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AGENDA
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Regular Meeting – Monday, November 3, 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 To view Agenda items, meeting materials and comments received, click here: www.co.jefferson.wa.us – Services
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Public Comment Periods are dedicated to listening to the public. Each person may address the Board one time 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: November 3, 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: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2026, scheduled for November 17, 2025 at 10:15 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Chambers, located at 1820 Jefferson St, Port
Townsend, WA 98368 (HYBRID)
2. HEARING NOTICE re: Joint Special Meeting of the Jefferson County Commissioners and the Port Townsend City Council regarding the 5-Year (2025-2030) Homeless and Affordable Housing Services Plan, scheduled for December 8, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the Port Townsend Council Chambers, located at 540 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 (HYBRID)
3. RESOLUTION NO. ___ re: In the matter of Jefferson County’s Adoption of the 2026 Annual
Road Program 4. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT re: Utility easement at the Tri-Area Community Center for EV charging; No cost; Central Services; Jefferson County PUD No. 1 5. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT re: MOA 25-01 to the Agreement by and between
Jefferson County and Fraternal Order of Police/Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Uniformed
Support Services (FOP/JCSOUSS) August 1, 2024 through December 31, 2027 re: Medical Benefit Administrative Procedures 6. AGREEMENT re: Community inclusion services; In the amount of $213,355.80; Public Health; Cascade Community Connections
7. AGREEMENT re: Case management training; In the amount of $9,500; Public Health;
Discovery Behavioral Healthcare 8. AGREEMENT re: Subcontract for group employment services; In the amount of $71,803.90; Public Health; Cascade Community Connections 9. AGREEMENT re: Individual employment services; In the amount of $299,798.40; Public
Health; Cascade Community Connections
10. AGREEMENT re: School-to-Work outreach; In the amount of $20,000; Public Health; Cascade Community Connections 11. AGREEMENT re: Birth to Three outreach; In the amount of $3,100; Public Health; First Step Family Support Center
12. AGREEMENT re: Emergency Management Performance Grant E25-232; In the amount of
$25,201; Emergency Management; Washington State Military Department 13. LETTERS OF SUPPORT (2) re: 1) Mason County PUD No. 1’s Grid Resilience Projects – Brinnon Mainline Replacement Project; and 2) Jorstad Substation Project 14. ADVISORY COMMITTEE RESIGNATION re: Local Emergency Planning Committee
(LEPC); Jefferson Transit Representative Gary Maxfield
15. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WARRANTS: Dated October 27, 2025 and totaling $326,192.51 REGULAR AGENDA:
No set time PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming the week of November 4-11, 2025 as Operation Greenlight
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No set time PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming November 2025 as Family Caregiver Month
No set time PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming November 2025 as the 50th Anniversary of the Community Chorus of Port Townsend and East Jefferson County 9:45 a.m. MONTHLY PUBLIC HEALTH AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
UPDATE
Dr. Allison Berry, Public Health Officer Willie Bence, Emergency Management Director 10:30 a.m. WORKSHOP re: Economic Development reports from EDC Team Jefferson and
the North Olympic Development Council (NODC)
Karen Affeld, NODC Director David Baliff, EDC Director No set time WORKSHOP – Continued re: Updating the County’s Unauthorized
Encampment Removal Policy
Ariel Speser, Civil DPA No set time WORKSHOP re: 2026 Recommended Budget – General Fund
Josh Peters, County Administrator
Judy Shepherd, Finance Director No set time COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION
No set time RECESS 1:30 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30 p.m. – 1:35 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION with the County Administrator, Chief Civil Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney (DPA), Civil DPA, re: Actual 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
1:35 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION with the County Administrator, Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney (DPA), Civil DPA, 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
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2:00 p.m. BRIEFING re: Jefferson County Food Bank report
Patricia Hennessy, Executive Director, JC Food Bank
Laurie Englebeck, Secretary, JC Food Bank 2:30 p.m. HEARING re: In the matter of adopting an ordinance establishing minimum Levels of Service for curbside collection of recyclables for unincorporated East
Jefferson County and adopting a new Section 8.10.045 to Chapter 8.10 Solid
Waste Regulations of the Jefferson County Code (JCC) Monte Reinders, Public Works Director Al Cairns, Solid Waste Director
Ariel Speser, Civil DPA
3:45 p.m. HEARING re: Adoption of the Jefferson County’s 2026-2031 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Monte Reinders, Public Works Director
Eric Kuzma, Assistant Public Works Director No set time ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ITEMS
No set time ADJOURNMENT (Adjourn by 4:30 p.m.)
COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULE
The Week of November 3, 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, November 3, 2025
9:00 a.m. BOCC Meeting – Board
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 1:30 p.m. Jefferson Transit Authority Board Budget Workshop – Heidi, Heather 5:00 p.m. Election Party for Sheriff Pernsteiner – Heidi
6:00 p.m. Marine Resources Committee Meeting - Heidi
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 9:30 a.m. Ecosystem Coordination Board Meeting - Heidi 1:00 p.m. Funds for Homeless and Affordable Housing Meeting – Greg
2:30 p.m. Climate Action Committee Food Systems Resilience Workgroup - Heather
4:30 p.m. Washington Forest Protection Association Briefing for 11/12 FPB Meeting - Heidi Thursday, November 6, 2025 8:00 a.m. Forest Practices Board Prep - Heidi
9:00 a.m. Economic Development Council Board of Directors Meeting – Greg
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10:00 a.m. 03A Council Of Government Meeting (Gray’s Harbor) - Heather 11:00 a.m. Strait ERN Organizing Principles Meeting - Heidi
1:00 p.m. Sewer Ribbon Cutting Ceremony – Board
5:00 p.m. Northwest Straits Conference – Heidi Friday, November 7, 2025 8:00 a.m. Northwest Straits Conference – Heidi
10:00 a.m. Jefferson County Fairgrounds Association Executive Board Meeting – Heather
10:00 a.m. Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary SAC Meeting - Heather 12:30 p.m. KPTZ – Greg
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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