1200 King County Courthouse |
516 Third Avenue |
Seattle, WA 98104 |
Councilmembers: Larry Gossett, Chair; Dow Constantine and Jane Hague, |
Vice Chairs; Bob Ferguson, David Irons, Julia Patterson, Pete von |
Reichbauer |
Staff: Rebecha Cusack (296-0330), Lead Staff Analyst; Polly St. John |
(296-1641), Analyst; David Layton (296-1679), Analyst; Peggy Sanders |
(296-1658), Analyst; |
William Nogle (296-1632), Analyst; Monica Clarke (296-1638), Analyst; |
Patrick Hamacher (296-1642), Analyst; Janice Mansfield (296-1683), |
Committee Assistant |
Also attending the meeting was Ms. Lambert, Vice Chair, Law, Justice and Human Services |
Committee |
Present: Mr. Gossett, Mr. Constantine, Ms. Hague, Mr. Irons, Ms. Patterson, Mr. Ferguson and Mr. |
von Reichbauer |
AN ORDINANCE making a supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to records, elections |
and licensing services; and amending the 2005 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 15083, |
Section 25, as amended. |
William Nogle, Council Staff, briefed the committee and answered questions on Proposed Ordinance |
2005-0348. |
Jim Reid, Chief of Staff, Independent Task Force on Elections and Jim Buck, Manager, |
Administrative Services, Department of Executive Services, answered questions of the members. |
AN ORDINANCE relating to the limited tax general obligation bonds of the county |
previously authorized to be issued in one or more series in an outstanding aggregate |
principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000 to provide long-term financing for the |
Courthouse Seismic Project, the Courthouse Earthquake Repairs, the North Rehabilitation |
Facility Project, the Kent Pullen Regional Communications and Emergency Control Center |
Project, the Integrated Security and Jail Health Remodel Project, the Courthouse Lobby |
Project and the Jail ITR Remodel Project, and the limited tax general obligation bond |
anticipation notes of the county previously authorized to be issued in one or more series in |
an outstanding aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000, pending the sale of |
such bonds, to provide interim financing for such projects; augmenting the projects that are |
authorized to be financed and increasing the maximum outstanding aggregate principal |
amount of such bonds and bond anticipation notes to $160,000,000 as a result; amending |
Ordinance 14167, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 12, as previously amended by Ordinance |
14463, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Ordinance 14745, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and |
Ordinance 14992, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7; and amending Ordinance 14167, Section |
18, as previously amended by Ordinance 14745, Section 10 and Ordinance 14992, Section |
8. |
Patrick Hamacher, Council Staff, briefed the committee and answered questions on Proposed |
Ordinance 2005-0309. |
Ken Guy, Acting Director, and Nigel Lewis, Senior Debt Analyst, Finance and Business Operations |
Division, Department of Executive Services, answered questions of the members. |
A motion was made by Mr. Constantine that this matter be Recommended Do Pass. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Votes: |
Yes: 6 - Mr. Gossett, Mr. Constantine, Ms. Hague, Mr. Irons, Ms. Patterson and Mr. Ferguson |
No: 0 |
Excused: 1 - Mr. von Reichbauer |
AN ORDINANCE relating to the limited tax general obligation bonds of the county |
previously authorized to be issued and publicly sold in one or more series in an outstanding |
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30,000,000 to provide long-term financing for |
the Juanita Woodlands Open Space Acquisition Project and the Forestry and Nearshore |
Initiative Project, and the limited tax general obligation bond anticipation notes of the |
county previously authorized to be issued and publicly sold in one or more series in an |
outstanding aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30,000,000 to provide interim |
financing for such projects pending the sale of such bonds; increasing the maximum |
outstanding aggregate principal amount of such bonds and bond anticipation notes to |
$40,000,000; and amending Ordinance 14991, Sections 1,4 and 5. |
Patrick Hamacher, Council Staff, briefed the committee and answered questions on Proposed |
Ordinance 2005-0310. |
Ken Guy, Acting Director, and Nigel Lewis, Senior Debt Analyst, Finance and Business Operations |
Division, Department of Executive Services, answered questions of the members. |
A motion was made by Mr. Constantine that this matter be Recommended Do Pass. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Votes: |
Yes: 6 - Mr. Gossett, Mr. Constantine, Ms. Hague, Mr. Irons, Ms. Patterson and Mr. Ferguson |
No: 0 |
Excused: 1 - Mr. von Reichbauer |
A MOTION of the county council accepting a bid for the purchase of the county's Limited |
Tax General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes, 2005, Series A in the aggregate principal |
amount of $__________ and fixing the interest rates and other terms thereof in accordance |
with Ordinance 14167, as amended by Ordinance 14463, Ordinance 14745, Ordinance |
14992 and Ordinance _____; accepting a bid for the purchase of the county's Limited Tax |
General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes, 2005, Series B in the aggregate principal |
amount of $__________ and fixing the interest rates and other terms thereof in accordance |
with Ordinance 14991, as amended by Ordinance _____; and accepting a bid for the |
purchase of the county's Limited Tax General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes, 2005, |
Series C in the aggregate principal amount of $__________ and fixing the interest rates and |
other terms thereof in accordance with Ordinance _____. |
Patrick Hamacher, Council Staff, briefed the committee and answered questions on Proposed |
Ordinance 2005-0312. |
Ken Guy, Acting Director, and Nigel Lewis, Senior Debt Analyst, Finance and Business Operations |
Division, Department of Executive Services, answered questions of the members. |
Motions were made by Mr. Constantine to pass Amendments S1 and T1. The motions passed. |
A motion was made by Mr. Constantine that this matter be Passed Out of Committee Without |
a Recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Votes: |
Yes: 6 - Mr. Gossett, Mr. Constantine, Ms. Hague, Mr. Irons, Ms. Patterson and Mr. Ferguson |
No: 0 |
Excused: 1 - Mr. von Reichbauer |
Polly St. John, Council Staff, briefed the committee and answered questions on the King County |
Correctional Facility Integrated Security Project. |
Ross Pouley, Construction Manager, URS Corporation, presented the Quarterly Report on the King |
County Correctional Facility Integrated Security Project and answered questions of the members. |
Kathy Brown, Director, and Jim Napolitano, Facilities Management Division, Department of |
Executive Services briefed the committee and answered questions of the members. |