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AGENDA
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Regular Meeting – Monday, September 15, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.
This is a Hybrid meeting: Virtual and In-Person Attendance at
Jefferson County Courthouse – Commissioners’ Chambers
1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA
Heather Dudley-Nollette, District 1 | Heidi Eisenhour, District 2 – Chair | Greg Brotherton, District 3
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during these periods. To ensure equal opportunity for the public to comment, all comments shall be limited to 2 or
3 minutes per person, depending on the volume of public in attendance. Some Agenda items may have additional
Public Comment Periods – these comment periods are for listening to comments specific to that Agenda item. The
Chair may add additional Public Comment Periods throughout the meeting.
9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
9:01 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD – ALL TOPICS
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Agenda: September 15, 2025
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No set time APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA:
(Items listed below have been distributed to the Commissioners in advance for study and will be enacted by one motion. If
separate discussion is desired on an item, that item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular
Agenda, at the request of any of the Commissioners).
1. HEARING NOTICE re: Jarred Swalwell & Megan Kogut, Water Line Franchise along Olele
Point Road; Hearing to be held on October 13, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners’
Chambers located at 1820 Jefferson St. Port Townsend, WA 98368 (HYBRID)
2. AGREEMENT re: Gibbs Lake Park caretaker; In the amount of $10,354; Public Works; Aletia
Bennett and Jonathan McMullen
3. AGREEMENT re: Youth cannabis and commercial tobacco prevention; In the amount of
$77,000; Public Health; Kitsap Public Health District
4. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT re: WSU Extension salaries; In the amount of
$211,927; WSU Extension Jefferson County; Washington State University
5. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT re: Corrections Officer hiring incentive; In the amount
of $10000; Human Resources; Jadon Berteig
6. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT re: Nurse Family Partnership – Home visiting services; In the
amount of $446,836.63; Public Health; Washington State Department of Children, Youth and
Families
7. LETTERS OF SUPPORT re: Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) H.R.
4669
8. LETTER OF SUPPORT re: Olympic Neighbors’ Mason Street Group Home
9. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WARRANTS: Dated September 8, 2025 and
totaling $826,786.62
REGULAR AGENDA:
No set time PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming the Week of September 15-19, 2025 as
SepticSmart Week
Carter Erickson, EH Manager
Amanda Grace, BOH Chair
No set time PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming the Week of September 15, 2025 as
National Diaper Need Awareness Week
Heather Dudley-Nollette, Commissioner Dist. 1
10:00 a.m. HEARING re: In the matter of amending Chapter 3.65 of the Jefferson County
Code (JCC) for the Jefferson County Noxious Weed Control Board assessment
rate
Sophie DeGroot, WSU Extension Noxious Weed Coordinator
Ariel Speser, Civil DPA
No set time COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION
No set time RECESS
Agenda: September 15, 2025
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1:30 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION
1:30 to 2:15 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION with the County Administrator, Civil Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney (DPA), Prosecutor, Sheriff, and HR Director re: Potential
Litigation; Exemption as Outlined in the Open Public Meetings Act, RCW
42.30.110(1)(i)
DISCUSSION, POTENTIAL ACTION with PUBLIC COMMENT re:
TOPIC OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION
No set time DISCUSSION and POTENTIAL ACTION re: Joining nine new opioid
settlements
Melissa Pleimann, Civil DPA
2:30 p.m. HEARING re: In the matter of repealing and replacing Chapter 3.05 JCC and
Ordinance No. 12-01213-99 regarding Real Estate Excise Tax (REET)
Ariel Speser, Civil DPA
No set time ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ITEMS
No set time ADJOURNMENT (Adjourn by 4:30 p.m.)
COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULE
The Week of September 15, 2025
A snapshot of the meetings the Commissioners will be attending this week are notated below. If you
would like to get more information on these meetings, please contact the Commissioners’ Office at
360-385-9100 or send us an email at: jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us
Monday, September 15, 2025
9:00 a.m. BOCC Meeting - Board
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
10:30 a.m. Shelter Operations Meeting – Greg
11:15 a.m. New Shelter Coalition Meeting – Greg
12:30 p.m. Semi-sequential Celebration Planning – Heather
2:30 p.m. Behavioral Health Advisory Committee Opioid Subcommittee Meeting re: RFP - Heather
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
8:30 a.m. Budget Meeting – Heidi, Heather
9:00 a.m. Timber Counties Caucus – Heidi
10:00 a.m. Debrief on Community Development Grant deliverables for Comp Plan – Heather
12:00 p.m. Quarterly Port of Port Townsend Check-in – Heather
2:30 p.m. North Olympic Development Council Executive Board Meeting - Heather
3:30 p.m. Chimacum September Coalition Meeting – Heidi
4:30 p.m. Meting with Representative Tharinger - Heidi
Agenda: September 15, 2025
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Thursday, September 18, 2025
1:00 p.m. Legislative Steering Committee – Heidi
5:00 p.m. Intergovernmental Collaborative Group Regular Meeting – Heidi, Heather
Friday, September 19, 2025
10:00 a.m. Joint Olympic Workforce Development Council & Olympic Consortium Board - Greg
12:15 p.m. KPTZ – Heidi
The County has various Boards and Committees that are subject to the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA).
Agendas for those meetings will be posted to the Jefferson County website calendar 24 hours prior to the start of
the meeting. Agendas will contain information on how to provide public comment, meeting access, and meeting
materials (if available).
For more information, go to: www.co.jefferson.wa.us and click on the Calendar tab.
COMMISSIONERS MAY ADD AND TAKE ACTION ON OTHER ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA.
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