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Meeting Name: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/9/2024 9:25 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Hybrid Meeting
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AB2024-200 11.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Whatcom County Library System in support of the Birch Bay Library construction project in the amount of $315,000RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-204 12.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and PNW Plateful to distribute weekly meals to low-income households, in the amount of $115,000RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-221 13.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an Interlocal Agreement between Whatcom County and WA State Department of Commerce to provide funding for Justice Project management and Justice Project data work in the amount of $245,903.00RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-222 14.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a no cost interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Bellingham School District to provide community immunization clinicsRECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-223 15.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into Project Agreement Amendment No. 3 with the County Road Administration Board (CRAB), for the Hampton Road Pavement Rehabilitation Project, for Rural Arterial Program (RAP) funding in the amount of $198,000RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-230 16.ContractRequest permission for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Geo Test Services to provide on-call construction materials testing and inspection services for 2024 in the amount not to exceed $200,000RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-232 17.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Aspect Consulting to provide water rights adjudication technical assistance, in the amount of $170,000.00 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-242 18.Bid AwardRequest authorization for the County Executive to award bid # 24-23 and enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Lake Union Drydock Company for the annual drydocking, repair and maintenance of the Whatcom Chief Ferry, in the amount of $1,180,380.00RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-243 19.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and MacWhinney Environmental Consulting LLC for third-party critical areas review, in the amount of $60,000.00RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-244 110.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to provide housing case management services in the amount of $256,842 for a total amended contract amount of $1,488,823   Action details Media Media
AB2024-248 111.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Puget Sound Energy for the Sheriff’s Office to perform reimbursed overtime patrols, in the amount of $18,216.00RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-257 112.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an Economic Development Investment Program Interlocal Loan and Grant agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Bellingham to provide EDI loan and grant funding support for the Old Town Urban Village Improvement Project in the amount of $1,500,000 in grant funding and $1,500,000 in loan funding for a total agreement amount of $3,000,000RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-244 110.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to provide housing case management services in the amount of $256,842 for a total amended contract amount of $1,488,823RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATIONPass Action details Media Media
AB2024-190 11.PresentationPresentation of the Western Washington University Small Business Development CenterPRESENTED  Action details Media Media
AB2024-231 12.ReportReport from the Finance DivisionREPORTED  Action details Media Media
AB2024-201 11.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Section 1.14, Electoral Precincts, with newly established voting precinct boundaries for Whatcom CountyDISCUSSED  Action details Media Media
AB2024-226 12.DiscussionUpdate on the Medical Examiner transition from contracted to county employmentDISCUSSED  Action details Media Media



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