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Meeting Name: Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/19/2024 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Hybrid Meeting
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MIN2024-010 11.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole for February 20, 2024APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2024-011 12.Minutes ConsentRegular County Council for February 20, 2024APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2024-012 13.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole Execituve Session for March 5, 2024APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2024-013 14.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole for March 5, 2024APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2024-014 15.Minutes ConsentRegular County Council for March 5, 2024APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-126 11.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance granting the Port of Bellingham a non-exclusive franchise to locate, set, erect, lay, construct, extend, support, attach, connect, maintain, repair, replace, enlarge, operate, use and similar activities related to telecommunication facilties in, upon, over, under, along, across and through the franchise area to allow the provision of telecommunication servicesADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-127 12.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance granting the Public Utility District No. 1 of Whatcom County, a non-exclusive franchise to locate, set, erect, lay, construct, extend, support, attach, connect, maintain, repair, replace, enlarge, operate, use and similar activities related to telecommunication facilities in, upon, over, under, along, across and through the franchise area to allow the provision of telecommunications servicesADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-160 13.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance establishing a temporary closure of Truck RoadADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-166 14.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code 8.10, Solid Waste and Residential Recycling CollectionHEARD PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND REFERRED TO COMMITTEEPass Action details -
AB2024-186 11.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an Interlocal Agreement between Whatcom County and Bellingham Technical College to exchange no-cost, internal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion assessments of each other’s organizationsAUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-188 12.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Central Consulting LLC to provide strategic consultation services related to implementation of the Healthy Children’s Fund in the amount of $30,000 for a total amended contract amount of $45,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-189 13.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal contract amendment between Whatcom County and the City of Everson to extend the term of the Jail Use Agreement until December 31, 2024AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-192 14.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement amendment between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Health to fund various public health programs in the decreased amount of $531,200 for a total amended agreement amount of $13,893,641AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-193 15.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Sumas for implementation of the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Agreement to purchase twelve flood-damaged properties, one of which is in the City of Sumas (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-194 16.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement amendment between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families to provide funding for the Nurse Family Partnership Program in the amount of $36,123.01 for a total amended contract amount of $414,618.60AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-202 17.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement amendment between Whatcom County and North Sound Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization to fund the Recovery Navigator Program to enhance LEAD programming in the amount of $154,000 for a total amended agreement amount of $666,455AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-179 11.OrdinanceOrdinance establishing a project-based budget for the Unity Street Acquisition Project FundADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-180 12.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2024 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 5 in the amount of $9,827,008ADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-178 13.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)APPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-095 14.ResolutionResolution approving the Whatcom County Water District No. 2 Water System PlanSUBSTITUTE APPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-209 15.ResolutionResolution supporting a Whatcom County ferry rate increase and allocation of American Rescue Plan FundsAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-198 11.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Mark McDonald to the North Sound Behavioral Health Organization Advisory BoardCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-210 11.OrdinanceOrdinance calling for the election of Charter Review Commissioners at the November 2024 General ElectionINTRODUCEDPass Action details -
AB2024-173 12.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 19.27INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-201 13.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Section 1.14, Electoral Precincts, with newly established voting precinct boundaries for Whatcom CountyINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-208 14.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance adopting Whatcom County Code Title 20, zoning code amendments relating to allowing propane reload, storage, and distribution facilities in the agriculture zone as a conditional useINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-191 15.Council Appointment Requiring IntroductionAppointment to a vacancy on the Surface Mining Advisory Committee, potable domestic groundwater supply representative, Applicant(s): Carl Isom-McDanielINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-211 16.Council Appointment Requiring IntroductionClarification of Council appointment and appointment to vacancies on the Justice Project Oversight and Planning Committee, Applicant(s): Scott Ryckman, Richard Gleason, and Tawsha ThompsonINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media



Whatcom County, Washington
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