[0:06] Right.

[0:07] This is the Everett city council committee on ways and

[0:10] means this is Monday, June 22nd, 2026. And we're at 6:00 PM.

[0:16] I have Councilor Smith present council. Nuen.

[0:20] Present council Rogers here.

[0:23] Council Petino present. We have four members present. We do

[0:26] have a wait, please stand and salute the flag.

[0:31] Flag flag flag, United States, United States of America to the Republic for which,

[0:36] which nation.

[0:38] God invisible Liberty injustice.

[0:42] Justice for all right. We have two items on the

[0:46] agenda.

[0:47] In first item is the OER of by Stephanie splits

[0:52] president in order requested approval to transfer.

[0:55] Some not to exceed 1 million, 200,000.

[1:00] For the city stable stabilization fund.

[1:02] To the city's linkage fund.

[1:08] Yeah.

[1:10] Can I request that we lay this on the table

[1:13] and then we can go.

[1:15] Ask, maybe Mr. Floden to call.

[1:17] Mr. Buchi to come down. So moved.

[1:20] Moved I can ocean made seconded to lay on the

[1:23] table.

[1:25] So that we can ask Mr. Buley to come.

[1:28] All was in favor. Aye. Aye. Oppose the aye habit.

[1:32] Have it, oh, there's maybe we can ask. Here we

[1:35] go. Ms. Lamb boy to come up instead.

[1:37] So we tend to take the motion back.

[1:40] Take it off the table. Doesn't matter. We can take

[1:43] it off the table. Why don't we the next item?

[1:45] Okay, clerk, please read on my item. Number two, and

[1:47] then we'll come back to item number.

[1:48] One IEM number two.

[1:52] Council Stephanie Smith is president order request approval transfer.

[1:57] 60,000 from the fire power personal expenses.

[2:00] Expenses to 9 1, 1 personal expenses. So if I may, the

[2:05] chief is in the building.

[2:07] But he is.

[2:09] Down with the police officers, but he did give me

[2:12] background on this. He's right there.

[2:16] So, if you wanna bring him up, we can really

[2:17] quick or.

[2:19] So moved motion to invite the chief up.

[2:21] Second time out.

[2:24] We are the for the police chief on this police

[2:27] chief.

[2:28] This is fire department.

[2:30] Am I wrong taking

[2:40] sorry about that.

[2:42] Can you guys, please state your name for the record.

[2:46] Chief Paul Strong.

[2:48] Michael Keeley.

[2:51] Can you guys just give a little background of what

[2:53] this is for?

[2:55] Yes.

[2:59] You ready? We're ready.

[3:00] All right. I had conversation with Madam president Smith earlier

[3:05] this evening.

[3:06] The issue in hand was is that every year we

[3:09] file for.

[3:10] A grant through the state 9 1 1.

[3:14] Last I'm going back to last year where we applied

[3:16] for the grant.

[3:18] Engineering had some issues, trying to gather all the GIS

[3:21] mapping information.

[3:23] And that caused the grant to go in late.

[3:26] So between March

[3:29] March of 2000, July of 2025 to March of 2026,

[3:34] we had a cover all the overtime. We usually use

[3:36] the.

[3:37] Grant to cover all the overtime for the dispatchers.

[3:40] The grant came into the amount of $200,000.

[3:43] But the biggest reason why we have the shortfall is

[3:46] because.

[3:48] When the dispatchers

[3:50] had did their contract.

[3:53] In that contract.

[3:55] Each dispatcher was entitled to $4,000 in a training.

[3:59] Stipend type of thing, where if they got all eight

[4:03] certificates from the state 91 dispatcher training.

[4:07] Each dispatcher would, would get $4,000.

[4:11] That was never budgeted far. And that was the biggest.

[4:14] Amount of the shortfall and that's why we had to

[4:17] take some money from the fire department.

[4:20] Counselor Rogers.

[4:22] Thank you. Madam Sharon. Thank you, chief strong.

[4:25] For joining us tonight in the explanation. I know you

[4:28] mentioned that the grant went in late. Did we lose

[4:30] the grant or did it just get put in late?

