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Meeting Name: Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/11/2025 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers
SECOND AGENDA REVISION 2.10.2025 - AGENDA REVISED 2.7.2025 - HYBRID MEETING (PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON, SEE REMOTE JOIN INSTRUCTIONS AT www.whatcomcounty.us/joinvirtualcouncil, OR CALL 360.778.5010)
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Draft Minutes Draft Minutes Action Summary: Action Summary Action Summary  
Meeting video:  
Attachments: Agenda Revision Notice 2.7.2025, Second Agenda Revision Notice 2.10.2025
File #Ver.Agenda #TypeTitleActionResultAction DetailsAudio/Video
MIN2025-005 11.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole Executive Session for January 28, 2025APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2025-006 12.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole for January 28, 2025APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2025-007 13.Minutes ConsentRegular County Council for January 28, 2025APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-117 11.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Lake Whatcom Residential & Treatment Center to provide funding for HVAC system and window replacement at the Birchwood assisted living and treatment facility, in the amount of $1,000,000   Action details Media Media
AB2025-133 12.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Rick Ackerman for the provision of evaluations and treatment services to youth referred or sentenced under the Special Sex Offender Disposition Alternative (SSODA) in Whatcom County Juvenile Court, in the amount of $22,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-134 13.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and L&L Counseling and Consultation for the provision of evaluations and treatment services to youth referred or sentenced under the Special Sex Offender Disposition Alternative (SSODA) in Whatcom County Juvenile Court, in the amount of $30,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-136 14.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and North Sound Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization to provide behavioral health services within the North Sound Integrated Care Network in the amount of $104,295, for a total amended contract amount of $3,025,135AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-150 15.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center (WDRC) to provide for the administration of the family law mediation program, fee subsidy for low income participants of mediation sessions and parenting seminars, and language interpretation for participants, in the amount of $65,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-151 16.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with Diking District No. 3 and landowners John and Rich Appel to provide flood control/river improvement work on Cougar Creek for the Neveel Levee Cougar Creek Fish Passage Project, which includes a cost-share contribution from the landowners and an in-kind contribution from the Diking District, in the amount of $350,927 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-153 17.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Ferndale for Correctional ServicesAUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-158 18.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an Interlocal Agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Everson for Correctional ServicesAUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-161 19.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and the Washington State Military Department to utilize Emergency Rapid Response Funds to aid in the recovery of qualified low-income individuals/households affected by the November 2024 Bomb Cylone, in the amount of $135,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-117 11.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Lake Whatcom Residential & Treatment Center to provide funding for HVAC system and window replacement at the Birchwood assisted living and treatment facility, in the amount of $1,000,000AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-138 11.Council AppointmentAppointment to vacancies on the Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District Advisory Committee, Applicant(s): Fred Likkel, Albert deBoer (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)APPOINTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-116 11.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s appointments of Paul Pelot and Robert Wilson to the Whatcom County Veterans Advisory BoardCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-155 12.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Colin Wahl and Paul Meyer to the Whatcom County Marine Resources CommitteeCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-156 13.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Henry Bierlink, Paul D’Agnolo, and Mike Finger to the Whatcom County Conservation Easement Program Oversight CommitteeCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-163 11.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an agreement between Whatcom County and Sustainable Connections for the purpose of conducting a feasibility study for the development of an Office of Healthy Housing in the amount of $190,000AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-030 11.Council Appointment Requiring IntroductionAppointment to a vacancy on the Incarceration Prevention & Reduction Task Force, health and social services provider, Applicant(s): Eve Smason-Marcus, Kristy Backer, Rob Sullivan, Alexis Hahs, Shannon PrescottINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-059 12.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Titles 20 & 22 to enact SSB 5290 regarding local project reviewINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-120 13.OrdinanceOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code 2.123, Forestry Advisory Committee, to expand the committee’s purpose and adjust member termsINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-140 14.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution vacating a portion of Camp 2 RoadINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details -
AB2025-145 15.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance authorizing a revision to the Unified Fee ScheduleINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-147 16.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code 2.27A, Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS)INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-149 17.OrdinanceOrdinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code 24.05, Onsite Sewage System RegulationsINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-160 18.OrdinanceOrdinance closing the Shallow Shore Culvert Relocation Fund 3917INTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-162 19.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the project budget for the new Public Health, Safety and Justice Facility, request no. 7INTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2025-164 110.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2025 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 2, in the amount of $4,751,265SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media



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