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Meeting Name: Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/9/2024 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Hybrid Meeting
HYBRID MEETING (PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON, SEE REMOTE JOIN INSTRUCTIONS AT www.whatcomcounty.us/joinvirtualcouncil, OR CALL 360.778.5010); AGENDA REVISED 7.8.2024
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: - Action Summary Action Summary Action Summary  
Meeting video:  
Attachments: Agenda Revision Notice 7.8.2024
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MIN2024-030 11.Minutes ConsentRegular County Council for June 4, 2024   - Media Media
MIN2024-031 12.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole for June 4, 2024   - Media Media
MIN2024-032 13.Minutes ConsentSpecial Council for June 11, 2024   - Media Media
MIN2024-033 14.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole for June 18, 2024   - Media Media
MIN2024-034 15.Minutes ConsentRegular County Council for June 18, 2024   - Media Media
MIN2024-035 16.Minutes ConsentSpecial Council for June 25, 2024   - Media Media
MIN2024-036 17.Minutes ConsentWater Work Session for October 17, 2023   - Media Media
AB2024-348 11.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution to Declare Whatcom County Real Property as Surplus and Approve Transfer   - Media Media
AB2024-406 11.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Snohomish County to utilize State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSP) funding to sustain and enhance Division of Emergency Management programs, in the amount of $41,307   - Media Media
AB2024-417 12.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Uwill, Inc. to provide school based teletherapy services, in the amount of $150,000   - Media Media
AB2024-421 13.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Pace CDL Consulting and CDL Training to provide Commercial Driver’s License Training and test preparation to Maintenance and Operations employees, in the amount of $75,000   - Media Media
AB2024-423 14.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Skagit County for the purpose of providing each other with labor, equipment, or materials on a reimbursable basis for road maintenance activities through May 21, 2027   - Media Media
AB2024-424 15.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement amendment between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Social and Health Services to ensure a coordinated system of local developmental disability services in the amount of $6,476,900, for a total amended agreement amount of $12,546,270   - Media Media
AB2024-426 16.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Ferndale Community Services to perform rural homeless outreach services, in the amount of $55,377   - Media Media
AB2024-431 17.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to provide federal Ferry Boat Program (FBP) funds for the Lummi Island Ferry operatings costs, in the amount of $1,099,507.00   - Media Media
AB2024-433 18.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and the State of Washington Department of Ecology to receive funding for Water Resource Inventory Area 1 (WRIA 1) collaborative water supply planning, in the amount of $485,600.00   - Media Media
AB2024-435 19.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and the Executive Office of the President Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to implement the strategy of the Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) in the amount of $170,590.00   - Media Media
AB2024-437 110.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and RH2 to update the Whatcom County Coordinated Water System Plan in the amount of $50,000, for a total amended contract amount of $200,000   - Media Media
AB2024-438 111.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement amendment between Whatcom County and the City of Everson for participation in the Floodplain Integrated Planning (FLIP) process in the amount of $25,000 for a total amended agreement amount of $73,000 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)   - Media Media
AB2024-439 112.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Pacific Security for patrol services, in the amount of $64,260.00   - Media Media
AB2024-440 113.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a lease agreement amendment between Whatcom County and Greg Dibble to extend the lease at 600 Dupont Street, Suite 100, in the amount of $257,217.36, for a total amended amount of $500,843.00   - Media Media
AB2024-442 114.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Tolin Law Firm to provide legal representation for the preparation and completion of the resentencing hearing in the matter of State v. Ryan Eugene Alexander in the amount of $10,001.00 for a total amended amount of $50,000.00   - Media Media
AB2024-443 115.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement amendment between Whatcom County and the City of Bellingham to provide funding for the Alternative Response Team (ART) Program in the amount of $60,000, for a total amended agreement amount of $630,096   - Media Media
AB2024-444 116.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to support childcare stabilization in Whatcom County in the amount of $119,305, for a total amended contract amount of $618,038   - Media Media
AB2024-445 117.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Health to provide funding for various public health services in the amount of $1,948,136, for a total amended agreement amount of $16,258,233   - Media Media