[4:32] It was late.

[4:33] Okay. Yeah, we got the full amount of $200,000. Okay.

[4:36] So this is more of a technical transfer, more than

[4:38] anything, correct. And, and abstain, I'm going.

[4:42] To be in con contact with engineering to get this

[4:44] we've already started the new grant.

[4:46] For next year. So we don't run into this problem

[4:49] again. Okay. And that, that was gonna be my follow

[4:52] up question is if we did budget for this, for.

[4:55] The next time. Yes. So that we don't have this

[4:56] dilemma, the, they are in the process of applying. Great.

[4:59] No objections from me then. Thank you.

[5:01] Councilor pat Antonio.

[5:03] This grid, we get it every year. We have to

[5:05] apply for it every year. Usually every year we usually

[5:08] get it. So.

[5:10] Engineering applies for it. Say it again. Who applies for

[5:12] the grant? The dispatchers, the supervisors, and the management of

[5:16] the dispatchers.

[5:18] They applied for the group. Yes. I thought you said

[5:20] engineering. No, no engineering has to get a piece of

[5:22] the information that we need to put into the grant.

[5:26] And that's the GIS mapping and they were a little

[5:29] late last year trying to gather the information.

[5:32] So we have to get a lot of information.

[5:34] Because when you dispatch a call, you want to have

[5:37] the G the exact G I S location.

[5:40] When they give out a call. Right. But I, I

[5:42] don't what confuses me is that if we get this

[5:44] every year,

[5:47] why didn't engineering know about this.

[5:50] That's what part goes my mind, if a date, if

[5:52] it's every year and then, oh, it's the same. It's

[5:55] probably the same information every year. Right? You update the

[5:57] GIS. Well, I think.

[5:58] What was happening last year is that there were, was

[6:01] a lot more construction than the city apartment buildings, apartments.

[6:04] And what have you.

[6:05] I can't answer exactly.

[6:08] You know why he couldn't get the information sooner.

[6:11] But this year, we are starting to, I will be

[6:15] contacting engineering tomorrow to have them start.

[6:18] We have until the end of July to send the

[6:20] grant in, I want to get it in.

[6:22] You know, before the, before the deadline and how much

[6:25] was the grant that we lost? How much was that?

[6:27] We didn't lose any. It was just, it just came

[6:29] late. It's $200,000.

[6:31] Did we get the 200? We got the, yes we

[6:33] did. So we got the $200,000. Yes. So this 60,000

[6:36] is more because of the.

[6:39] Court certifications that the dispatchers correct.

[6:45] No further questions. Thank you.

[6:48] If I may, from the chair, I believe the reasoning

[6:51] was you can't backdate the grant, correct? So that we

[6:55] couldn't use the.

[6:56] Even though we got the money. We couldn't then.

[6:58] Re like transfer that into the overtime we had. It's

[7:02] only going forward. We're using that grant for the overtime.

[7:05] That's correct.

[7:06] Okay, thank you. Motion to excuse with the customer. Thanks.

[7:10] Second motion made and second into excuse our guests with

[7:12] the customary. Thanks all is in favor. Aye. Aye, aye.

[7:15] Have it motion for a favorable action recomme.

[7:18] Recommended to the full body.

[7:23] On the motion.

[7:26] Just again, we, we.

[7:29] Back can't backdate it.

[7:33] You lost doing that. So.

[7:35] My, we got the $200,000, but because the, we had

[7:38] already spent the money before we got to $200,000, you

[7:41] can't take that $200,000. And.

[7:43] Put it against money that was already spent.

[7:46] So if we had got the grant in time, we

[7:48] would've used that instead of transferring the money from overtime.

[7:53] So we got the $200,000, but we still, already had

[7:56] used 60.

[7:57] And you can't go and reimburse the grant.

[8:01] All right. So it's just the timing of it. So

[8:02] we didn't lose any money.

