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Meeting Name: Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/8/2022 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual Meeting
VIRTUAL MEETING (TO PARTICIPATE, SEE INSTRUCTIONS AT www.whatcomcounty.us/joinvirtualcouncil OR CALL 360.778.5010); AGENDA REVISED 2.7.2022 AND 2.8.2022
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes Action Summary Action Summary Action Summary  
Meeting video:  
Attachments: Combined Packet, AGENDA REVISION FOR 2.8.2022, SECOND AGENDA REVISION NOTICE
File #Ver.Agenda #TypeTitleActionResultAction DetailsAudio/Video
MIN2022-008 11.Minutes ConsentREVISED MINUTES for Regular County Council on December 7, 2021APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2022-009 12.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole for January 25, 2022APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2022-010 13.Minutes ConsentRegular County Council for January 25, 2022APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2022-011 14.Minutes ConsentHealth Board for February 1, 2022APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-036 11.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance repealing the Cherry Point Ferndale Subarea Plan and deleting a reference to the Subarea Plan in the Whatcom County Comprehensive PlanFORWARDED FOR CONCURRENT REVIEWPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-039 12.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance to temporarily close Gulf Road to Motorized Vehicular TrafficADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-040 13.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance for the legal establishment of a speed limit for a portion of Nulle RoadADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-041 14.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance to install a stop sign on Northwest DriveADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-042 15.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance regarding the legal establishment of existing yield signs on county roadsADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-065 11.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and U.S. Department of Justice, for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), in the amount of $2,500.00AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-075 12.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and City of Bellingham to provide winter shelters during severe weather emergenciesAUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-076 13.ResolutionResolution amending the 2022 CEDS project list to include an additional Port of Bellingham project and revise the name of a Whatcom County project already listed   Action details Media Media
AB2022-078 14.ContractRequest authorization for a Letter of Understanding between Whatcom County and The International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots (MMP) and the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific (IBU) to amend the current Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of January 1, 2020 - December 31,2022AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-091 15.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Washington State Health Care Authority to provide funding to accomplish activities under the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program during the grant period 10/01/21 - 06/30/23 in the amount of $1,175,834.00AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-092 16.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Sea Mar Community Health Centers to furnish goods and services necessary to accomplish activities under the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program during the contract term 10/1/21 - 03/31/22 and not to exceed the amount of $371,583.00AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-093 17.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc. to provide a compensation study for unrepresented employees, in an amount not to exceed $50,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-076 13.ResolutionResolution amending the 2022 CEDS project list to include an additional Port of Bellingham project and revise the name of a Whatcom County project already listedAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-071 11.ResolutionResolution affirming the Conservation Easement Program Oversight Committee ranking and authorizing Whatcom County Conservation Easement Program Administrator and Whatcom County Executive to proceed with the acquisition of conservation easements on the Vander Veen, Rethlefsen, Savage, and Moors applicationsAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-072 12.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Aristo Healthcare Services to provide immediate staffing at COVID Isolation and Quarantine Facility overflow sites, in the amount of $705,200AUTHORIZEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-048 13.OrdinanceOrdinance authorizing Superior Court to appoint a statutory commissionerADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-079 24.OrdinanceOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code 2.02.085, Council Standing Committees - Committee ActionADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2021-594 15.OrdinanceOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code Chapter 2.02 (County Council) to define absence and temporary disabilityHELD IN COMMITTEE  Action details -
AB2021-648 16.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance adopting amendments to WCC Title 20 (Zoning) regulating the production, processing, and retail sales of recreational marijuana in Whatcom County and repealing Ordinance No. 2021-066SUBSTITUTE ADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-080 17.ResolutionResolution supporting state legislative action resetting the deadline for participation in the voluntary stewardship program and supporting the consideration of an ordinance consistent with RCW 36.70A.710(b)(i-iii) in the event such legislation is passedAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-095 11.Council AppointmentAppointment to fill a vacancy on the Flood Control Zone District Advisory Committee, Geographic Area Representative position - alternates: Theresa Sygitowicz, Daniel Dahlquist, Joni Hensley, Keith Hoekema, Loren Hoekema (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)APPOINTED  Action details Media Media
AB2022-094 11.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of Executive Sidhu’s reappointment of Kara Allen to the North Sound Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization’s boardCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-108 11.Council AppointmentAppointment to fill a vacancy on the Forestry Advisory Committee, Forest Product Manufacturer position - Applicant(s): Aubrey StargellAPPOINTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2021-606 12.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance adopting amendments to the Whatcom County Code Title 20, Zoning, to provide additional affordable housing options, including allowing and regulating tiny homes and allowing duplexes in planned unit developmentsINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2021-420 11.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance amending the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Map and zoning code for the Nooksack Falls Exclave within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-083 12.OrdinanceOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 2021-064 (Review of Response to COVID-19 Pandemic) to change project timelineINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-086 13.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2022 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 5, in the amount of $7,750,231INTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-088 14.OrdinanceOrdinance closing the State Street Building Acquistion and Improvement Fund 348INTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-089 15.OrdinanceOrdinance establishing the Way Station Project Fund and establishing a project based budget for the Way Station ProjectINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-082 16.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance adopting various minor amendments to Whatcom County Code Titles 20 (Zoning), 21 (Land Division Regulations) and 22 (Land Use and Development)SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-073 17.Council Appointment Requiring IntroductionAppointment to the Stakeholder Advisory Committee for the Justice Project, applicants: Debra David, Peter Frazier, RB Tewksbury (added 2/9/2022), Jeff Hindman (added 2/9/2022) (application deadline for any other applicants to this vacancy is 10 a.m. on February 15, 2022)INTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media



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