity for public comment. However, the
business of the City must proceed in an orderly, timely manner. At any time, the Presiding
Officer, in the Presiding Officer's sole discretion, may set such reasonable limits as are
necessary to prevent disruption of other necessary business.
At its most restrictive, public comment shall be limited to a total of 15 minutes for the first public comment period and shall be concluded not later than 9:45 for the second public comment period. Individuals may speak for three (3) minutes or less, depending on the number of people wishing to speak. If more than 20 people are signed up to speak each speaker will be allocated two (2) minutes.
Individuals are asked to sign up prior to the start of the Public Comment period. Individuals who reside within the City will be called to speak first, generally in the order in which they have signed. If time remains, the Presiding Officer will call other individuals wishing to speak, generally in the order in which they have signed. If time is available, the Presiding Officer may call for additional unsigned speakers.
Persons speaking shall identify themselves for the record as to name, city of residence and any
organization represented. All comments shall be addressed to the Council as a whole and not to individual members thereof. During public comment, all speakers shall be courteous in their language and deportment and there shall be no audience demonstrations that disrupts the meeting. Any person disrupting or unreasonably disturbing the business of the Council, either while addressing the Council or attending its proceedings, shall be asked to cease such disruption, and may be asked to leave, or be removed from the meeting if the disruption continues.
The Clerk shall be the timekeeper for all public comment. Time cannot be donated
by one speaker to another. Written comments may be submitted into the
record of a Council meeting by presenting the written document to the Clerk prior to the
meeting, in which case a copy of the document will be provided to each Council Member, but
the document will not be read aloud; or a document may be distributed to the City Council, with a copy to the clerk, by a speaker while the speaker is addressing the Council. All speakers must conform to the requirements of Section 12 above. City Council meetings are not public forums for addressing the audience. All speakers must address the Council, not staff or the audience. Speakers may not comment on any matter for which a quasi-judicial hearing is required.
ref. City Council agenda packet
http://wa-portangeles.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/3010
The vote was Council Rules of Procedure / Option 2 Approved 5-1, with Whetham opposed
Editorial Comment: This publication managed to catch the opening remarks of the debate regarding the protocol issue, but was cut short on account of low battery on the camera.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bah1L2n6TB0
* However, the Clallam public eye did catch the discussion leading up to the vote. Whetham made motion to table for another work session. However, that motion to table further discussions, the motion failed. Then Council member Burch made the motion to approve, Collins second. See Clallam eye video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqXPNyoLVZg&feature=em-subs_digest (time laps 3:00:48)
Other items on the agenda that were acted on:
Law Firm to Assist City on Issues Arising from the Elwha Dam Removal Project / Approved 6-0
Comprehensive Plan / Conducted First Reading / Continued to June 21, 2016
Editorial Note; A rather lengthy debate between council members during the meeting.
see video clip on some of the debate that transpired Tuesday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiQj5DvSaBY
Hot points of discussion was:
- New Policy #20. The City should seek to increase Port Angeles' military presence.
- The City should facilitate the development of a cross-town truck route with improvements, which provide full access to SR 117 to and from US 101, and improvements to the Lauridsen Boulevard Bridge over Peabody Creek and the intersections of Lauridsen Boulevard at Race Street and US 101.
Other items on the city council agenda was approved....
- Cost Share Funding for Ediz Hook Repairs / Approved 5-1, with Merideth recused
- Letter of Support for Boys & Girls Club capital fundraising / Approved 6-0
- PAFD Surplus Vehicle / Approved 6-0
ON THE COUNTY DOCKET:
COUNTY APPROVED: Agreement with Port of Port Angeles, a municipal corporation to purchase property for the Lower Elwha Road Reconstruction Project.
