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Meeting Name: Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/5/2024 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Hybrid Meeting
HYBRID MEETING - PLEASE NOTE: COUNCIL IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING ITS PUBLIC COMMENT RULES AND HAS SUSPENDED REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA ZOOM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLEASE SEE AGENDA NOTES UNDER “OPEN SESSION” FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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MIN2024-009 11.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole Executive Session for February 20, 2024APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-147 11.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Julota to track and monitor services and care provided to individuals frequently seen by Health and Community Services’ Response Systems Division Programs in the amount of $110,008 for a total amended contract amount of $278,426AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-149 12.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Everson for reimbursement of expenses for road gates installation in the amount of $47,534.22AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-150 13.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Kittelson & Associates to implement an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Study, in the amount of $99,994.00AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-162 14.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Saturna Watershed Sciences LLC to implement a second phase of investigation into the extrapolation of initial recommended extrapolated instream flow information to unmeasured sites in support of watershed and salmon recovery planning, in the amount of $81,585.00 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-171 15.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a Collective Bargaining Agreement between Whatcom County and PROTEC17 for the period January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-174 16.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission for Recreation Boating Safety Grant, in the amount of $17,523.25AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-175 17.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Meridian School District for Sheriff’s Office Substation lease, in the amount of $69,528AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-182 18.InterlocalRequest approval for the County Executive to enter into an Interlocal Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with Snohomish County which will allow reciprocal utilization of competitively bid contracts, pursuant to RCW Chapter 39.34 Interlocal Cooperation ActAUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-161 11.AgreementRequest approval for the County Executive to act as the authorized representative for the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) Community Forest Program Grant #22-1301AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-151 12.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Whatcom Law Group / Rajeev Majumdar for hearing examiner services in the amount of $5,500 for a total amended contract amount of $225,820 for the 2-year contractAUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-158 13.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement amendment between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Commerce to fund homelessness crisis response systems in the amount of $1,801,736 for a total amended agreement amount of $12,345,115AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-145 14.OrdinanceOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code 2.145 to clarify member requirements on the Whatcom County Ferry Advisory CommitteeADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-154 11.Council AppointmentRequest to change representation on the Surface Mining Advisory Committee from Committee Member Kathleen GreenbaumDISCUSSED AND MOTION(S) APPROVED  Action details Media Media
AB2024-165 12.Council AppointmentAppointment to a special district vacancy on the Drainage Improvement District #15 Board of Supervisors, Position 3, Applicant: John VreugdenhilAPPOINTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-167 13.Council AppointmentAppointment to a special district vacancy on the Butler Diking Drainage District Board of Supervisors, Position 2, Applicant: Mark WesthoffAPPOINTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-177 14.Council AppointmentAppointments to vacancies on the Justice Project Oversight and Planning Committee, Applicants: Richard Gleason, Corbett Hanson, Hannah Sloan, Robert SullivanAPPOINTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-164 11.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Holly Robinson to the Northwest Senior Services BoardCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-169 12.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s appointments of Richard Conoboy, Lynne Graham, and Brent Waggonner to the Veteran’s Advisory BoardCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-170 13.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Clay Pehl to the Agricultural Advisory CommitteeCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-181 14.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s appointments of Jared Oberhaus and Elisabeth Mason to the Point Roberts Community Advisory CommitteeCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-155 11.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution vacating a portion of County Road and an unnamed alley within the Amended Plat of South WickershamINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-157 12.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code 12.24, Franchise Requirements, to update procedures for processing applications   Action details Media Media
AB2024-160 13.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance establishing a temporary closure of Truck RoadINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-166 14.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code 8.10, Solid Waste and Residential Recycling CollectionINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-173 15.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Title 15, Buildings & Construction, to adopt by reference the 2021 Editions of the International Building, Residential, Mechanical, Fuel gas, existing building, fire codes, and the national fuel gas, Washington State Energy, uniform plumbing, & liquified petroleum gas codes, and the 1997 uniform code for the abatement of dangerous buildings, as amended as set forth herein, as required by RCW Chapter 19.27   Action details Media Media
AB2024-178 16.Resolution (FCZDBS)Resolution amending the Flood Control Zone District & Subzones 2024 budget, request no. 2, in the amount of $564,477 (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)INTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-179 17.OrdinanceOrdinance establishing a project-based budget for the Unity Street Acquisition Project FundINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-180 18.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2024 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 5 in the amount of $9,827,008INTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-157 12.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code 12.24, Franchise Requirements, to update procedures for processing applicationsDISCUSSED AND MOTION(S) APPROVED  Action details Media Media
AB2024-173 15.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Title 15, Buildings & Construction, to adopt by reference the 2021 Editions of the International Building, Residential, Mechanical, Fuel gas, existing building, fire codes, and the national fuel gas, Washington State Energy, uniform plumbing, & liquified petroleum gas codes, and the 1997 uniform code for the abatement of dangerous buildings, as amended as set forth herein, as required by RCW Chapter 19.27DISCUSSED AND MOTION(S) APPROVED  Action details Media Media
AB2024-180 18.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2024 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 5 in the amount of $9,827,008   Action details Media Media



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