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Meeting Name: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/28/2026 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers
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AB2026-055 11.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Ecology to support the Nooksack Riparian Resilience Project for restoration planning, partner coordination, and restoration implementation, in the amount of $2,244,875   - -
AB2026-264 12.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County & Washington State University (WSU) to continue the jointly shared costs for faculty positions and program support for WSU Whatcom Extension in the amount of $60,000 for a total amended contract amount of $3,885,050.90   - -
AB2026-290 13.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Military Department to assist Whatcom County in preparing for all hazards, in the amount of $65,507   - -
AB2026-301 14.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Pacific Security to continue security services for the Whatcom County Courthouse, in the amount of $165,000 for a total amended contract amount of $477,416.14   - -
AB2026-312 15.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Kulshan Community Land Trust for the development of eight energy-efficient, permanently affordable townhomes, in the amount of $436,902.48   - -
AB2026-313 16.AgreementRequest authorization for the County Executive to relinquish a foot trail easement held by the Whatcom Land Trust, located within South Fork Park   - -
AB2026-317 17.AgreementRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Transportation to complete a multimodal path connecting the communities of Kendall and Glacier, in the amount of $425,000   - -
AB2026-324 18.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Whatcom Long Term Recovery Group to correct the effective date of a recently approved rate increase to December 1, 2025, with no change to the contract amount (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)   - -
AB2026-329 19.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Peace Centers to maintain a coordinated system of licensed drop-in childcare within Whatcom County in the amount of $290,676.84, for a total amended contract amount of $790,597.84   - -
AB2026-331 110.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to provide funding for capital and operational expenses for the Cedar Commons Early Learning Center, in the amount of $291,676   - -
AB2026-334 111.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Seattle Foundation to provide funding for projects that further the goals and objectives of the Trueblood Settlement Agreement, in the amount of $3,603,879   - -
AB2026-335 112.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to provide funding for the second phase of the low-income Bellis Fair Housing development, in the amount of $1,386,485   - -
AB2026-215 11.ReportQuarterly Report from the Finance Division   - -
AB2026-332 12.PresentationPresentation by the Executive’s Office and Finance Director on approach to 2027-2028 biennial budget   - -
AB2026-327 13.ReportReport from the Facilities Division of the Administrative Services Department   - -
AB2026-338 11.DiscussionDiscussion of an ordinance to establish a Ferry District to fund and manage the Lummi Island Ferry System   - -
AB2026-209 11.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2026 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 7, in the amount of $23,290,457   - -
AB2026-212 12.ResolutionResolution ordering the cancellation of unredeemed checks (warrants) more than one year old   - -
AB2026-292 13.Resolution (FCZDBS)Resolution amending the 2026 Flood Control Zone District and Subzones Budget, request no. 1, in the amount of $23,406 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)   - -
AB2026-295 14.Resolution (FCZDBS)Resolution authorizing the submission of three independent grant applications to the Brian Abbott Fish Barrier Removal Board to restore fish passage at the Black Slough and Homesteader culverts and to complete the final design and permitting of the Tinling Creek culvert project (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)   - -