City Council Meeting - Oct 7, 2008

Last night we had a special visit from none other than McGruff, the crime dog. While ostensibly in attendance to hear Mayor Baarsma proclaim October “crime prevention month,” we all knew he was actually there to keep the citizens’ forum in line. McGruff has a penchant for taking a bite out of unruly civic orators.

APPOINTMENTS
Resolution 37613 Appointed Lillian Hunter to the Tacoma Public Library Board of Trustees through October 4, 2013. Hunter is currently the principal of the Oakland Alternative High School, and has worked as a school teacher and administrator for many years.

RESOLUTIONS
Purchase Resolution 37614 Awards a $337,564 contract to Western Peterbilt for two low cab forward chassis trucks with roll-off box hoists. Sounds fancy.

Resolution 37615 Approves extending the Tacoma Water service area to include 72.5 new acres to provide direct water service to a new development. Apparently the developer can’t get sufficient fireflow from a private company, and there’s a city main nearby.

Resolution 37616 – Vote held until next week
This vote on whether to grant a new housing development an 8-year tax break was delayed a week for further review. We’ll bring you full details then.

Resolution 37617 Authorizes a $68,000 agreement with First Five Fundamentals to support child care referral services for Pierce Country parent and child care providers. First Five Fundamentals was formerly known as the Early Learning Consortium.

That wraps it up. Not too much excitement tonight, except when McGruff body-slammed a commenter who went over the time limit (just kidding. maybe.).