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Meeting Name: Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/6/2025 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft Minutes  
Meeting location: Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers
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Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Draft Minutes Draft Minutes Action Summary: Action Summary Action Summary  
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MIN2025-042 11.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole Executive Session for July 8, 2025APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2025-043 12.Minutes ConsentRegular County Council for July 8, 2025APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2025-044 13.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole for July 8, 2025APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-546 11.Special Executive Only ItemReview final project performance on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Public Services ProgramINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-549 12.Council Appointment Requiring IntroductionAppointment to a vacancy on the Child and Family Well-Being Task Force, applicant(s): Alycia Francis and Heathe CarsonINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-558 13.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2025 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 9, in the amount of $956,986INTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-570 14.Council Appointment Requiring IntroductionAppointment to a vacancy on the Board of Equalization, Applicant(s): Wes Van De MarkINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-485 11.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance granting Percie Road Water Association a franchise and the right, privilege, and authority thereunder to locate, set, erect, lay, construct, extend, support, attach, connect, maintain, repair, replace, enlarge, operate and use facilities in, upon, over, under, along, across and through the franchise area to allow for the provision of water servicesADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-487 12.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance granting Point Roberts Water District #4 a franchise and the right, privilege, and authority thereunder to locate, set, erect, lay, construct, extend, support, attach, connect, maintain, repair, replace, enlarge, operate and use facilities in, upon, over, under, along, across and through the franchise area to allow for the provision of water servicesADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-548 13.Special Executive Only ItemPublic Hearing for 2025 Coordinated Water System Plan UpdatePUBLIC HEARING HELD (file final)  Action details Media Media
AB2025-543 11.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Ecology to provide technical assistance and education outreach to small businesses, in the amount of $308,750AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-544 12.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Cowden Brothers Trucking, LLC, vactor waste facility for the disposal of waste produced by Whatcom County Public Works vactor trucks while providing service to multiple functions within our Maintenance and Operations group in the amount of $288,000 for a total amended contract amount of $576,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-550 13.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Ecology to remove litter and illegally discarded materials from public lands, in the amount of $71,400AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-555 14.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a cost reimbursement agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Ferndale for participation in the Floodplain Integrated Planning (FLIP) process, including participation on the FLIP Steering Committee, FLIP Team, and FLIP Reach Teams, in the amount of $30,000 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-556 15.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Columbia Policy Advisors to assist Whatcom County in developing and implementing a legislative advocacy program in the amount of $86,040   Action details Media Media
AB2025-557 16.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a cost reimbursement agreement amendment between Whatcom County and the City of Everson to increase the budget for participation in the Floodplain Integrated Planning (FLIP) process, including participation on the FLIP Steering Committee, FLIP Team, and FLIP Reach Teams, in the amount of $30,000 for a total amended amount of $103,000 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-561 17.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Ecology to acquire Phase 2 of the Stewart Mountain Community Forest, in the amount of $5,517,000   Action details Media Media
AB2025-562 18.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Associated Earth Sciences, Inc. to conduct additional monitoring and data collection for a groundwater-surface water interaction study and an investigation into the impacts of agricultural tile drains on stream flows, in the amount of $77,420 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-564 19.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to amend Whatcom County Contract No. 202005011 between Whatcom County and Runback Election Services, increasing the original contract amount by $111,428AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-566 110.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Matrix Consulting Group, Ltd. to evaluate human resources policies and procedures in an amount of $0 for a total amended contract amount of $76,500AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-567 111.ContractRequest authorization for County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Mission Critical Partners, LLC to complete a countywide fire and EMS study, in an amount of $0 for a total amended contract amount of $223,056AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-568 112.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission to continue building an officer wellness program, in the amount of $50,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-569 113.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and the Executive Office of the President’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to implement the strategy of the Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), in the amount $193,147AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-571 114.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Commerce to help cover a portion of the Victim/Witness Coordinator position salary and benefits in an amount not to exceed $52,029AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-572 115.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families for reimbursement for daily bed rate for detention services for juveniles committed to Juvenile Rehabilitation, in the amount of $250 per dayAUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-573 116.InterlocalRequest 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 water adjudication, in the amount of $1,721,200AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-574 117.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Military Department to receive pass through funding in support of WhatComm 911 in the amount of $74,045AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-556 15.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Columbia Policy Advisors to assist Whatcom County in developing and implementing a legislative advocacy program in the amount of $86,040AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-561 17.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Ecology to acquire Phase 2 of the Stewart Mountain Community Forest, in the amount of $5,517,000AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-565 11.ResolutionResolution authorizing the Whatcom County Conservation Easement Program staff and Whatcom County Executive to proceed with the acquisition of conservation easements on four propertiesAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-533 12.ResolutionResolution approving recommendation on application for open space current use assessmentAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-576 13.Request for MotionRequest for motion to vote for a county representative for the Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) Board of Natural ResourcesDISCUSSED AND MOTION(S) APPROVED  Action details Media Media
AB2025-518 11.Council Appointment Requiring IntroductionAppointment to a vacancy on the Forest Advisory Committee, position for a forest product manufacturer representing a sawmill that receives wood from Whatcom County, Applicant(s): Adam EllsworthAPPOINTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-547 11.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Henry Fisher to the Whatcom County Food Systems CommitteeCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media



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