[8:04] I believe it's now being funded. We're still using the

[8:06] $200,000 to fund the overtime. We just can't backdate it

[8:10] as far back as we needed to.

[8:12] All right. Thank you.

[8:14] So there is a motion. Is there a second, second

[8:16] motion made and seconded to refer favorable action to the

[8:19] body. All those in favor.

[8:21] Pose the aye. Have it clerk.

[8:24] Oops. I believe you guys have to.

[8:27] Take item. Number one off the table. You are excused.

[8:30] Excused motion to take item number one.

[8:34] Motion made. And second to take item. Number one off

[8:36] the table. All is in favor. Aye. The aye. Have

[8:39] it clerk, please read item. Number one.

[8:42] All right. I number one again.

[8:45] Is he owner of my council, symphony Smith is president.

[8:49] In order requested the approval to transfer.

[8:52] Tres Jerusalem not to exceed one.

[8:54] Million 200,000 from the city's stabilization fund to the city's

[8:59] linkage fund.

[9:04] Motion to invite Ms. Lamb boy, up for questioning or

[9:07] Mr. Buchi. Second second.

[9:09] Motion in second invite Ms. Lamb boy, up all as

[9:11] in favor. Aye. Pose. Aye. Have it. Good evening, Ms.

[9:14] Lamb, boy, if you could just state your name and

[9:16] title.

[9:17] Good evening, Monica Amboy, chief development officer. Thank you. And

[9:21] can you provide us just some background? There wasn't anything

[9:23] in the agenda.

[9:25] Oh, I'm sorry. I thought there was a letter.

[9:28] The prior administration had made a commitment to the neighborhood

[9:32] developers for their project on Garland street, in the total.

[9:36] Of 3 million in linkage funds.

[9:39] Predicated on some of the larger projects to having come

[9:42] in for building permits and made their linkage payments.

[9:46] Payments. Unfortunately, some of those projects haven't yet pulled a

[9:49] permit.

[9:50] So the linkage fund is short.

[9:52] By up to $1.2 million.

[9:55] I will say this is a temporary situation because when

[9:58] the other linkage.

[10:00] Checks come in. We will reimburse work with the finance

[10:03] director.

[10:04] To reimburse the fund so that the general fund remains

[10:07] whole.

[10:08] And so it may take a little bit of time,

[10:10] but the intent is to, to put the money back.

[10:14] Councilor Patton.

[10:16] Is this illegal, what we are doing.

[10:18] It is legal. The, the finance director has approved it.

[10:22] Okay.

[10:23] So the prime administration promised X amount of dollars.

[10:27] To to support the a hundred percent affordable.

[10:30] Project. And so the linkage it's appropriate use of the

[10:33] linkage fund.

[10:35] Which is why we wanna move it through the linkage

[10:36] fund, but then we will reimburse the general fund. The

[10:40] linkage fund is only used affordable housing.

[10:43] Correct in job training, correct? Correct. Correct. I get that

[10:45] right.

[10:47] And who, what, what companies get in this movie? What,

[10:50] what develop is getting this? The neighborhood developers.

[10:54] Where, where, where, what project are they developing? It's on

[10:56] today? I know they got a couple going it's on

[10:58] Gar. It's this one's on Garland.

[11:00] Street, the house numbers escaping me. It's under construction. I

[11:04] thought we gave them $3 million already. We made a commitment,

[11:08] but now.

[11:08] We actually need to issue a check.

[11:12] So we made the committee of over a good year,

[11:14] year ago, maybe two years ago. Yes. Correct. It's been

[11:17] a while. It's been a while been a while. So

[11:19] we made the commitment.

[11:20] All this time they never gave him the money, correct?

[11:22] The project already started and everything correct? Yes. I think

[11:25] the foundation's in the whole nine yards, right? Yes. Yes.

[11:31] So are we obligated to give him this money?

[11:36] I am not.

[11:37] Our legal counsel, but I do believe we have assigned

[11:40] document.

[11:41] That we are required to follow through on.

[11:45] Signed from the previous administration. Correct.

[11:53] Thank you. No further questions.

[11:55] Questions Councilor Rogers. Thank you. Madam chair. Thank you, Ms.

[11:57] Lamboy for joining us.

[12:00] So you said that they haven't pulled a permit yet,

[12:02] but then Councilor Peter, Tony was saying that some of

[12:04] the foundation has started. So what, what's the status of

[12:06] that? Exactly.

[12:08] What, sorry if I wasn't clear the dollar commitment was

[12:12] predicated on a few other.

[12:15] Private projects coming in and making payments because when you

[12:18] have the larger.

[12:20] Apartment buildings. They do need to make a payment into

[12:22] the linkage fund.

[12:24] Because they haven't pulled their permit.

[12:27] The linkage fund is short.

[12:29] So this particular project that's going to get the monies

[12:32] is in process.

[12:33] And moving forward. So, so this project is moving forward.

[12:37] And so I am familiar with.

[12:39] The neighborhood developers and some of the projects that they've

[12:42] done already in the city.

[12:44] How many units does this project support? Do we know?

[12:48] I don't have that at the tip of my head,

[12:50] but I can get that too, before the.

[12:52] The meeting this evening. Okay, great. Thank you. That's all

[12:55] for me.

[12:56] Come to the pet.

[12:58] Antonio just to go back to this, the, the, the

[13:01] money and the fun.

[13:03] How do we promise our developer money? If the money's

[13:06] not in the linkage fund, how do we do? I

[13:08] mean, we're, we're.

[13:09] We're we're buying something and we don't have the money

[13:12] yet. I mean,

[13:14] how do we, how do we, it just boggles my

[13:16] mind that we.

[13:18] Promise.

[13:20] Develop money and we don't even have the money in

[13:22] the account.

[13:24] I mean, I'm not, I know it's not.

[13:26] This administration, but I'm just frustrated with, with.

[13:31] It just seems everything's coming back from this old administration.

[13:33] We got this, we got, that is another problem that

[13:36] they, the promised people.

[13:39] Administration promised and develop of 3 million and they don't have,

[13:42] we don't have it in the bank to give it

[13:44] to 'em.

[13:46] I can't speak to the past, but I can speak

[13:48] going forward that we would not do it unless we

[13:50] had the money in the account.

[13:52] So the administration, this administration will not do that. That

[13:55] correct. We will not do that.

[14:03] Any further questions. Thank you.

[14:08] Coming on to excuse our guests. So moved.

[14:12] Moved motion made and seconded to excuse our guests all

[14:14] in favor. Aye. Pose the aye. Have it. What's your

[14:17] pleasure.

[14:20] I'll make a motion for favorable action. Granted, if Ms.

[14:24] Lamb boy can provide the inform.

[14:26] Information regarding how many units and if there's any other

[14:29] questions for the full body, presuming that the rest of

[14:31] the council has any issues.

[14:34] Issues. If I may, can you.

[14:37] Ask the legal counsel, if this is like a legal

[14:39] document that.

[14:41] If Ms. Munson. Yeah, for the next meeting.

[14:44] If, if this is a legal document that, you know,

[14:46] we would be

[14:49] breaking our legal commitment. If we do not fulfill this.

[14:53] Would be great. Thank you.

[14:55] So favorable action contingent upon these questions being answered.

[15:00] Is there a second.

[15:04] Motion made and seconded for favorable action. All is in

[15:07] favor. Aye. No.

[15:09] Opposed.

[15:11] I think there might need a voice. I don't know.

[15:14] What? So let me, can we call a voice vote

[15:17] unless I don't know the counsel ween. I didn't hear

[15:20] what you said.

[15:22] Sorry.

[15:27] All right for favorable action. I get council Smith.

[15:32] Yes, council dream. Yes.

[15:35] That's right? Yes. And council Pepto. No.

[15:39] Neither one motion passed motion passed to be referred to

[15:43] the.

[15:44] Regular meeting favorable action.

[15:47] Motion to adjourn. Second motion made. And second to adjourn

[15:50] all was in favor. Aye. Opposed the aye. Have it.

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