Mayor Starks called the regular Brier City Council Meeting to order at 7:30 PM and the flag salute was given.

Roll Call:

Present:            Councilmembers Doolittle, Gipson, Colinas, Morgan, McClenny and Corpron-Smith.

Approval of Minutes:

Mayor Starks opened for consideration of approval of the Brier City Council Minutes of December 23, 2003. Councilmember Gipson moved and Councilmember Doolittle seconded to approve the Brier City Council Minutes of December 23, 2003. Motion Carried.

Public Requests & Oral Communications: None

Reports of Committees & City Officials:

Wayne Kaske the Brier representative to the SERS Board spoke on the Phase One project that there will be an ending fund balance of approximately $200,000 and $300,000.  He asked for council input as to what they want to do with that money.

Miscellaneous Business by Call of Councilmembers & City Officials

Mayor Starks opened for approval of the Interlocal Agreement for District Court Services. Councilmember Colinas moved and Councilmember Gipson seconded to approve the Interlocal Agreement for District Court Services. Motion Carried.

Mayor Starks opened for consideration City Contribution to the Mayor's State Retirement Plan (PERS 2). There was council discussion. Councilmember Gipson moved and Councilmember Corpron-Smith seconded to approve the City Contribution to the Mayor's Retirement Plan (PERS 2) of $17.43 per month or 1.4% of the Mayor’s salary. Motion Carried.

Mayor Starks opened for discussion the interview and then appointment to Council vacancy, seat #5. The Mayor identified all four candidates that were present, John Carroll, Pam Lupo, Dale Kaemingk and Frank Zenk. City Council requested to postpone Item C to the end of the Agenda before adjourning to Workshop. The Council was in agreement.

Mayor Starks opened for discussion the election of the new Mayor Pro-Tem for 2004. Councilmember Colinas moved and Councilmember Morgan seconded to nominate Sasha Doolittle as Mayor Pro Tem. Motion Carried. Councilmember Corpron-Smith moved and Councilmember Doolittle seconded to nominate Councilmember Gipson as Mayor Pro Tem. Motion Carried. Councilmember Colinas motioned and Councilman McClenny seconded to close the nominations. Motion carried. Councilmember Doolittle voted for Doolittle, Councilmember Gipson voted for Gipson, Councilmember Colinas voted for Doolittle, Councilmember Morgan voted for Gipson, Councilmember McClenny voted for Gipson, Councilmember Smith voted for Gipson. Councilmember Gipson is voted as the Mayor Pro-Tem for 2004.

Mayor Starks opened for consideration appointment of Wayne Kaske to the SNOCOM and SERS Boards as the City of Brier Representative through February 2005. Councilmember Colinas moved and Councilmember Doolittle seconded to appoint Wayne Kaske as the City of Brier Representative to the SNOCOM and SERS Boards. There was discussion. Motion carried.

Auditing of Accounts

Mayor Starks opened for consideration approval of the December 2003 Payroll Warrants. Councilmember Gipson moved and Councilmember McClenny seconded to approve the December 2003 Payroll Warrants No. 11735 through No. 11800 in the amount of $109,496.68 with Warrants No. 11748-11759 being voided. Motion Carried.

Mayor Starks opened for consideration approval of the December 2003 Claim Warrants.  Councilmember Corpron-Smith moved and Councilmember McClenny seconded to approve the December 2003 Claim Warrants No. 16306 through No. 16369 in the amount of $141,917.10. There was Council discussion. Councilmember McClenny questioned warrant #16361 as to why there were $1000.00 bank fees. Deputy Clerk/Treasurer Paula Swisher explained that it was to pay for bank fees from US Bank for a full year’s service. It the past our interest was to offset the fees and the interest was low this year. Motion Carried.

Councilmember Colinas moved, and Councilmember Doolittle seconded to recess the City Council meeting for an hour to interview four applicants for the City Council position #5 limiting interviews to 15 minutes each.

Mayor Starks recessed the City Council for an hour to interview four applicants for the City Council position #5, limiting the interviews to 15 minutes each.to 9 PM. Mr. John Carroll stated that he would like to remove his letter of interest for the Council position and would like to recommend Frank Zenk.

City Council began the interview of the three people who are interested in the Council position.

Councilmember Colinas moved and Councilmember Corpron-Smith seconded to close the interview process. Motion Carried. Councilmember Colinas nominated Dale Kaemingk, Councilmember Doolittle nominated Frank Zenk, and Councilmember Gipson nominated Pam Lupo.

Mayor Starks called for a Roll Call vote, Councilmember Doolittle voted Zenk, Councilmember Gipson voted Kaemingk, Councilmember Colinas voted Kaemingk, Councilmember Morgan voted Lupo, Councilmember McClenny voted Kaemingk, Councilmember Corpron-Smith voted Kaemingk. Dale Kaemingk was appointed to Position #5 on the Council.

Mayor Starks announced that he has tickets to the YMCA Martin Luther King celebration to be held in Everett on Thursday evening for anyone on the council who would be interested in attending.

Adjournment

Councilmember Colinas moved and Councilmember Gipson seconded to adjourn to the workshop. Mayor Starks declared the meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM.