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Meeting Name: Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/10/2023 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
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 10.9.2023
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes Action Summary: Action Summary Action Summary  
Meeting video:  
Attachments: Revised Council Agenda 10.10.2023
File #Ver.Agenda #TypeTitleActionResultAction DetailsAudio/Video
MIN2023-065 11.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole for September 26, 2023APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2023-066 12.Minutes ConsentRegular County Council for September 26, 2023APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-566 11.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution to sell county tax title property by negotiationAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-575 12.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution to sell county tax title property by negotiationAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-588 13.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution to sell tax title property by public auctionAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-589 14.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution to sell tax title property by public auctionAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-605 15.Resolution (FCZDBS) Requiring a Public HearingResolution adopting the 2024-2029 Six-Year Water Resources Improvement Program (WRIP) by the Whatcom County Council (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)APPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-621 11.InterlocalRequest authorization for County Executive to enter into an Interlocal Agreement between Whatcom County and Public Utility District No. 1 of Whatcom County in support of the Broadband infrastructure and implementation project located in Point Roberts in the amount of $350,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-628 12.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and US Imaging, Inc. to create digital images to be imported into the Historic Film Viewer from direct and indirect grantor grantee volumes, in the amount of $85,000.00AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-630 13.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Code Publishing, LLC and Whatcom County for legal code publishing services, in the amount of $15,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-638 14.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Ferndale School District to provide funding for behavioral health services, in the amount not to exceed $498,000   Action details Media Media
AB2023-643 15.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and the State of Washington Department of Ecology to fund administrative support and action projects for the Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee, in the amount of $249,000 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-647 16.ResolutionResolution to authorize procurement from or through the US General Services Administration (GSA) cooperative schedulesAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-653 17.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an agreement between Whatcom County and United States Geological Survey (USGS) to fund the ongoing operation and maintenance of the County’s 11 stream gages within the Nooksack River early flood warning system, Jones Creek, and the Sumas River, in the amount of $169,470 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-662 18.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Whatcom Law Group / Rajeev Majumdar for hearing examiner services through the end of 2023   Action details Media Media
AB2023-638 14.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Ferndale School District to provide funding for behavioral health services, in the amount not to exceed $498,000AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-662 18.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Whatcom Law Group / Rajeev Majumdar for hearing examiner services through the end of 2023AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-655 11.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Whatcom Family YMCA to preserve childcare slots in Whatcom County, in the amount of $1,500,000AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-656 12.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Bellingham to consolidate previous amendments and extend the term date for the WHAT-COMM Communications CenterAUTHORIZED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-666 13.ContractRequest approval for the County Executive to enter in to a beneficiary agreement between Whatcom County and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Whatcom County to mitigate COVID-19 pandemic impacts and stabilize childcare servicesAUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-592 14.ResolutionResolution approving the Samish Water District Comprehensive Sewer PlanAPPROVED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-668 15.ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 2023-005 to docket an additional Comprehensive Plan/zoning amendment related to allowing propane reload, storage, and distribution facilities as a conditional use under certain conditions in the Agriculture DistrictAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-548 16.OrdinanceOrdinance amending WCC 2.145, Lummi Island Ferry Advisory CommitteeADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-639 17.ResolutionResolution establishing regular Council meeting dates for 2024APPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-642 11.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Elli Harron to the Agricultural Advisory CommitteeCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-658 12.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Tamara Cooper-Woodrich to the Bellingham/Whatcom County Commission on Sexual and Domestic ViolenceCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-640 11.OrdinanceOrdinance establishing a task force to develop a Whatcom County Forest Resilience PlanREVISED SUBSTITUTE ADOPTED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-637 11.OrdinanceOrdinance Establishing a New Whatcom County Healthy Children’s FundINTRODUCEDPass Action details -
AB2023-657 12.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2023 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 14, in the amount of $13,162,440INTRODUCEDPass Action details -
AB2023-659 13.OrdinanceOrdinance Establishing a Community Priorities Fund and Establishing an Initial Budget for the Community Priorities FundINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-651 14.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the project budget for the E. Smith/Hannegan Road Intersection Improvements Fund, Request No. 3INTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-652 15.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the project based budget for the North Lake Samish Road Bridge No. 107 Replacement Fund, request No. 3INTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-648 16.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution approving the Whatcom County 2024 Annual Construction ProgramINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2023-654 17.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution authorizing the sale of personal property, pursuant to Whatcom County Code (WCC) 1.10 (capital equipment surplus)INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media



Whatcom County, Washington
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