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2025Key LeadershipTransition
Previous County Administrator County Administrator as of July 1, 2025
Mark McCauley (retired) Josh Peters
Jefferson County Family in 2025 is made up of 367 folks.
Including:
86 in Public Works
(Includes 25 on Roads team
& 25 in Solid Waste)
64 in Public Health
54 J CSO team
27 in Central Services
24 in the Courts
22 in Community Development
Assessor
Auditor
Clerk
District Court Judge
Prosecuting Attorney
Sheriff
Superior Court Judge
Treasurer
Central Services
Community Development
Emergency Management
WSU Extension
Human Resources
Public Works
Public Health
Financial Management
3 County Commissioners and
8 Independent Elected Officials
County Administrator and
8 Department Directors
Jefferson County is proud to
announce that two of its top Public
Works leaders have earned
prestigious honors from the
Washington State Association of
County Engineers (WSACE).
•Public Works Director Monte
Reinders has been named County
Engineer of the Year, and
•Assistant Public Works Director
Eric Kuzma has received the title of
Program Manager of the Year
…recognizing their exceptional
service, technical expertise, and
lasting contributions to the field of
public works.
Public Works
More top-notch talent:
Stacie Prada, County Treasurer
Widely known around the state as the consummate professional.
Appointed by State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti to the Local
Government Investment Pool (LGIP) Advisory Committee,
Which advises the State Treasurer on LGIP operational issues,
budget, and oversight of the Statewide Custody Program.
Appointed to the State Auditor’s Office (SAO) Local Government
Advisory Committee through 12/31/2027.
EXPENSES BY DEPT
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE approx. $30m annually
Total Revenue across all
Funds = ~$85m
(mostly sewer funding from
Federal Indirect Awards)
•Uncertainty at federal and state levels
•New technology
•Lingering threat of inflation
•Potential recession
•Cost of housing, housing shortage
•Homelessness
•Climate resilience/ adaptation
•Recruiting and retaining staff
CHALLENGES
& OPPORTUNITIES
•Strategic Plan
•Roads
•Port Hadlock Sewer
•Stewarding Public Assets
•Economic Development
•Housing, Homelessness
•Law & J ustice
•Planning & Permitting
•Forests & Wildfire
Prevention - CWPP
•Parks & Recreation
•Aquatic Center
PRIORITIES
& PROGRESS
PRIORITY:
Housing
(for all)
OlyCAP’s 7ᵗʰ Haven Project: 43 Units of
transitional and supportive housing
OlyCAP’s Caswell Brown Village:
50 units of shelter for unhoused
neighbors, supportive facilities
Habitat’s Mason Street Project in Port Hadlock:
130+ units of permanently affordable housing
Habitat for Humanity Landes Street Project (City of PT)
$ 3 5 .6 M
Hadlock
Wastewater
Project
Key milestones :
•Final design – Fall
2023
•Sitework – completed
February 2024
•WW Treatment plant –
scheduled completion
October 2025
•Collection system –
completed March
2025
•Connections –
approx. 59 scheduled
for completion end of
2025
•Connections to
continue until funding
runs out through end
of 2027
Phase 1
Sewer Map
Olympic Peninsula officials and
Jefferson County staff joined
Governor Bob Ferguson [on May 8,
2025] to celebrate the successful
reopening of Upper Hoh Road, the
primary access route to the Hoh Rain
Forest section of Olympic National
Park. The road had been closed since
December due to significant damage
caused by heavy rainfall.
Road Repairs
PRIORITY:
Planning,
Community
Development
DCD Mission Statement:
"To preserve and enhance the quality of
life in Jefferson County by promoting a
vibrant economy, sound communities,
and a healthy environment."
2025 Periodic Update
of the Comp Plan &
development regulations
•Housing Element
•Climate Resilience Element
•Critical Areas Ordinance
Planning Commission public hearings
Critical Areas Ordinance – August
Comp Plan / Development Regs – October
PRIORITY:
Forest
Management;
Wildfire
Protection
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Fire mitigation project tracker
Community risk
assessments
Story boards – actual fire events
CWPP
Jefferson County Sustainable Forestry Program
⚫Goal: Create a sustainable forestry program that will:
⚫Improve forest health and biodiversity
⚫Increase carbon sequestration
⚫Reduce fire risk
⚫Generate a positive net revenue stream that could
fund/partially fund a property manager position
PRIORITY:
Parks &
Recreation
JUMP! Funding
Summary
P HASE 1
2021
Revenue Sources Dollars Percent
JUMP! Private Committee Cash
Raised $222,733 17%
Michael Berry Memorial
Foundation $50,000 3.82%
Jefferson Healthcare $15,000 1.14 %
Jefferson County Capital Funding $475,492 36.29%
RCO Gra nt $500,000 38.16%
Donation of Labor and Materials $ 4 7,115 3.60%
Total $ 1,310 ,34 0 100%
JUMP! Funding
Summary
PHASE 2
2025
Revenue Sources Dollars Percent
Washington Department of Social
and Health Services, “Dan
Thompson Account Grant”
$515,565 98% of
Phase 2
JUMP! Private Committee Cash
Raised $ 11,0 0 0
2% of
Phase 2
Phase 1 and 2 Total $1,836,905 100%
Grand re-opening
June 25, 2025
•Monday mornings, 9:00 AM in the
Commissioners Chambers at the County
Courthouse or virtually through Zoom
•Join a Board!
•Conservation Futures Citizen Oversight Committee (3)
•Intellectual Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board (2)
•LEOFF I Retirement Disability Board (1)
•Marine Resources Committee (2 = District #1 Alt & District #3)
•Noxious Weed Control Board (2 = District #4; District #5)
•North Pacific Coast Marine Resource Committee (1)
•Planning Commission (2 = District #2 ; District #3)
•Solid Waste Advisory Committee (4) ( 1= Agriculture Alt & 1= District
#1, #2 & #3)
•Olympic Area Agency on Aging (O3A) Advisory Committee (2)
•Public Infrastructure Fund (PIF) Board (1 = District #3)
•Housing Fund Board (2)
•WEBSITE: www.co.Jefferson.wa.us
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