Mayor Kaemingk called the regular Brier City Council Meeting to order at 7:05 PM.

Roll Call:

Present: Mayor Kaemingk, Councilmembers Gallagher, Lockhart, Marley, Moran, Nick, and Rosman.

Absent: Councilmember Krienke.

Staff: Clerk-Treasurer Swisher, Chief Almquist.

Public Requests & Oral Communications:

Mayor Kaemingk introduced Isaac Harrison, the new Library Manager. Mr. Harrison gave an overview of his time within the library system.

Maria Buell, Brier, asked about the progress on the snow and ice plan as there is anticipated snow the first week of February.

Hisham Othman, Brier, asked about the allowing of public comment during workshop meetings and why is was allowed on January 4^th and not last week, in regards to our rebranding discussions he stated that he likes the 50^th anniversary logo and thinks if it was tweaked a little bit it would be a great option for our rebranding.

Kevin Davis, Brier, asked about the local access signage in Dundee to deter people from dropping kids off to use the cut-through to the middle school.

Reports of Committees & City Officials:

Chief Almquist gave an update on his first five days at the city and stated that he has made two conditional offers of employment to lateral officers and the new police clerk hopefully will begin next week. He will be meeting with former police clerk Maria Buell on Friday to get some of her insights into the department as well as having had a meeting with all the officers to get their input and share with them his vision and expectations for the department moving forward.

Councilmember Nick reviewed claim checks January 21^st.

Councilmember Gallagher attended the Community Transit board meeting last Thursday, met with the Mayor and Paula to discuss Mayor Pro-Tem duties and attended the Planning Commission meeting on January 19^th.

Councilmember Rosman advised that she listened into the Snohomish County planning commission earlier this evening.

Mayor Kaemingk reported that he has been attending meetings with the Snohomish County Mayors about the issues happening in Olympia.

Mayor Pro-Tem Gallagher assigned the Liaison Appointments: Rosman to Library, Lockhart to Parks, Nick to Police, Krienke to Public Works, himself to Budget and Marley to Planning Commission.

Approval of Minutes:

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of the Brier City Council Minutes of January 4, 2022. Motion: Approve the Brier City Council Minutes of January 4, 2022, Moved by Councilmember Nick, Seconded by Councilmember Lockhart. Motion Carried.

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of the Brier City Council Minutes of January 11, 2022. Motion: Approve the Brier City Council Minutes of January 11, 2022, Moved by Councilmember Gallagher, Seconded by Councilmember Marley. Motion Carried.

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of the Brier City Council Workshop Minutes of January 18, 2022. Motion: Approve the Brier City Council Workshop Minutes of January 18, 2022, Moved by Councilmember Nick, Seconded by Councilmember Gallagher.

Motion Carried.

Consent Agenda:

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration the authorization of the Mayor's signature on the Stormwater Capacity Grant from Department of Ecology. Motion: Approve the Mayor's signature on the Stormwater Capacity Grant from Department of Ecology, Moved by Councilmember Gallagher, Seconded by Councilmember Marley. Motion Carried.

Miscellaneous Business by Call of Councilmembers & City Officials:

Mayor Kaemingk stated we will be having a meeting next week.

Councilmember Rosman stated she would like to bring forward information about urban forests to a workshop meeting.

Councilmember Nick commented on our rebranding that from his talks with others our iconic thing we are known for is "community" and would like to see that represented.

Auditing of Accounts:

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of the December 31, 2021 Claim Checks. Motion: Approve the December 31, 2021 Claim Checks No. 43365 and 43366, Checks No. 43369 through No. 43383 and EFT transactions in the amount of $88,018.45 and voided Check No. 43303. Reason: Vender claims no outstanding invoice, Moved by Councilmember Nick, Seconded by Councilmember Gallagher. Motion Carried.

Mayor Kaemingk opened for consideration approval of the January 2022 Claim Checks. Motion: Approve the January 2022 Claim Checks No. 43364, 43367, 43368, Checks No. 43384 through No. 43409 in the amount of $570,382.53, Moved by Councilmember Nick, Seconded by Councilmember Gallagher. Motion Carried.

Adjournment

Mayor Kaemingk declared the meeting adjourned at 7:41 PM.