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File #: AB2026-145    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Introduced
File created: 1/30/2026 Meeting Body Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
On agenda: 2/24/2026 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Ordinance amending the 2026 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 4, in the amount of $1,804,963
Indexes: Budget / Finance / Revenue, Capital Facilities, Parks & Recreation, Sheriff
Attachments: 1. Proposed Ordinance, 2. Summary Listing, 3. Summary by Fund, 4. Supplemental Requests, 5. Substitute Summary by Fund
Related files: AB2026-146
Department Finance Division
Primary Contact Email: atan@co.whatcom.wa.us

TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
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Ordinance amending the 2026 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 4, in the amount of $1,804,963

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SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:

Supplemental #4 requests funding from the General Fund:
1. To appropriate $140,182 in Sheriff to fund Rapid DNA machine using grant funds.
2. To appropriate $9,600 in Sheriff to fund officer wellness program using grant funds.
3. To appropriate $160,875 in Sheriff to fund Operation Stonegarden using grant funds.
From the Conservation Futures Fund:
4. To appropriate $314,000 in Planning & Development Services to cover completion of agricultural and forestry conservation easement on Jacoy property using partial grant funding.
From the Road Fund:
5. To appropriate $4,050 in Public Works to fund moving the ferry spring lines as part of dolphin preservation; companion to supplemental #5341.
6. To appropriate $2,711 in Public Works to fund ferry insurance increase; companion to supplemental #5343.
From the Lake Whatcom Stormwater Utility Fund:
7. To appropriate $540,000 in Public Works to fund Austin Court stormwater improvements; companion to supplemental #5335.
8. To appropriate $335,000 in Public Works to fund Strawberry Point stormwater improvements; companion to supplemental #5359.
From the Real Estate Excise Tax II Fund:
9. To appropriate $11,000 in Non-Departmental to fund permitting, inspections, and engineering for a roof replacement at Maple Falls Park.
From the Real Estate Excise Tax I Fund:
10. To appropriate $55,620 in AS-Facilities to fund completion of tenant improvements in Prosecuting Attorney's office.
11. To appropriate $16,900 in AS-Facilities to fund completion of remodel in Assessor's office.
12. To appropriate $200,000 in Non-Departmental to fund repairs to Ferndale Senior Activity Center; companion to supplemental #5354.
From the Ferry System Fund:
13. To appropriate $9,000 in Public Works to fund moving the ferry spring line...

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