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File #: AB2025-502    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/27/2025 Meeting Body Council
On agenda: 7/8/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Ordinance amending the 2025 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 8, in the amount of $3,548,146
Indexes: Birch Bay-Lynden Rd. & Blaine Rd. Intersection Improvements, Budget / Finance / Revenue, Ferry, Health and Safety, Jail, Parks & Recreation, Public Works
Attachments: 1. Proposed Ordinance, 2. Summary by Fund, 3. Supplemental Requests, 4. Summary Listing
Related files: AB2025-503
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Primary Contact Email:    atan@co.whatcom.wa.us

 

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Ordinance amending the 2025 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 8, in the amount of $3,548,146

 

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Supplemental #8 requests funding from the General Fund:

1.                     To appropriate $220,000 in Health to fund abatement strategies with Opioid Settlement Funds.

2.                     To appropriate $49,000 in Non-Departmental to fund Galbraith Recreation emergency response support.

From the Parks Fund:

3.                     To appropriate $74,146 in Parks to fund Canyon Lake Community Forest access improvements.

From the Behavioral Health Fund:

4.                     To appropriate $1,000,000 in Health to fund companion for #5004 using behavioral health millage.

From the Mental Health Developmental Disabilities Fund:

5.                     To appropriate $1,000,000 in Health to fund behavioral health contracts for youth mental health.

From the Road Fund:

6.                     To appropriate $150,000 in Public Works to fund companion for SBR #4992 Birch Bay-Lynden Rd. Project using the road fund.

7.                     To record $632,270 in Public Works to fund companion for SBR #4994 East Smith/Hannegan Intersection Project to accept transfer of County funds.

8.                     To appropriate $1,000,000 in Public Works to fund companion for SBR #4998 Lummi Ferry Replacement Project using the road fund.

From the Real Estate Excise Tax II Fund:

9.                     To appropriate $55,000 in Parks to fund demolition of building in substandard condition at Hovander Homestead Park.

From the Capital Facilities Reserve Fund:

10.                     To record $1,022,244 in Non-Departmental to fund companion to Justice Facility project based supplemental #5000 to accept transfer of County funds.




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