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AGENDA
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Regular Meeting – Monday, December 22, 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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9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
9:01 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD – ALL TOPICS
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Agenda: December 22, 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. RESOLUTION NO. ___ re: Finding and Determination to declare certain personal property as
surplus, authorize disposal, and remove from the Annual Inventory of the Capitalized Fixed
Assets
2. AGREEMENT re: Affordable Housing/Homeless Housing Project: Victory Villa – Men’s
Recovery House; In the amount of $40,000; County Administrator; Gateway to Freedom
3. AGREEMENT re: Affordable Housing/Homeless Housing Project: Winter Welcoming Center;
In the amount of $17,000; County Administrator; Jefferson County Interfaith Action Coalition
4. AGREEMENT re: Affordable Housing/Homeless Housing Project: Haines St. Cottages; In the
amount of $49,000; County Administrator; OlyCAP
5. AGREEMENT re: Affordable Housing/Homeless Housing Project: Caswell Brown Congregate
Shelter; In the amount of $85,000; County Administrator; OlyCAP
6. AGREEMENT re: Affordable Housing/Homeless Housing Project: Caswell Brown Village
Operations; In the amount of $171,000; County Administrator; OlyCAP
7. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Chimacum Farmers Market; In the amount of $23,819;
County Administrator; Jefferson County Farmer’s Market
8. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Port Ludlow Trails Committee; In the amount of $7,500;
County Administrator; Port Ludlow Village Council
9. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Quilcene Historical Museum; In the amount of $78,975;
County Administrator; Quilcene Historical Museum
10. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Newly Imagined Museum of Art and staffing support; In
the amount of $86,058; County Administrator; Jefferson County Historical Society
11. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Enhancing the Olympic Discovery Trail; In the amount
of $68,320; County Administrator; Peninsula Trails Coalition
12. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Kalaloch and Forks Visitor Center; In the amount of
$54,313; County Administrator; Forks Chamber of Commerce
13. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Jefferson County Parks & Campgrounds; In the amount
of $150,000; County Administrator; Jefferson County Public Works
14. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Various community events; In the amount of $47,824;
County Administrator; The Production Alliance
15. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: The Rhododendron Festival; In the amount of $10,000;
County Administrator; Jefferson County Rhody Festival
16. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Olympic Culinary Loop; In the amount of $11,450;
County Administrator; Olympic Peninsula Loop Culinary Tourism Association
17. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Quilcene Fair and Parade, and Car Show; In the amount
of $10,000; County Administrator; Quilcene Fair and Parade Association
18. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Brinnon Shrimp Fest; In the amount of $10,000; County
Administrator; Brinnon Fire Association
19. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: North Hood Chamber of Commerce – Quilcene and
Brinnon Visitor Center; In the amount of $105,408; County Administrator; North Hood Canal
Chamber of Commerce
Agenda: December 22, 2025
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20. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Olympic Peninsula Tourism Commission (OPTC)
Regional and Co-op Destination Marketing; In the amount of $97,112; County Administrator;
Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau dba OPTC
21. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Quimper Events Collective – various events; In the
amount of $92,720; County Administrator; Quimper Events Collective
22. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Revival Gatherings 2026 Event Series; In the amount of
$17,080; County Administrator; NewStories
23. AGREEMENT re: Lodging Tax Fund: Wooden Boat Festival 2026; In the amount of $29,280;
County Administrator; Wooden Boat Foundation
24. AGREEMENT re: Medicaid administrative claiming; Fee for service; Public Health;
Washington State Health Care Authority
25. AGREEMENT re: Supported employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities; In the amount of $205,896; Public Works; Cascade Community Connections
26. AGREEMENT re: Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST); There is no
fiscal impact; Jefferson County Public Health; University of Washington
27. AGREEMENT re: Dosewallips Powerlines final design for engineered log jams to restore
habitat; There is no fiscal impact; Jefferson County Public Health; Washington Recreation and
Conservation Office
28. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Community Center Management Services; In the
amount of $18,827; County Administrator; Port Townsend Senior Association
29. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 2 re: Community Center Management Services; In the
amount of $4,325; County Administrator, Gardiner Community Center
30. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Brinnon Reach Final Design; Extension of time;
Jefferson County Public Health; Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office
31. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Nurse Family Partnership concrete goods; Additional
amount of $5,843.50 for a total of $452,680.13
32. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Data sharing – Electronic Surveillance System for Early
Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE)
33. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: 2025-2027 Climate Planning Grant (CPG) Contract #
24-63330-192; Extending contract; Community Development; Washington State Department of
Commerce
34. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Waterline franchise – extension of deadline; Public
Works; Jarred Swalwell and Megan Kogut
35. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 2 re: Lindner Complex Project; There is no additional fiscal
impact; Jefferson County Public Health; Natural Systems Design
36. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 2 re: Hoh River Resiliency – Lindner Creek; No additional
amount; Jefferson County Public Health; Washington Recreation and Conservation Office
37. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 3 re: Hoh River Resiliency – Lindner Creek; No additional
amount; Jefferson County Public Health; Washington Recreation and Conservation Office
38. MOTION re: Delegate authority to Sheriff Andy Pernsteiner to sign a Memorandum of Opinion
re: Recovery, Empowerment, Advocacy, and Linkage Program (REAL); No fiscal impact;
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office; Discovery Behavioral Health
39. MOTION re: Delegate authority to Central Services Director Shawn Frederick to sign contract
for Darwin AI Governance Software; In the amount of $26,500; Central Services; Carahsoft
Technology Corporation
40. APPROVAL OF PAYROLL WARRANTS: Dated December 5, 2025 and totaling $175,795.3,
and Dated December 19, 2025 and totaling $90,694.06
Agenda: December 22, 2025
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41. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WARRANTS:, Dated December 15, 2025 and
totaling $738,098.39
REGULAR AGENDA:
No set time COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION
10:00 a.m. HEARING re: 2025 4th Quarter Budget Appropriations/Extensions; Various
County Departments
Judy Shepherd, Finance Director
10:30 a.m. HEARING re: Adoption of the Final Jefferson County 2026 Annual Budget
Josh Peters, County Administrator
Judy Shepherd, Finance Director
No set time RECESS
1:30 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION
2:00 p.m. HEARING re: Bonneville Power Administration Franchise
Joshua Thornton, PW Real Property Specialist
2:30 p.m. HEARING re: Public Safety Enhancement Tax
Josh Peters, County Administrator
No set time ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ITEMS
No set time ADJOURNMENT (Adjourn by 4:30 p.m.)
COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULE
The Week of December 22, 2025 and December 29, 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, December 22, 2025
9:00 a.m. BOCC Meeting – Board
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
10:30 a.m. Shelter Operations Meeting – Greg
11:15 a.m. New Shelter Coalition Meeting - Greg
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
County closing at 12:00 p.m.
Agenda: December 22, 2025
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Thursday, December 25, 2025
HOLIDAY
Friday, December 26, 2025
NO APPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED
Monday, December 29, 2025
NO BOCC MEETING – 5th Monday
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
11:00 a.m. Finance Committee - Greg
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
NO APPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED
Thursday, January 1, 2026
HOLIDAY – HAPPY NEW YEAR
Friday, January 2, 2026
10:00 a.m. Jefferson County Fairgrounds Association Exec, Board 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.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accommodations Provided Upon Request