OPEN SESSION
Council offers in-person and remote participation in Open Session. If you are attending the meeting in
person, Open Session sign-up sheets will be available in Council Chambers. To participate remotely,
the meeting. Open Session is an opportunity to address Council on issues not scheduled for a public
hearing. Speakers are given three minutes to speak and are asked to state their name for the record.
Those participating on-site in Council Chambers will speak first, followed by those who registered to
speak remotely. Per RCW 42.17A.555, the use of public facilities to support or oppose candidates or
ballot issues is prohibited.
Per RCW 42.36.060, councilmembers are prohibited from engaging in ex parte communications in
matters where the Council determines the legal rights, duties, or privileges of specific parties in a
hearing or other contested case proceeding. Council serves in a quasi-judicial role as a decision-maker
on major project permits, which cannot be discussed by members of the public at Council meetings.
Examples of major project permits that cannot be discussed at Council meetings include
LSS2024-00001 R and R Acres Long Subdivision and Development Agreement, LSS2022-00001 Red
Mountain Long Subdivision and Development Agreement, and MPP2024-00002 ALA Energy, Ferndale
Terminal Existing and Planned Improvements.
CONSENT AGENDA
Consent agenda items may be considered in a single motion. Councilmembers have received
background material on all items, and committee review has taken place as indicated. Any member of
the public, administrative staff, or Council may ask that an item be considered separately.
(From Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee)
1.
Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement
between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Ecology to
support the Nooksack Riparian Resilience Project for restoration planning, partner
coordination, and restoration implementation, in the amount of $2,244,875 (Council
acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)
2.
Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment
between Whatcom County & Washington State University (WSU) to continue the
jointly shared costs for faculty positions and program support for WSU Whatcom
Extension in the amount of $60,000 for a total amended contract amount of
$3,885,050.90
3.
4.
Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement
between Whatcom County and Washington State Military Department to assist
Whatcom County in preparing for all hazards, in the amount of $65,507
Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment
between Whatcom County and Pacific Security to continue security services for the
Whatcom County Courthouse, in the amount of $165,000 for a total amended
contract amount of $477,416.14
5.
Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between
Whatcom County and Kulshan Community Land Trust for the development of eight
energy-efficient, permanently affordable townhomes, in the amount of $436,902.48
