HomeMy WebLinkAboutFollowUp2From:Cliff Long
To:Armondo Pavone; Chip Vincent
Cc:Julia Medzegian; Ed Prince
Subject:RE: Finance Committee Follow Up 8/19/2019
Date:Monday, August 26, 2019 1:34:47 PM
Councilmember Pavone:
The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee has asked to meet with the Chamber on a quarterly basis to
discuss the funding and operation of the visitor’s center. I will work with you to set up a meeting in
September for the Committee and we can invite the new Chamber Board executive committee to
attend.
In mid-July, Bob Harrison and I met with the former board chair, James Alberson and treasurer Rick
McMaster to discuss LTAC funding, the Renton Community Marketing Campaign contribution, and
the City’s annual dues to the Chamber. At this meeting we discussed the specific deliverables
outlined in the LTAC contract and asked that they be prepared to give a full update to LTAC at its
next meeting. They assured us that the visitor’s center would continue to operate as promised.
In addition, we agreed that the City would withhold payment on its annual dues until the Chamber
adopted a written payment plan to pay their Renton Community Marketing Campaign contribution.
This was supposed to be approved by the board at their meeting last Thursday, but I have yet to
hear the outcome.
Please let me know if you have additional questions.
Thank you.
-Cliff
From: Armondo Pavone <APavone@Rentonwa.gov>
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2019 2:34 PM
To: Cliff Long <CLong@Rentonwa.gov>; Chip Vincent <CVincent@Rentonwa.gov>
Cc: Julia Medzegian <Jmedzegian@Rentonwa.gov>; Ed Prince <EPrince@Rentonwa.gov>
Subject: Re: Finance Committee Follow Up 8/19/2019
Hi Cliff,
Last week in the finance committee meeting we asked for clarification on the LTAC funds received by
the Chamber. I don’t recall the details but do remember the committee did put stipulations on
future funding for the visitors center. I just want to make sure we are honoring their decision.
Respectfully,
Armondo Pavone
Renton City Council
206.799.0867
On Aug 21, 2019, at 4:21 PM, Kari Roller <KRoller@rentonwa.gov> wrote:
Good Afternoon,
The following costs were questioned at the Finance Committee dated 8/19/2019.
Additional information was obtained to further explain the purpose behind the
expenditures.
Centurylink - $676.90
206-T32-4645 878B is a circuit ID which was assigned to the City by US West
several months before the City occupied the current City Hall building. When
the circuit was ordered in early 1998, the 425 area code was not that old. This
type of circuit is very different from most phone numbers. It is called an
integrated services digital network / primary rate interface (ISDN/PRI). The 206-
T32-4645 878B circuit delivers 23 telephone lines of service to the telephone
switch system at Renton City Hall.
Renton Chamber of Commerce - $8,333.34
These funds are for the contract to operate the visitor’s center. We have only
held payment on our annual dues to the Chamber until such time the Chamber
puts together a payment plan for the Renton Community Marketing Campaign
monies owed to the City for 2018 & 2019. They were supposed to adopt that
plan at their board meeting last Thursday morning.
Weathernet, LLC - $319.00
This is the monthly subscription to Weathernet, which provides a very precise
weather forecast and warnings that are tailored for the Renton City limits.
With this precise a forecast we are better able to plan and prepare for
storms.
Thank you,
Kari
Kari Roller
Financial Services Manager
City of Renton
(425) 430 6931
kroller@rentonwa.gov