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Meeting Name: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/24/2026 9:55 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers
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AB2026-137 11.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a Collective Bargaining Agreement between Whatcom County and Professional and Technical Employees, Local 17 for the period January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2028SUBSTITUTE RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2026-154 12.AgreementRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Ecology for the 2025-2027 Biennial Stormwater Capacity Grant, in the amount of $120,000RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2026-156 13.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement amendment between Whatcom County and North Whatcom Fire and Rescue to extend the current contract for fire investigation services by one yearRECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2026-160 14.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Transportation to execute a Federal Aid Project Prospectus for the design phase of the Lakeway Drive - City of Bellingham to Cable Street - Pavement Rehabilitation Project, County Road Project 925001, in the amount of $251,000RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2026-162 15.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal grant agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Commerce to reimburse the 5% local match obligation required in the four FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) grants, in the amount of $1,500,000 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2026-163 16.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal cost reimbursement agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Lynden to support 30% design of Phase 1 of the Mouw Ditch early action project with pass-through funding from Floodplains through Design (FbD) 2023-25 grant, in the amount of $113,600 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2026-164 17.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Whatcom Long Term Recovery Group to increase the project management task budget to assist homeowners participating in the Hazard Mitigation Elevation Grant Program, in the amount of $80,000, for a total amount of $200,000 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2026-145 11.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2026 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 4, in the amount of $1,804,963SUBSTITUTE RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTIONPass Action details Media Media
AB2026-114 12.OrdinanceOrdinance establishing the project budget for the Strawberry Point/Lake Whatcom Boulevard stormwater improvements, request no. 1RECOMMENDED TO HOLD IN COMMITTEEPass Action details Media Media
AB2026-143 13.OrdinanceOrdinance establishing the Ferndale Senior Activity Center Improvements Fund and establishing an initial budget for the Ferndale Senior Activity Center Improvements FundRECOMMENDED TO HOLD IN COMMITTEEPass Action details Media Media
AB2026-134 14.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the project budget for the Courthouse Building Envelope Fund, request no. 7RECOMMENDED TO HOLD IN COMMITTEEPass Action details Media Media
AB2026-165 15.ResolutionResolution to declare county-owned structures located at recently acquired property at South Fork Park as worthlessDISCUSSED AND MOTION(S) APPROVED  Action details Media Media



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