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Home My WebLink About01/13/2026 - Regular - MinutesDocusign Envelope ID: 6A3A127B-381 E-4697-B310-5042D6320DD8 �Volt ORCHARD Meeting Location: Council Chambers 216 Prospect Street Port Orchard, WA 98366 City Council Minutes Contact us: Phone (360) 876-4407 cityhall@portorchardwa.gov www.portorchardwa.gov Regular Meeting of Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Roll Call was taken by the City Clerk as follows: Present: John Morrissey, Councilmember, Position No. 2 Jay Rosapepe, Councilmember, Position At -Large Shirah Dedman, Councilmember, Position No. 6 Mark Trenary, Councilmember, Position No. 1 Eric Worden, Councilmember, Position No. 4 Heidi Fenton, Councilmember, Position No. 5 Scott Diener, Mayor Pro-Tempore, Position No. 3 Robert Putaansuu, Mayor Staff present: Public Works Director Ryan, Finance Director Crocker, Community Development Director Bond, HR Director Lund, Chief of Police Brown, City Clerk Wallace, and Deputy City Clerk Floyd. Staff present via Zoom: City Attorney Archer Audio/Visual was successful. 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Putaansuu called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. A. Pledge of Allegiance Scouting America Troop 1528 led the audience and Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. 2. COUNCIL AND MAYOR GROUP PHOTO Council and the Mayor took a group photo. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Moved by Mark Trenary; seconded by John Morrissey to Amend Business Items by swapping Business Item E Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to Execute an Agreement with the WA State Department of Ecology for FY2025-2027 Stormwater Capacity Grant, with Docusign Envelope ID: 6A3A127B-381 E-4697-B310-5042D6320DD8 January 13, 2026, City Council Meeting Minutes Page 2of9 Business Item D Adoption of a Resolution Accepting Three Temporary Construction Easements for the SR166/Bay Street Improvements Project. Motion Carried: 7 - 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None Moved by Jay Rosapepe; seconded by Mark Trenary to Approve the amended agenda. Motion Carried: 7 — 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None 4. CITIZEN COMMENTS There were no citizen comments. 5. CONSENT AGENDA Moved by Shirah Dedman; seconded by Heidi Fenton to Move Consent Agenda D Interlocal Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with the City of Seattle and place under Business Items. Motion Carried: 7 - 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None Moved by Jay Rosapepe; seconded by Scott Diener to Approve the Consent Agenda as amended. Motion Carried: 7 - 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None A. Approval of Vouchers and Electronic Payments Approval of Voucher Nos. 89812 and 89818 through 89862 and 89865 through 89892 including bank drafts in the amount of $1,323,664.03 and EFT's in the amount of $467,210.27 totaling $1,790,874.30. Docusign Envelope ID: 6A3A127B-381 E-4697-B310-5042D6320DD8 January 13, 2026, City Council Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 9 B. Approval of Payroll and Direct Deposits Approval of Payroll Check Nos. 89813 through 89817 and 89863 through 89864 including bank drafts and EFT's in the amount of $494,062.70 and Direct Deposits in the amount of $614,957.68 totaling $1,109,020.38. C. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the City of Port Orchard to Enter into an Interlocal Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with the City of Seattle B. Adoption of a Resolution Adopting Personnel Policy Related to Bilingual Pay 6. PRESENTATION There were no presentations. 7. PUBLIC HEARING There were no public hearings. 8. BUSINESS ITEMS A. Approval of a Collective Bargaining Agreement with Teamsters Local Union 589 representing Public Works Employees for 2026-2028 Moved by Scott Diener; seconded by Jay Rosapepe to Authorize the Mayor to sign the 2026-2028 collective bargaining agreement between the City of Port Orchard and the Teamsters Local Union 589 representing Public Works Employees. Motion Carried: 7- 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None B. Approval of a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Teamsters Local Union 589 representing Municipal Court Employees for 2026-2028 Moved by Mark Trenary; seconded by John Morrissey to Authorize the Mayor to sign the 2026- 2028 collective bargaining agreement between the City of Port Orchard and the Teamsters Local Union 589 representing Municipal Court Employees. Motion Carried: 7- 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None C. