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MIN2026-057
| 1 | 1. | Minutes Consent | Regular County Council for June 9, 2026 | APPROVED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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MIN2026-058
| 1 | 2. | Minutes Consent | Committee of the Whole for June 9, 2026 | APPROVED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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MIN2026-059
| 1 | 3. | Minutes Consent | Committee of the Whole Executive Session for June 23, 2026 | APPROVED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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MIN2026-060
| 1 | 4. | Minutes Consent | Committee of the Whole for June 23, 2026 | APPROVED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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MIN2026-061
| 1 | 5. | Minutes Consent | Regular County Council for June 23, 2026 | APPROVED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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MIN2026-062
| 1 | 6. | Minutes Consent | Special Committee of the Whole for June 16, 2026 | APPROVED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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MIN2026-063
| 1 | 7. | Minutes Consent | Special Council for June 30, 2026 | APPROVED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-488
| 2 | 1. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance adopting amendments to the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and Foothills Subarea Plan for the Growth Management Act Periodic Review and Update (for concurrent review with other Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals) | PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) | |
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AB2026-489
| 1 | 2. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Title 20, Zoning, under the 2025-2026 periodic update of the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulations, pursuant to the Growth Management Act (for concurrent review with other Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals) | PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) | |
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AB2026-490
| 1 | 3. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance amending the official Whatcom County Zoning Map under the 2025-2026 Periodic Update of the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan under the Growth Management Act (for concurrent review with other Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals) | PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) | |
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AB2026-488
| 2 | 1. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance adopting amendments to the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and Foothills Subarea Plan for the Growth Management Act Periodic Review and Update (for concurrent review with other Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals) | NOT ACTED UPON | |
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AB2026-489
| 1 | 2. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Title 20, Zoning, under the 2025-2026 periodic update of the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulations, pursuant to the Growth Management Act (for concurrent review with other Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals) | HELD IN COUNCIL | Pass |
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AB2026-490
| 1 | 3. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance amending the official Whatcom County Zoning Map under the 2025-2026 Periodic Update of the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan under the Growth Management Act (for concurrent review with other Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals) | HELD IN COUNCIL | Pass |
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AB2026-488
| 2 | 1. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance adopting amendments to the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and Foothills Subarea Plan for the Growth Management Act Periodic Review and Update (for concurrent review with other Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals) | NOT ACTED UPON | |
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AB2026-489
| 1 | 2. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Title 20, Zoning, under the 2025-2026 periodic update of the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulations, pursuant to the Growth Management Act (for concurrent review with other Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals) | NOT ACTED UPON | |
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AB2026-490
| 1 | 3. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance amending the official Whatcom County Zoning Map under the 2025-2026 Periodic Update of the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan under the Growth Management Act (for concurrent review with other Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals) | NOT ACTED UPON | |
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AB2026-438
| 1 | 1. | Interlocal | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and City of Bellingham Police Department to maintain munitions inventory at the Whatcom County Central Shop, in the amount of $0 | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-496
| 1 | 2. | Contract | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Status Electrical Corporation to provide technical support for the security electronics at the juvenile detention facility, main jail, jail work center, and facilities management, in the amount of $69,442 for a total amended contract amount of $253,615 | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-500
| 1 | 3. | Interlocal | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Military Department for reimbursement of expenses resulting from the winter weather in December 2025, in an amount to be determined | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-503
| 1 | 4. | Contract (FCZDBS) | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and WA Department of Ecology to restore Olympia oysters in North Chuckanut Bay, in the amount of $50,000 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-505
| 1 | 5. | Interlocal | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal cooperative purchasing agreement with the Whatcom County Rural Library District (WCLS) to allow reciprocal utilization of competitively bid contracts, pursuant to RCW Chapter 39.34 Interlocal Cooperation Act | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-511
| 1 | 6. | Contract (FCZDBS) | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Commerce to increase funding for flood mitigation planning in Sumas, Nooksack, and Everson, in the amount of $207,400 for a total amended amount of $1,517,400 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-527
| 1 | 7. | Contract (FCZDBS) | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal grant agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Ecology to provide Floodplains by Design funding to build upon existing Floodplain Integrated Planning efforts to reduce flood hazard, increase flood resiliency, and improve habitat, in the amount of $10,000,000 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-528
| 1 | 8. | Contract (FCZDBS) | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the University of Washington for completion of Phase 2 sediment work near Everson and evaluating alternatives proposed as part of the Widen the Corridor project, in the amount of $209,814 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-529
| 1 | 9. | Contract (FCZDBS) | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement amendment between Whatcom County and United States Geological Survey (USGS) for the continued purpose of sediment modeling on the lower Nooksack River, in the amount of $60,000 for a total agreement amount of $295,050 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-533
| 1 | 10. | Interlocal | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and the Washington State Office of Public Defense regarding Chapter 10.101 RCW, Indigent Defense Services, in the amount of $435,995 | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-536
| 1 | 11. | Interlocal | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an agreement between Whatcom County and the Administrative Office of the Courts for reimbursements of costs related to the Uniform Guardianship Act, in the amount of $89,144 | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-537
| 1 | 12. | Interlocal | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an agreement between Whatcom County and the Administrative Office of the Courts for reimbursements of costs related to the Family and Juvenile Court Improvement Program, in the amount of $122,250 | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-538
| 1 | 13. | Interlocal | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service for funding for a deputy to patrol Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest lands in the amount of $56,760 | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-539
| 1 | 14. | Contract | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an agreement between Whatcom County and the Administrative Office of the Courts for reimbursement of costs related to BECCA programs, in the amount of $232,776 | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-540
| 1 | 15. | Contract | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Mobile Mama Strategies Inc. to provide perinatal mental health services to vulnerable families through continuation of a mental health workforce pilot project, in the amount of $199,000 for a total amended contract amount of $496,335 | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-541
| 1 | 16. | Interlocal | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement amendment between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Health (DOH) to increase funding for the 2025-2027 Consolidated Contract Grant, which supports the delivery and funding of various public health services in Whatcom County, in the amount of $3,521,984 for a total amended agreement amount of $14,856,181 | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-542
| 1 | 17. | Contract | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center to provide conflict resolution workshops for youth, in the amount of $35,000 | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-543
| 1 | 18. | Interlocal | Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Military for Operation Stonegarden FY25, in the amount of $170,625 | AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT | Pass |
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AB2026-480
| 1 | 1. | Resolution | Resolution requiring additional public notice of proposed Whatcom County Council action to increase taxes | SUBSTITUTE APPROVED | Pass |
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AB2026-514
| 1 | 2. | Resolution | Resolution regarding authorization for application to Public Works Board funding for the Lummi Island Ferry Replacement and System Modernization Project | APPROVED | Pass |
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AB2026-544
| 1 | 3. | Resolution | Resolution designating the revenue distribution from forest service payments | TABLED | Pass |
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AB2026-427
| 1 | 1. | Council Appointment Requiring Introduction | Appointment to a vacancy on the Business and Commerce Advisory Committee, childcare position, Applicant(s): Courtney Whitaker, Kristine Wilson | APPOINTED | |
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AB2026-552
| 1 | 1. | Resolution Requiring a Public Hearing | Resolution establishing an initial budget level for the Whatcom County Ferry District in the amount of $5.7 million (Council acting as the Whatcom County Ferry District Board of Supervisors) | INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING | Pass |
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AB2026-553
| 1 | 2. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance adopting amendments to the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and Foothills Subarea Plan for the Growth Management Act Periodic Review and Update (for concurrent review with other Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals) | INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING | Pass |
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AB2026-504
| 1 | 1. | Ordinance | Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code 24.03, Food Service Rules and Regulations (Council acting as the Health Board) | INTRODUCED | Pass |
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AB2026-508
| 1 | 2. | Resolution (FCZDBS) | Resolution amending the 2026 Flood Control Zone District and Subzones Budget, request no. 4, in the amount of $34,830 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) | INTRODUCED | Pass |
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AB2026-518
| 1 | 3. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance declaring public necessity for and the authorization to acquire certain property rights by eminent domain for the Birch Bay Lynden Road and Blaine Road Intersection Improvements Project | INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING | Pass |
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AB2026-520
| 1 | 4. | Resolution Requiring a Public Hearing | Resolution establishing a new Whatcom County Ferry District Fund (Council acting as the Whatcom County Ferry District Board of Supervisors) | INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING | Pass |
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AB2026-521
| 1 | 5. | Resolution Requiring a Public Hearing | Resolution establishing an initial budget for the Whatcom County Ferry District in the amount of $5.2 million (Council acting as the Whatcom County Ferry District Board of Supervisors) | SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING | Pass |
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AB2026-522
| 1 | 6. | Resolution Requiring a Public Hearing | Resolution establishing an initial budget level for the Whatcom County Ferry District in the amount of $4.2 million (Council acting as the Whatcom County Ferry District Board of Supervisors) | SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING | Pass |
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AB2026-524
| 1 | 7. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance adding the Ferry District Funds and Board of Supervisors to Whatcom County Code 10.34, Ferry Rates | INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING | Pass |
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AB2026-525
| 1 | 8. | Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing | Ordinance adding the Ferry District Funds and Board of Supervisors to Whatcom County Code 10.36.060, Ferry Multi-Ride Cards and Quarterly Passes, Replacement Appeal Procedure | INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING | Pass |
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AB2026-526
| 1 | 9. | Ordinance | Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code 16.20, Whatcom County Shellfish Protection Districts | SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED | Pass |
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AB2026-530
| 1 | 10. | Ordinance | Ordinance closing the Central Plaza Tenant Improvement Fund | INTRODUCED | Pass |
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AB2026-534
| 1 | 11. | Ordinance | Ordinance amending the 2026 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 10, in the amount of $252,250 | INTRODUCED | Pass |
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