HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 10/29/2015 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
Port Angeles, Washington
October 29, 2015
CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL MEETING:
Mayor Di Guilio called the special meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at 6:01 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Members Present: Mayor Di Guilio,Deputy Mayor Downie,Councilmembers Bruch,Collins,Gase,Kidd and
Whetham. Note: Councilmember Collins joined the meeting by phone.
Members Absent: None.
Staff Present: City Manager McKeen,Attorney Bloor and Clerk Veneklasen.
INTRODUCTION:
City Manager Dan McKeen opened the Public Comment session. He noted that at its regular meeting on August 4,
2015,City Council directed staff to schedule two public meetings on fluoridation.Tonight is the second of those two
meetings and is intended for public comment only.Manager McKeen outlined the rules of decorum and introduced
Nancy Esteb,moderator,from the Clallam County League of Women Voters.He said that although this is a Council
event,it is conducted under the authority of the impartial moderator.
Mrs. Esteb outlined the process for the public comment session, saying that she would call people to the podium
alternating between"for"and"against"fluoridation sign in sheets,and that each speaker would be given three
minutes.Those people receiving fluoridated water would be given the opportunity to speak first.Mrs. Esteb said her
goal as moderator was to give as many people as possible the opportunity to speak within the 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
timeframe.The League also provided two members to serve as timekeepers for the meeting. She noted that all
League mernbers helping to facilitate the meeting live outside the fluoridated water area.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Public comment began at 6:09 p.m.
Clerk's note: Audio of public comment,in its entirety,is available on the City's website or by request.
Janet Kailin,2902 South Regent Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Glenn Cutler, 80 North Tara Lane,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Susan Moorehead, 1725 West 131"street,spoke against fluoridation.
Jody Moss,73 Bridge Lane,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Cindy Tumey, 530 West 8°i Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Gregory Royack,2007 Hamilton Way, spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Judi Hangartner, 1815 East Fourth Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Laura Jackson,620 East Eighth Street,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Linda Crane,336 Whidby,spoke against fluoridation.
Gregory Birch, 1111 Columbia Street,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Charles Crane,336 Whidby,spoke against fluoridation.
Debra Bopp,2043 Monroe Road,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Todd Irwin,5010 South Mountain Terrace, spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Mary Irwin,5010 South Mountain Terrace, spoke in favor of fluoridation.
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Dan Bateham,207 Wolcott Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Amy Miller,405 South Jones, spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Jesse Fanner,4218 Mount Angeles Road,spoke against fluoridation.
Jim Ude,221 Fogarty Avenue,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Jim Bourget,313 Northridge View Drive,spoke against fluoridation.
Eulalia Engle,505 West Eleventh Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Todd Haworth,422 East Lauridsen Boulevard,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Conner Dau,471 Kemp Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Mark Fisher,819 Seamount Drive, spoke for fluoridation.
Priscilla Schloss, 1225 Columbia Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Scott Van Dyken, 606 East Eighth Street,spoke in favor fluoridation.
Orville Campbell, 820 Milwaukee Drive,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Dan Baker spoke against fluoridation.
Carleen Benson, 1830 East Woodhaven Lane,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Abbey Riordan, 1522 West Fourth Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Steve Methner, 611 East Front Street,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Judy Dolmatoff, 527 South Liberty Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Mary Hogan, 1529 West Seventh Street,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
The moderator called a 10 minute break at 7:33 p.m.The meeting reconvened at 7:43 p.m.
Melvina Worman,224 Hawthorne Place,spoke against fluoridation.
Susan Gile,32 Wynn Lane,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Diane Somerville,2399 East Third Avenue,spoke against fluoridation.
Alan Peet, 804 East Eighth Street,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Lindsey Johnson,3425 Millcreek Court,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Pete Lewis,904 East Snowline Drive,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Daron Metley, 116 North Albert Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Bill Kintner,433 East Eighth Street,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Jim Roberts,623 West Fourteenth Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Kelsey Redlin, 317 West Thirteenth Street, spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Mike Maxwell,3215 South Laurel Street,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Elizabeth Christian, 549 East Park Avenue,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Michelle Turner, 1151 Romona Road,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Tom Herber,3515 Galaxy Place,spoke against fluoridation.
Jess Grable, 1117 South Peabody,spoke against fluoridation.
Emma Fletcher, 120 Barnacle Drive,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Lon Riggs, 1903 Mount Pleasant, spoke in favor of fluoridation.
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Vanesa Prince,2404 West Twelfth Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Stephanie Noblin,2345 East Third Avenue,spoke against fluoridation.
Scout Kennedy,representing Olympic Medical Center,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Sandra Tatro,603 Georgiana Street,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Michael Sutton,3322 Upland Lane,spoke against fluoridation.
Nathan Shields, 182 Rife Road,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Steve Turella,902 East Eighth Street,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Ellen Fetchiet,204 Columbus Avenue,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Bud Curran,3119 Mount Angeles Road,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Linda Springob,3155 City Lights Place,spoke against fluoridation.
Stephen Seibert, 123 East First Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Joseph Jackson,301 Vashon Street,spoke against fluoridation.
Chris Frank,320 West Ninth Street,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Eloise Kailin spoke in favor of fluoridation.
Laura O'Neal,5403 Mount Angeles Road,spoke in favor of fluoridation.
ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Di Guilio adjourned the meeting at 9:05 p.m.
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