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to Execute a Contract with Herrera for the Stormwater Action Plan Update 2025 (Ryan) Councilmember Worden recused himself at 6:45 p.m. Docusign Envelope ID: 6A3A127B-381 E-4697-B310-5042D6320DD8 January 13, 2026, City Council Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 9 Moved by John Morrissey; seconded by Heidi Fenton to Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract with Herrera Environmental Consultants for the Stormwater Action Plan Update 2025 in the amount of $45,000. Motion Carried: 6- 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None D. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to Execute an Agreement with the WA State Department of Ecology for FY2025-2027 Stormwater Capacity Grant Moved by Scott Diener; seconded by Mark Trenary to Adopt a Resolution, approving and ratifying the Mayor's execution of an Agreement with the Washington State Department of Ecology for Water Quality Stormwater Capacity Grant funding Agreement No. WQSWCAP-2527- PoOrPW-00172, in the amount of $120,000. Motion Carried: 6- 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None Councilmember Worden returned to the meeting at 7:59 p.m. E. Adoption of a Resolution Accepting Three Temporary Construction Easements for the SR166/Bay Street Improvements Project Moved by Eric Worden; seconded by Scott Diener to Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Mayor or designee to accept three temporary construction easements for the SR166/Bay Street Improvements Project. Motion Carried: 7- 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None F. Adoption of a Resolution Accepting the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's Recommendation for 2026 Funding Councilmember Dedman voiced concerns with allocating money to Love Kitsap. Moved by John Morrissey; seconded by Mark Trenary to Adopt adopting the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's recommendation for the 2026 funding allocation, as presented. Docusign Envelope ID: 6A3A127B-381 E-4697-B310-5042D6320DD8 January 13, 2026, City Council Meeting Minutes Page 5 of 9 Motion Carried: 6- 1 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey Voting Against: Shirah Dedman G. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to Execute a Commercial Facilities Contract with PSE for the Melcher Pump Station Rehab Project MAIN MOTION Moved by Eric Worden; seconded by Jay Rosapepe to Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Commercial Electric Facilities Contract with Puget Sound Energy for the Melcher Pump Station Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $43,897.76, with additional costs to be identified by PSE. AMENDED MOTION: Moved by John Morrissey; seconded by Jay Rosapepe to Amend the motion to cap the amount at $60,000. Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None Motion Carried: 7- 0 MAIN MOTION: Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Motion Carried: 7- 0 Voting Against: None H. Approval of Amendment #20 to Contract No. 066-20 with Rice Fergus Miller for the Community Event Center Project Moved by Scott Diener; seconded by Jay Rosapepe to Approve Amendment #20 to Contract C066-20 as presented. Motion Carried: 7- 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None Approval of Amendment No.7 to Contract No. 053-19 with Terraphase Engineering, Inc. for the ESSB 6091 Foster Pilot Project Services Moved by Mark Trenary; seconded by Heidi Fenton to Authorize the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 7 to Contract No. C053-19 with Terraphase Engineering, Inc., for ESSB 6091 Docusign Envelope ID: 6A3A127B-381 E-4697-B310-5042D6320DD8 January 13, 2026, City Council Meeting Minutes Page 6o19 Foster Pilot Project Services with a new contract total of $772,348. Motion Carried: 7- 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None J. Approval of a Memorandum of Agreement with the BlueBridge Alliance Moved by Eric Worden; seconded by Heidi Fenton to Authorize the Mayor to sign a Memorandum of Agreement with the BlueBridge Alliance. Motion Carried: 7- 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None K. Approval of the November 25, 2025, City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Moved by Jay Rosapepe; seconded by John Morrissey to Approve the meeting minutes as presented. Motion Carried: 6- 