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noticed as a meeting of the Whatcom County Council, with the agenda limited to committee business.
Council "Consent Agenda" Items
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Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between
Whatcom County and EKS Evaluation Consulting to develop a comprehensive
evaluation plan for the five key Response Systems Division programs within Whatcom
County Health and Community Services, in the amount of $83,150
Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement
between Whatcom County and Bellingham Police Department for a commitment of
funding from the Bellingham Police Department to maintain operations of the
Alternative Response Team Program, in the amount of $688,760
Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement
amendment between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of
Commerce to increase funding for the Consolidated Homeless Grant, which supports
the priorities outlined in the Whatcom County Plan to End Homelessness, in the
amount of $1,546,981 for a total amended agreement amount of $20,366,072
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Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment
between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Health to provide
funding for various public health programs, in the amount of $57,008 for a total
amended contract amount of $11,286,805
Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between
Whatcom County and Kulshan Community Land Trust to provide eighteen units of
permanently affordable homeownership units for households earning less than 80%
Area Median Income, in the amount of $394,012.06
Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between
Whatcom County and Shea, Carr & Jewell, Inc. dba SCJ Alliance to provide flood
mitigation planning for the City of Sumas, in the amount of $274,981.33 (Council
acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)
Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement
between Whatcom County and the Washington State Military Department for the
elevation of sixteen structures in flood-prone areas, in the amount of $4,156,725
(Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)