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MEDINA, WASHINGTON
MEDINA CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Virtual/Online
Monday, November 23, 2020
4:00 PM
MAYOR
JESSICA ROSSMAN
DEPUTY MAYOR
CYNTHIA F. ADKINS
COUNCIL MEMBERS
ROGER FREY
JENNIFER GARONE
HARINI GOKUL
ALEX MORCOS
BOB ZOOK
CITY MANAGER
MICHAEL SAUERWEIN
CITY ATTORNEY
SCOTT MISSALL
CITY CLERK
AIMEE KELLERMAN
MINUTES
1. REGULAR MEETING - CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
Council Members Adkins, Frey, Garone, Gokul, Morcos, Rossman and Zook
City Council Present via MS Teams:
Adkins, Frey, Garone, Gokul, Morcos Zook, and Mayor Rossman
Council Members Absent: Morcos
Staff Present via MS Teams: Sauerwein and Kellerman
2. APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA
ACTION: By consensus, the meeting agenda was approved as presented.
Council moved into Executive Session at 4:04 p.m. for an estimated time of one-hour.
At 5:04 p.m. Council extended Executive Session for up to fifteen minutes.
3. EXECUTIVE SESSION
RCW 42.30.110(1)(g)
To evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to review the
performance of a public employee. However, subject to RCW 42.30.140(4), discussion by a governing body of salaries, wages, and other conditions of employment to be generally applied within the agency shall occur in a meeting open to the public, and
when a governing body elects to take final action hiring, setting the salary of an individual employee or class of employees, or discharging or disciplining an employee, that action shall be taken in a meeting open to the public.
ACTION: No action was taken following Executive Session.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Mayor Rossman opened the public comment period at 5:16 p.m. There were no speakers. Subsequently, public comment was closed.
5. PRESENTATIONS
None.
6. CONSENT AGENDA
None.
7. LEGISLATIVE HEARING
None.
8. PUBLIC HEARING
None.
9. CITY BUSINESS
None.
10. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
None.
11. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND COUNCIL ROUND TABLE
11.1 Upcoming SCA Regional Votes and Boundary Review Board Ballots
Recommendation: Discussion item.
Staff Contact: Jessica Rossman, Mayor
Mayor Rossman gave a brief summary of upcoming SCA Regional votes and requested that Medina vote in favor of SCA’s proposed budget as well as approving the re-election of our north caucus representatives Angela Birney of Redmond and Wendy Weiker of Mercer Island.
Rossman also gave a brief summary of the Boundary Review Board Ballots for King County. Adkins commented in favor of Hank Margeson. There were no objections from the rest of Council.
ACTION: By consensus, Council approved of Mayor Rossman’s recommendation.
12. PUBLIC COMMENT
Mayor Rossman opened the public comment period. There were no speakers. Subsequently, public comment was closed.
13. ADJOURNMENT
Motion Garone second Zook; Council adjourned the meeting at 5:24 p.m.