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey Voting Against: None Abstaining: Shirah Dedman L. Approval of the December 9, 2025, City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Moved by Mark Trenary; seconded by John Morrissey to Approve the December 9th regular Council meeting minutes. Motion Carried: 6- 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey Voting Against: None Abstaining: Shirah Dedman M. Approval of the December 16, 2025, City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Docusign Envelope ID: 6A3A127B-381 E-4697-B310-5042D6320DD8 January 13, 2026, City Council Meeting Minutes Page 7o19 Moved by Scott Diener; seconded by John Morrissey to Approve the regular meeting minutes of Tuesday, December 16, 2025, as presented. Motion Carried: 6- 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey Voting Against: None Abstaining: Shirah Dedman N. Adoption of a Resolution Adopting Personnel Policy Related to Bilingual Pay Moved by Jay Rosapepe; seconded by John Morrissey to Adopt a Resolution, establishing a new policy related to bilingual pay. Motion Carried: 7- 0 Voting For: Mark Trenary, Jay Rosapepe, Scott Diener, Eric Worden, Heidi Fenton, John Morrissey, Shirah Dedman Voting Against: None 9. DISCUSSION ITEMS There were no discussion items. 10. REPORT OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES A. Council Advisory Committees Councilmember Rosapepe reported on Kitsap Transit meetings A brief discussion was held regarding upcoming appointments to Council Committees. 11. REPORT OF MAYOR The Mayor reported on the following: • Town hall meetings. e Dedication ceremony held at 1333 Lloyd Parkway and recognizing Red Lumsden. • Staff updates. • Alternate for Puget Sound Regional Executive Board, Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council, and Kitsap 911. 12. REPORT OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS Public Works Director Ryan reported on proposals for Givens Park Master Plan. He also reported on the Bethel Corridor right-of-way phase. Finance Director Crocker reported on a tax credit check the City received for the electric vehicles and charging stations. Docusign Envelope ID: 6A3A127B-381 E-4697-B310-5042D6320DD8 January 13, 2026, City Council Meeting Minutes Page 8 of 9 Community Development Director Bond reported on a grant or loan program for the facades downtown and an agreement for the Haven Apartments project. City Attorney Archer reported on the legislative session and bills that were filed and spoke about a case regarding the Public Records Act. In response to Councilmember Morrissey, City Attorney Archer said she would look into HB 1380 regarding homeless encampment enforcing. Brief discussions were held regarding a bill about a governing body at the state level that could remove head law enforcement officers and Coffee with Council. Police Chief Brown reported on staffing and training and voiced his appreciation for HR Director Lund for the good candidates they had. City Clerk Wallace reported on interviews for Communication Specialist and electing a Mayor Pro-Tempore for 2026. HR Director Lund reported that in accordance with Ordinance 008-20 for job descriptions, revisions had been made for the Court Clerk, Maintenance Technician II, IT Manager and HR Director. Also, in accordance with Resolution 007-11 regarding personnel policies, updates had been made to domestic violence leave and now includes hate crimes, Washington Paid Family Medical Leave Program, cleanup language related to City vehicles and property, Smart Commuter Policy about ORCA cards, and HRA Veba contributions. 13. CITIZEN COMMENTS There were no citizen comments. 14. GOOD OF THE ORDER Councilmember Rosapepe reminded Council to not forget about filing their F1 for PDC, and said the South Kitsap Public Education Foundation has an event on April 25 and lastly thanked the police department regarding their response during a rally downtown. Councilmember Morrissey welcomed Councilmember Dedman. Councilmember Fenton said there will be a ribbon cutting at the (South Kitsap) Helpline tomorrow. Councilmember Worden explained he will not be in attendance at the last meeting of the month. 15. EXECUTIVE SESSION There was no executive session. 16. ADJOURNMENT Docusign Envelope ID: 6A3A127B-381 E-4697-B310-5042D6320DD8 January 13, 2026, City Council Meeting Minutes Page 9 of 9 The meeting adjourned at 9:11 p.m. No other action was taken. Signed by: J�vauLAI^4041' Brandy Wallace, MMC, City Clerk Signed by: Signed Robert Putaansuu, Mayor