Mayor Colinas called the regular Brier City Council Meeting to order at 7:00 PM and the flag salute was given.

Roll Call:

Present: Mayor Colinas, Councilmember Gallagher, Joplin, Kaemingk, Krienke, Nick, Steele and Thorpe.

Staff: Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Snowden

Public Requests & Oral Communications:

Mayor Colinas introduced Kelley Murdock, Branch Manager of the Brier Library. Kelley stood up and introduced herself. She grew up in the Bothell area and has worked for the Sno-Isle Library system since 2015.

Ralph Kearsy, Chief Administrative Officer and Technical Supervisor Craig Boyd from Snohomish County Emergency Radio Systems (SERS) gave an informative presentation regarding funding a radio system upgrade by Snohomish County. Mr. Kearsy thanked the Council for listening and asked for their support in asking the Snohomish County Council to find the mechanism by resolution to fund the upgrade, which is approx. 75 million dollars. There was Council discussion regarding avenues of funding.

Reports of Committees & City Officials:

Councilmember Steele reviewed claim checks over the weekend.

Councilmember Kaemingk, Councilmember Steele and Mayor Colinas attended the Snohomish County 911 Meeting on January 17th, 2018.

Councilmember Nick and Councilmember Thorpe attended the Parks Board meeting on January 10^th, 2018.

Councilmember Gallagher attended the Planning Commission meeting on January 17th and the Community Transit meeting on January 18^th, 2018.

Approval of Minutes:

Mayor Colinas opened for consideration approval of the Brier City Council Minutes of January 9, 2018. Motion: Approve the Brier City Council Minutes of January 9, 2018. Moved by Councilmember Nick, Seconded by Councilmember Gallagher. Motion Carried.

Miscellaneous Business by Call of Councilmembers & City Officials:

Councilmember Kaemingk gave an update regarding liaison assignments: Councilmember Thorpe - Parks Board

Councilmember Joplin - County Performance Audit Committee

Councilmember Krienke - Police

Councilmember Steele - Budget Committee

Councilmember Gallagher - Planning Commission

Councilmember Nick - Library Board

Councilmember Kaemingk - Mayor Pro-Tem

Councilmember Steele commented on having another large bill for the HVAC system for City Hall. Mayor Colinas gave a brief description as to why.

Mayor Colinas opened for consideration of the Annual Comprehensive Plan Update Announcement. The City will be accepting suggested updates for the Annual Comprehensive Plan though the month of March and notice will be posted at each of the three kiosk locations.

Auditing of Accounts:

Mayor Colinas opened for consideration approval of the January 2018 Payroll Checks. Motion: Approve the January 2018 Payroll Checks No. 32622 through No. 32697 and EFTs in the amount of $162,273.28. Moved by Councilmember Steele, Seconded by Councilmember Kaemingk. Motion Carried.

Mayor Colinas opened for consideration approval of the December 31, 2017 Claim Checks. Motion: Approve the December 31, 2017 Claim Checks No. 32674 through No. in the amount of $13,217.90. Moved by Councilmember Steele, Seconded by Councilmember Joplin. Motion Carried.

Mayor Colinas opened for consideration approval of the January 2018 Claim Checks. Motion: Approve the January 2018 Claim Checks No. 10127, Claim Checks No. 32672 through No. 32673 and Claim Checks No. 32698 through No. 32733 in the amount of $489,678.86. Moved by Councilmember Steele, Seconded by Councilmember Kaemingk. Motion Carried.

Adjournment

Mayor Colinas declared the meeting adjourned at 8:17 PM.