Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Presiding: Mayor Butt · Called to order: 6:51 p.m. · 2 items · 22 votes · 16 public comments
What happened
The council voted down proposed changes to the Police Commission law during its final vote on the amendments. The commission oversees police department policies and procedures.
The council approved mid-year budget adjustments unanimously after reviewing spending performance compared to original projections. Staff identified areas where departments needed more or less money than initially planned.
The council approved 17 routine items on consent, including a $275,000 used street sweeper truck and extending the auditing contract with Maze & Associates for $2.56 million. Other notable items included $65,415 for ADA restroom upgrades at the Richmond Senior Center and allowing the farmers market to continue using Barrett Avenue parking through December 2017.
Discussion of a $625,000 federal grant to hire additional police officers was continued to a future meeting.
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Attendance
Approved as a group without individual discussion.
Biggest items: $2.6M One year contract extension with Maze... · $435K Contract amendment with Alex Kushner,... · $275K Purchase of a 2015 Schwarze A9 sweepe...