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Home My WebLink AboutCommunity Conversations 2023 PPT GregState of Jefferson County Look Back & Look Ahead Greg Brotherton, BoCC Chair 1.7.2013 We will briefly cover: What Does Jefferson County Do? How Are We Organized? What’s Our Budget? How Are We Funded? Challenges A Look Back A Look Forward How to Engage With the County Questions? 1 ‹#› 1.7.2013 Hold elections Provide courts and law enforcement Maintains 8.5 miles of trail and over 400 miles Provide over 300 days solid waste services Levy taxes Maintain vital records, including 17,000 documents filed in the clerks office in 2022. Erect and maintain public buildings Support indigents Perform public health duties Since 1990: Growth Management 2 ‹#› 3 Jefferson County Family in 2023 is made up of 360 folks. Including 80 in Public Works (Includes 25 on Roads team & 25 in Solid Waste) 65 in Public Health ~ 50 JCSO team 32 in Central Services 26 in the Courts 23 in Community Development Assessor Auditor Clerk District Court Judge Prosecuting Attorney Sheriff Superior Court Judge Treasurer Central Services Community Development Emergency Managment WSU Extension Human Resources Public Works Public Health 1.7.2013 3 ‹#› 5 2022 -2023 Leadership highlights: Transitions, Key Additions & Stability 1.7.2013 The COVID pandemic has been with me my entire tenure as a candidate and then commissioner. From our community response to deploying resources our community received to help recover it’s been an incredibly challenging and rewarding time to work on behalf of my Jefferson County neighbors. Review ARPA distributions… 4 ‹#› 2023 Expense Budget: $81,512,223 General Fund: $25,681,640 Other Funds: $60,149,553 Public Works: $11,856,570 Tri-area Sewer: $10,463,787 Sheriff: $8,333,461 Public Health: $6,115,462 Non-departmental: $5,295,048 Solid Waste: $4,745,181 Grants Management: $4,362,518 Projected Revenues for 2023: $79M Property Taxes - $14,045,141 Sales Taxes - $9,436,641 Grants - $17,151,294 Motor Vehicle Fuel Taxes - $1,502,300 Payment in Lieu of Taxes - $1,810,762 Fees - $6,611,574 Investment Income - $858,385 1.7.2013 The budget is a big part of the ‘inside the box’ nature of this work. That said, we get to help define the box and are able to make changes in our budget setting and budget review processes each year. We are about to start our mid-biennium review for 2023. 5 ‹#› New Technology Inflation Looming recession Cost of Housing/Housing Shortage Homelessness Climate Change COVID: Pandemic > Endemic Recruiting and Retaining Staff CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES Strategic Plan/Survey Stewarding Public Assets Economic Development Housing, Homelessness Planning & Permitting Forests & Wildfire Prevention Parks & Recreation COVID Recovery PRIORITIES & PROGRESS 1.7.2013 The COVID pandemic has been with me my entire tenure as a candidate and then commissioner. From our community response to deploying resources our community received to help recover it’s been an incredibly challenging and rewarding time to work on behalf of my Jefferson County neighbors. Review ARPA distributions… 6 ‹#› PRIORITY: Affordable Housing & Homelessness OlyCap’s 7ᵗʰ Haven Project: 43 Units of transitional and supportive housing OlyCap’s Caswell Brown Project: 50 units of shelter for unhoused neighbors Habitat’s Mason Street Project in Pt Hadlock: 150+ units of permanently affordable housing Habitat for Humanity Landes Street Project 1.7.2013 Last Spring, Jefferson Community Foundation (JCF) and Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County collaborated to evaluate the purchase of a 17-acre parcel of land in Port Hadlock dedicated to permanently affordable, mixed-income, workforce housing. May 2022, Habitat EJC purchased the land which has the potential for 150+ homes for working families. 7 ‹#› $33 M Hadlock Wastewater Project Key projected milestones: Final design – Fall ’23 Sitework – done Fall ’23 WW Treatment plant – end ’24 Collection system – end ’24 Connections – through Summer ’25 Completed – Fall ‘25 Phase 1 Sewer Map 1.7.2013 New technology - modular treatment plant Pressurized sewer mains = smaller pipes & shallow excavation Phase 1 has capacity for 446 ERUs Smaller core area and interested landowners Decreased initial project cost significantly Still need to find $10-15 Million of Grants to be affordable Costs to landowner: hook up, LID, grinder pump, monthly bill Increase density in more affordable area for housing Opportunity for Commercial Development and jobs Reduce the number of septic systems near shoreline 8 ‹#› 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." 1.7.2013 The COVID pandemic has been with me my entire tenure as a candidate and then commissioner. From our community response to deploying resources our community received to help recover it’s been an incredibly challenging and rewarding time to work on behalf of my Jefferson County neighbors. Review ARPA distributions… 9 ‹#› PRIORITY: Forests, Wildfire Planning 1.7.2013 The COVID pandemic has been with me my entire tenure as a candidate and then commissioner. From our community response to deploying resources our community received to help recover it’s been an incredibly challenging and rewarding time to work on behalf of my Jefferson County neighbors. Review ARPA distributions… 10 ‹#› PRIORITY: Parks & Recreation 1.7.2013 ‹#› JUMP! Funding Summary 14 PRIORITY: COVID-19 Pandemic > Endemic, Recovery funding 1.7.2013 ‹#› FEDERAL COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery funding TOTAL FEDERAL RECOVERY FUNDING: $12 million CARES ACT – 2020/2021 - $2.4 million – 37 separate grants ARPA – 2021/2022/2023 - $9.64 million Jefferson County Public Works: $3,445,000 for Hadlock Sewer OlyCAP: $1,500,000 for Caswell-Brown Outdoor Shelter Jefferson County PUD No. 1: $900,000 for Broadband City of Port Townsend: $500,000 for Evans Vista EDC Team Jefferson: $500,000 for Business Assistance Grants Habitat for Humanity: $500,000 for Hadlock Affordable Housing Fort Worden PDA: $378,000 for Debt Reserve/Capital Projects Olympic Peninsula YMCA: $290,000 for Childcare Facility Port of Port Townsend: $150,000 for Hydraulic Boat Lift City of Port Townsend: $100,000 for Community Health and Wellness Center Mason County PUD for South County Broadband: $100,000 KPTZ Radio: $65,000 for Morgan Hill Radio Tower 1.7.2013 The COVID pandemic has been with me my entire tenure as a candidate and then commissioner. From our community response to deploying resources our community received to help recover it’s been an incredibly challenging and rewarding time to work on behalf of my Jefferson County neighbors. Review ARPA distributions… 17 ‹#› FEDERAL COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery funding 1.7.2013 15 Review ARPA distributions… Mason Street Project Heavy duty truck to tow vet surgical trailer Jefferson County Scholarship Summit Shine Road embankment Digital Equity Navigator - 2nd year Fairgrounds commercial kitchen Winter welcoming shelter Student housing upgrades Dundee Hill Development; concrete work and carpentry Adult Family Home Program ODT trailhead viewpoint South Discovery Bay. Flood Protection and Waterwalk Project Phase Maintain new office space Plans-permitting Fairgrounds Quilcene Community Center Commercial kitchen Skate Park Development Early learning center at 7th Haven ‹#› Monday mornings, 9am at the County Courthouse or 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 1.7.2013 Upcoming community conversations 18 ‹#› Questions, Conversation 1.7.2013 19 ‹#›