This meeting included a study session on probation services and the planning work program, followed by the regular business meeting. The council adopted multiple ordinances, approved funding for tourism events, discussed the urban forest management plan, and directed staff on a resolution regarding federal immigration activity. All votes were 7-0.
I would like to call to order the city council meeting on March 3rd, 2026. City Clerk, will you please call a roll? Certainly. Councilmember Tim Chisholm. Here. Councilmember Arnold. Here. Councilmember Prem. Here. Councilmember Falcone. Here. Councilmember Pascal. Here. Deputy Mayor Black. Here. Mayor Curtis. Here. All present. Thank you. Our study session tonight is on two items. First, the Kirkland Municipal Court will provide an overview of probation services. Second, we will review the status of the 2026-2027 planning work program and consider updates for the 2026-2028 planning work program. We expect to reconvene our regular meeting at 7:30. City Manager. Okay. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Deputy Mayor, members of the council. Once again, I have our special guest, the presiding judge from members of the court, John Wilson. We also have Callie Owen, our assistant court administrator, and Sarah Olsen, our probation supervisor here at turn over to the judge, but we also have Juliana de Cruz's now in the city manager's office as our management Alice, and so she'll be running the show from the computer. So welcome all. I'll turn it over to you, Your Honor. Thank you again for having us here. I brought the A team today. I've talked to most of you about our probation department before. I'm very, very happy with the things they do, and uh every day I I see the impact that they have. So they're very committed. Uh Callie has been with the court. Uh when'd you start? Fifth grade. She started as as a court um was a phone operator answering phones. She's she's done everything. I don't think she's worked anywhere else. We won't let her go anywhere else. She's now the assistant court administrator working with Aaron. Uh she was a probation supervisor prior to that. And Sarah, my little sister next to me here, has been with us since about 2010. Yeah, yep. She's done everything in the court as well. From a clerk, uh, she's been in probation as a uh first as a uh probation clerk, probation clerk, and then a probation officer, and then she just stepped into the probation supervisor role. Um both of them are very committed to the to what they do, um, and that's good for the people.