AB2024-447 118.Bid AwardRequest approval for the County Executive to award Bid #24-64 for the purchase of 16 pair of night vision goggles with helmet mounts from Steele Industries, Inc., located in Bradenton, Florida, in an amount not to exceed $190,979.27   - Media Media
AB2024-448 119.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a commercial lease agreement between Whatcom County and Cornwall Center Inc. for use of parking spaces at the Bellingham Senior Activity Center over five years with cost sharing from the City of Bellingham and Whatcom Council on Aging, in the amount of $133,464   - Media Media
AB2024-449 120.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Military Department for pass-through funding to support the What-Comm Communication Center in the amount of $52,900   - Media Media
AB2024-457 121.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission for reimbursement of expenses, in the amount of $84,000   - Media Media
AB2024-458 122.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and TBL Investigations and Consulting, LLC for background investigations, in the estimated amount of $40,000 per year   - Media Media
AB2024-417 12.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Uwill, Inc. to provide school based teletherapy services, in the amount of $150,000   - Media Media
AB2024-432 11.Special Executive Only ItemCounty Executive requests approval of the Economic Development Investment (EDI) Board’s recommendation for funding to support the City of Bellingham’s Bear Creek Corridor Construction Project, the City of Lynden’s Wastewater Treatment Plant Capacity and Nutrient Improvement Project, the City of Ferndale Water Treatment Plant Upgrades and Douglas Deep Well Projects, and the Housing Affordability through the Workforce Program   - Media Media
AB2024-418 12.ResolutionResolution approving a Major Project Permit for the City of Bellingham   - Media Media
AB2024-420 13.OrdinanceOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code 2.02.080, Standing Committees - Membership, to change the membership of all standing council committees from three members to seven   - Media Media
AB2024-400 14.Request for MotionAppointment of members to serve on pro and con statement writing committees for a proposed ballot measure amending the Whatcom County Charter to expand the standards for conflict of interest   - Media Media
AB2024-429 11.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s reappointments of Georgiann Dustin and Jen Lautenbach to the Northwest Senior Services Board   - Media Media
AB2024-461 12.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Mike Cullum to the Civil Service Commission   - Media Media
AB2024-466 11.ResolutionResolution requesting Whatcom County Superior Court issue a declaratory judgement to determine whether Initiative 2024-01 is procedurally invalid   - Media Media
AB2024-468 12.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance imposing an emergency interim moratorium on the acceptance and processing of applications and permits for new uses in areas zoned heavy impact industrial within a city’s designated urban growth area   - Media Media
AB2024-469 13.ResolutionResolution requesting the Whatcom County Executive decommission all contracts with the Opportunity Council and Northwest Youth Services relating to the 22 North permanent supportive housing facility   - Media Media
AB2024-419 11.OrdinanceOrdinance submitting to the qualified voters of Whatcom County a proposal to repeal Proposition 5   - Media Media
AB2024-422 12.Council Appointment Requiring IntroductionReceipt of application to a vacancy on the Solid Waste Advisory Committee, Waste Collection Industry representative, Applicant(s): Ted Carlson (deadline for additional applications for this position is 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, 2024)   - Media Media
AB2024-453 13.OrdinanceOrdinance creating Whatcom County Code 2.49, establishing the Justice Project Finance and Facility Advisory Board   - Media Media
AB2024-460 14.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the project budget for the Way Station Project Fund, request no. 4   - Media Media
AB2024-463 15.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2024 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 9, in the amount of 873,134   - Media Media
AB2024-467 16.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance imposing an interim moratorium on the acceptance and processing of applications and permits for new uses in areas zoned heavy impact industrial within a City’s designated urban growth area   - Media Media
AB2024-419 11.OrdinanceOrdinance submitting to the qualified voters of Whatcom County a proposal to repeal Proposition 5   - Media Media
AB2024-467 16.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance imposing an interim moratorium on the acceptance and processing of applications and permits for new uses in areas zoned heavy impact industrial within a City’s designated urban growth area   - Media Media
AB2024-462 1 DiscussionDiscussion of pending litigation with Civil Deputy Prosecutor, George Roche, re; national opioid litigation and the opportunity to amend complaints to add additional defendants [Discussion of this item may take place in executive session (closed to the public) pursuant to RCW42.30.110 (1) (i)]   - -
AB2024-446 1 DiscussionDiscussion with Parks Department staff regarding potential property acquisition [Discussion of this item may take place in executive session (closed to the public) pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(b)]   - -
AB2024-336 1 DiscussionUpdate from the investigative committee assigned to review recent employment law decisions   - -



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