Among other topics on their agenda on Tuesday: Resolution appointing a member to the Solid Waste Advisory Committee
Notice of hearing to be held at 10:30 a.m., June 21 to consider an ordinance amending Clallam
County Code, Chapter 7.02, Pawnbrokers
Funds Transfer Agreement with Western Federal Lands Highway Division for Spruce Railroad
Trail construction
Recognizing Teresa Martin for over 37 years of service to Clallam County
see video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKXgpzOAuyI
During their work session on Monday some of the hot points of discussion was mention:
Proposed ordinance amending Clallam County Code, Chapter 3.01, Ethics
Editorial note: Though it was barely even mentioned during the meeting the letter from a citizen addressing a concern over campaign donations by county staff to candidates. The interviews done by this publication after the meeting pointed out that the current board can change the ordnance without waiting for an outcome of an county commission election. To note the letter written by the concern citizen was forwarded to the county by the commission candidate it was address to, Ron Richards.
Cascadia Rising 16 exercise activities briefing...
Editorial note: Former State Rep. Jim Buck also spoke on this drill the county is participating with other jurisdictions. He is featured in the following video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMc2mM7QrV8
Also an interview by the program director who is spear heading it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-5bUqBz7ko
Other work session items included:
- Proposed Personal Services Agreement to provide $7,500 in initial funding for Peninsula Area Public Access (PAPA)
- 8 Proposed joint meetings with other government entities
Editorial footnote: Apparently, the county doesn't want to be left out! They also want joint meetings with both the city and the port.
ON THE PORT DOCKET: PORT HELD SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY: Topics included bylaw discussion among other items. Here is a segment of that meeting; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATtSM0X__pk&feature=youtu.be
agenda items were as posted: http://www.portofpa.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/06062016-156
Port Executive Director Candidates Announced
via press release issued by Port
The Port of Port Angeles Board of Commissioners will interview four applicants for the position of Executive Director. The candidates will be in Port Angeles for two days, June 16th and 17th, for these interviews.
The Executive Director finalists are:
Karen Goschen of Sequim, WA; Interim Executive Director, Port of Port Angeles;
James Kuntz of Walla Walla, WA; former Executive Director of Port of Walla Walla;
Robert Uptagrafft of Everett, WA; CEO & Executive Director of Pacific Northwest Aerospace Association; and
David Walter of Port Angeles, WA, Partner in Kingsway Consulting and former DuPont Corporation executive.
The Port Commission has scheduled public interviews from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM on June 16th at the Port’s public meeting room located at 338 West First Street in Port Angeles. The public is welcome to attend as well as submit questions for the candidates. These questions will be used as time allows and may be submitted at CandidateQuestion@portofpa.com.
A reception for the public to meet the candidates will follow the interviews from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM at the Red Lion Hotel in the Olympic Board Room located at 221 North Lincoln Street in Port Angeles. All members of the public are welcome to attend.
The Commission will meet again in executive session for additional candidate interviews on June 17th.---from a press release issued June 7th
ref: http://www.portofpa.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=118
In other local news stories headlines...
Clallam County board of commissioners mulls options for public legal defense---PDN
Local Republicans Endorsing Trump??---PORT O CALL
Economic Development Charade is Over---PORT O CALL
Four finalists named for Port of Port Angeles executive director post---PDN
Clallam County approves $500,000 funds transfer pact for Spruce Railroad Trail work---PDN
Clallam County Public Utility District's solar project gains traction through reduced payback period---PDN
Conflict of interest or political dodge?---PORT O CALL
Editorial Note: The evidence shared on their paper is a video clip taken from an I PHONE, from a distance, and darken image. Which no one can make out what was going on back in the Feb 2nd meeting. I couldn't tell from the video offered what was going on up front of the council chamber back then.
Ms. Wheelchair royalty soar for first time---Sequim Gazette
Sequim schools to replace Greywolf’s water fixtures after lead study findings----Sequim Gazette
Navy prepares for JLOTS training---PT LEADER
Gleaners gather food for those in need---PT LEADER
Halibut fishing re-opens June 11---FORKS FORUM
NEWS FROM ACROSS THE STRAIT
Six experts named to sewage-treatment panel---TIMES COLONIST/ Victoria BC
Consider billing province for tent city costs, Victoria councillors told---TIMES COLONIST/ Victoria BC
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VIDEO CLIP: Replay of the interview of Penny Literman on the subject of the disaster drill
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