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AGENDA
The Council will not be accepting online public comments. This portion of the agenda is set aside for the public to address the Council on agenda items or any other topic the Council might have purview or control over. However, the Mayor or Council may not respond to comments from the public. If the comments are of a nature that the Council does not have influence or control over, then the Mayor may request the speaker suspend their comments. The Council may direct staff to follow up on items brought up by the public. Comments are limited to a three (3) minute time limit.
- Ballot Title: Shoreline Fire Department Northshore Fire Department Proposition 1
The Shoreline and Northshore Fire Departments have adopted a Joint Resolution approving the Shoreline Regional Fire Authority Plan ("Plan"), creating a Regional Fire Authority ("RFA").
This proposition would approve the Plan to create the Shoreline Fire Department RFA, effective May 1, 2025, to provide fire protection and emergency medical services. The RFA funding is based on a property tax of $.70 per thousand of assessed value, and a fire benefit charge. The funding would replace the current property tax levies and fire benefit charges collected by the Shoreline and Northshore fire districts.
- Presentation from Chief Matt Cowan, Shoreline Fire Department
- Questions from Council
- Open the public hearing for comments (3 minutes per speaker)
- Possible response to questions that may have been presented during the public hearing from the Council
The following items are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the Council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar in its normal sequence on the agenda.
Resolution 24-1987/Authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract with Pace Engineers, Inc. for the Construction Services (Project Management & Construction Administration) for the Public Works Facility Material Bin Covers
FUTURE SCHEDULE
- Thursday, December 19, 2024, 6:00 p.m. Budget & Finance Committee Meeting – hybrid meeting (City Hall and via Zoom)
- Wednesday, December 25, 2024 – Christmas Day, City Hall closed
- Wednesday, January 1, 2025 – New Year’s Day, City Hall closed
- Thursday, January 9, 2025, 6:00 p.m. City Council Work Session – hybrid meeting (City Hall and via Zoom)
- Thursday, January 9, 2025, 7:00 p.m. City Council Regular Meeting – hybrid meeting (City Hall and via Zoom)
- Thursday, January 16, 2025, 6:00 p.m. Budget & Finance Committee Meeting – hybrid meeting (City Hall and via Zoom)
- Monday, January 20, 2025 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day, City Hall closed
- Thursday, January 23, 2025, 7:00 p.m. City Council Regular Meeting – hybrid meeting (City Hall and via Zoom)
As allowed by law, the Council may add and take action on items not listed on the agenda.
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