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Meeting Name: Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/19/2019 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
AGENDA REVISED 11.18.2019 (SEE AGENDA REVISION NOTICES IN "MEETING DETAILS")
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes Action Summary Action Summary Action Summary  
Meeting video:  
Attachments: Combined Packet, AGENDA REVISION NOTICE FOR 11.19.2019, SECOND AGENDA REVISION NOTICE FOR 11. 19.2019
File #Ver.Agenda #TypeTitleActionResultAction DetailsAudio/Video
AB2019-542 11.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance authorizing the levy of taxes for countywide emergency medical purposes for 2020ADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-543 12.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance authorizing the levy of taxes for Conservation Futures purposes for 2020ADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-544 13.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance authorizing the 2020 property tax levy for county road purposesADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-545 14.Resolution (FCZDBS) Requiring a Public HearingResolution authorizing the Board of Supervisors of the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District (WCFCZD) to impose an ad valorem property tax levy of up to fifty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value upon real property within the district in 2020APPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-546 15.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance limiting the 2020 General Fund property tax levyFAILEDFail Action details Media Media
AB2019-547 16.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance authorizing the levy of taxes for County and State purposes in Whatcom County Washington for the year of 2020ADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-551 17.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution adopting 2020 budget for the Point Roberts Transportation Benefit DistrictAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-557 18.Resolution (FCZDBS) Requiring a Public HearingResolution adopting the 2020 budget for the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District and Subzones (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)APPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-565 19.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2020 Whatcom County Budget, Request No. 1, in the amount of $19,206,192HELD IN COUNCILPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-568 110.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution authorizing the County Executive to enter into a twenty year communications tower lease agreement with Crown Castle GT for leased space on park property at Lookout MountainAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-285 111.OrdinanceOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code Title 3, requiring that public funds used for construction projects do double duty by also providing apprentices with job training hours to meet the requirements necessary to become the next generation of skilled trades personsADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-582 11.ResolutionResolution to set public hearing to sell tax-title property by public auctionAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-587 12.ResolutionResolution ordering the cancellation of unredeemed checks (warrants) more than one year oldAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-589 13.ResolutionResolution ordering the cancellation of accounts receivable more than four years oldHELD IN COUNCILPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-574 14.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to add funding for a behavioral health consultant, in the amount of $17,800 for a total amended contract amount of $130,028AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-577 15.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Ferndale School District to provide emergency management services, in the amount of $200,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-585 16.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Pioneer Human Services to provide substance use disorder assessments and post-assessment treatment coordination to inmates released from the Whatcom County Jail in an estimated amount of $60,000 for a total estimated amended contract amount of $91,500AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-594 17.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Healthcare Management Administrators, Inc. (HMA) to provide administrative and claims processing services for the self-insured medical programAUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-595 18.Bid AwardRequest approval for the County Executive to authorize the purchase of a replacement dump truck, dump body, hook lift sander, and plow; using Washington State Contract #01513 and #01117. The total cost of these purchases is $281,677.87AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-580 11.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an Interlocal Agreement with the U.S. Department of Interior Geological Survey Joint Funding Agreement for Stream Gaging (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-581 12.Contract (FCZDBS)Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an Interlocal Agreement between the U.S. Department of Interior Geological Survey and the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-552 13.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2019 Whatcom County budget, request no. 14, in the amount of $72,853ADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-553 14.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the project budget for the Lummi Nation Ferry Lease Fund, Request No. 2ADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-562 15.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Project Budget for the Criminal Justice Integrated Case Management Systems Fund, Request No. 1HELD IN COMMITTEE  Action details -
AB2019-564 16.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Project Budget for the Lake Whatcom Park Trail Development Fund, Request No. 1ADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-550 17.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the Lake Whatcom Water & Sewer District for a follow-up investigation, in the amount of $40,000.00AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-593 18.ResolutionResolution adopting a salary schedule and policies for unrepresented Whatcom County Employees, effective January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020APPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-576 19.Special Executive Only ItemRequest approval of updated Strategic Plan to End Homelessness in Whatcom CountyAPPROVED REQUESTPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-590 11.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2019 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 15, in the amount of $49,400INTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-591 12.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2020 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 2, in the amount of $343,000INTRODUCEDPass Action details -
AB2019-592 13.OrdinanceOrdinance establishing the Prox Lock Control Panel Replacement Fund and establishing a project based budget for the Prox Lock Control Panel Replacement ProjectINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-597 14.OrdinanceOrdinance imposing an interim moratorium on the acceptance and processing of applications and permits for new or expanded facilities in the Cherry Point UGA, the primary purpose of which would be the shipment of unrefined fossil fuels not to be processed at Cherry PointINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-480 15.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code Chapters 11.16 and 11.20 to protect Lake Samish shoreline properties and Lake Samish water recreationWITHDRAWN  Action details Media Media
AB2019-583 16.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution to sell tax-title property by public auctionINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-600 27.OrdinanceOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code 11.16 to protect Lake Samish shoreline properties and Lake Samish water recreationINTRODUCEDPass Action details -
AB2019-607 19.OrdinanceOrdinance limiting the 2020 General Fund tax levyINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2019-606 18.OrdinanceOrdinance limiting 2020 property tax levyINTRODUCED AS AMENDED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media



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