1977/01/12 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

JanuaryThe • regular meeting of theEverett Council was called to a[e .30 a.m.,January 17ithe cen Room of the Everett City with President E tpanidingandall councilmen in attendancesept OVERVIEW Councilman Aldcroft. -CRIMINAL JUSTICE RE-EVALUATION PROGRAM • Mayor Anderson explained he wantedh int littlemore depth on Pile criminal im teice re-evaluation go-into bion ztheicounci two u as offaco ern:the city's!r[ conflict Me sand aid city's iminalbcode. The traffic codes around he s c with each o resultconfusing rather thanguiding motorists. hcode results r inadequate p formany of£eThe hdersnand system costs that cannot be justified to the taxpayers. During the 1975sessionthe legislature adopted a traffic ordinance • law which provides a completion of the most to date traffic laws while providing anreconomical and efffective method of keeping the trafic laws "H said i s is proposal for the city council o adopt�this traffic lawoae t w passed by he leeisle2 e bTh1if�the council to make changes in the it ca ny time. u. eliminate theneed for city to research andwritewhole new traffic law from scratch. Re said the criminal code proposal includes a plan for a minimumiseity facility tolincarcerate offender while a[the s t for a rk re seprogram. The proposal also ggestsamamg clssification of punishment which as intended to provide some guidelines.for thea judge n passing a offender. a guidelnes a up a inty of punishmentschedulewhich specifies Tthe Jmnishment a offenderwill Thiara sentence will depeno of t h commits, d whether is s et offense otherwise. Gould e o provide for a municipaldepartmenthaving its own judge for all city 1 PrePresident Ebert thanked Mayor Anderson for his r suggested that this be brought back t council on a regular basis so that they could yep aware of the program. Thn meeting then recessed to the Council Chambers. ineeOn0hof the Everett City Council reconvened at a m theCooucil Cabers of theEverett CiPall,Preeident [Pre- siding. Upon roll call it found that all councilmen were an attend- ance exceptCouncilman Alctho was excused. Minutes of the meeting held January 5,1977 were approved as printed. ( APCOINTMENT _4_' Anderson asked f nce rn Tis appointments as follows to the Emergency Services Advisory Committee: MarkJudy,term toe expire January 1,1933:Dennis Jordant to 3. e January 1,19031 Or.pilasDavidson,1983: oexpira ,vary Moved byCouncilman langur,seconded by Councilman Gipson to concur in the Mayor's appointments to the ESRC committee.