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AGENDA
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Regular Meeting – Monday, January 12, 2026 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 | Greg Brotherton, District 3 – Chair
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Public Comment Periods – these comment periods are for listening to comments specific to that Agenda item. The
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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: January 12, 2026
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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. CALL FOR BIDS re: Publication of County Legal Notices; Bids accepted until Monday,
March 9, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. and opened and read publicly shortly thereafter in the
Commissioners’ Chambers located at the Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street,
Port Townsend, WA 98368 (HYBRID)
2. AGREEMENT re: E911 basic service operations; $190,800; JeffCOM 911; Washington State
Military Department
3. AGREEMENT re: Appraisal services for ROW Little Quilcene Bridge; $7,500; Public Works;
Integra Realty Resources Seattle – Lori Safer
4. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Chimacum and Port Hadlock pollution identification
and correction project; Extend contract; Public Health; Washington State Department of Ecology
5. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 11 re: Consolidated Contracts; $18,454 additional for a total
of $6,138,938; Public Health; Washington State Department of Health
6. APPROVAL OF PUBLIC OFFICIAL POSITION SCHEDULE BOND re: Continuation of
the Jefferson County Public Official Position Schedule Bond No. 52BSBHB6126; Issued by
Hartford Fire Insurance Company for the Treasurer, Clerk, Sheriff, Auditor, Prosecuting
Attorney, Engineer, Commissioners #1, #2, #2, Judge and Assessor
7. APPROVAL OF BY-LAWS UPDATE re: Parks and Recreation Advisory Board; Change in
membership terms
8. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Regular Meeting Minutes of January 5, 2026
9. APPROVAL OF PAYROLL WARRANTS: Dated January 5, 2026 and totaling
$2,663,802.48; and Dated January 5, 2026 and totaling $182,680.25
REGULAR AGENDA:
No set time COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION
9:30 a.m. WORKSHOP re: BOCC 2026 Goals
Josh Peters, County Administrator
No set time WORKSHOP re: Jefferson County Legislative Priorities
(10:30 a.m.)
Josh Peters, County Administrator
No set time RECESS
1:30 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION
1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION with the County Administrator, Chief Civil Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney (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
Agenda: January 12, 2026
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3:00 p.m. PRESENTATION re: Climate Action Committee (CAC)
Cindy Jayne, CAC Chair
No set time WORKSHOP and POTENTIAL ACTION re: Community Centers
(3:30 p.m.)
Shawn Fredrick, Central Services Director
No set time ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ITEMS
No set time ADJOURNMENT (Adjourn by 4:30 p.m.)
COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULE
The Week of January 12, 2026
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, January 12, 2026
9:00 a.m. BOCC Meeting – Board
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
9:00 a.m. Forest Practices Board – New Member Training – Heidi
10:30 a.m. Shelter Operations Meeting - Greg
11:00 a.m. Monthly 1:1 Meeting with John Mauro – Heather
11:15 a.m. New Shelter Coalition Meeting - Greg
1:00 p.m. Peninsula Early Childhood Coalition (PECC) Monthly Meeting – Heather
2:00 p.m. Know Your Fire District – EJFR Services Update - Heather
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
8:30 a.m. ORCAA Finance Committee Meeting - Greg
10:00 a.m. Ferry Advisory Committee Meeting – Heather
1:00 p.m. Quimper Events Collective: Tourism Discussion - Heather
7:00 p.m. Grange Meeting - Heidi
Thursday, January 15, 2026
11:00 a.m. From Planning to Action: Community Led Wildfire Mitigation Successes - Heidi
2:30 p.m. Jefferson County Board of Health Meeting – Heather/Heidi
Friday, January 16, 2026
10:00 a.m. Olympic Consortium Board Meeting - Greg
12:00 p.m. Washington State Association of Counties Virtual Legislative Meeting – Heidi
12:30 p.m. KPTZ – Heather
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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