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2026 Goals & Workshop Topics
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Goals
1. Strategic Plan Implementation – Heidi
2. Financial Planning in preparation for 2027 Budget Process – strategic options for
Board consideration, incorporation of county prioritization, exploration of revenue
opportunities – Greg
3. Financial controls, budget tracking, appropriations protocols – Greg
4. Planning updates – Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO), Comprehensive Plan (2025
Periodic Update), Shoreline Master Program (SMP) – Board
5. Food Resilience planning & funding – other Climate Action Committee (CAC)
initiatives – Heather
6. South County issues – e.g., Dosewallips River floodplain management, Brinnon –
Greg
7. Fire Districts – Interlocal Agreements (ILAs) – enhanced communication – Board
8. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) quarterly updates – invite special districts –
staff
9. Forest Management – Trust Land Transfer (TLT) applications – pilot forestry initiatives
with DNR involving carbon credits – Forest Practices on county properties –
preparation to apply for Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
implementation funding – Heidi
10. Chimacum Creek Drainage District – Heidi
11. Solid Waste – transfer station condition, site planning – glass recycling – Heidi
12. Tourism – Tourism Coordinating Council (TCC) objectives, Designated Marketing
Organization (DMO) designation – Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) Request
for Proposals (RFP) – Heather
13. Derelict vessel stakeholders meetings – coordination with DNR – possible statute-
rule changes – potential amendment to 1990/1992 Port Ludlow Bay ordinance ––
Heather
14. City-County ILA review – jail, courts, public defense – housing – community services
(including parks & rec) – public health – street preservation – Heather
15. Community services – governance & funding – community centers, parks &
recreation, fairgrounds, Humane Society, Thriving Communities small grants
program – Board
16. Parks, Recreation, and Open Space (PROS) Plan update – Heidi
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17. Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA) – sewer build-out – visioning with public,
interaction with development community, adjustments to development code – Heidi
18. Behavioral Health Advisory Committee (BHAC) & Behavioral Health Consortium
(BHC) – RFPs with sales tax funds & opioid settlement funds – Heather
19. Continuum of Care (COC) designation decision by April-May - Greg
20. Jail Medical – contract expires mid-year – evaluate short- and long-term options –
Heather
21. 5-year Homelessness & Affordable Housing Services Plan – Housing Fund Board
(HFB) strategies, tasks, actions – Heather
22. Communications – public involvement – improvements, enhancement – Heather
23. Meeting & document management – Laserfiche, Zoom/Teams, etc. – digital
signature policy, process – Greg
24. Youth Commission – Heather
25. Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) – Department of Emergency Management
(DEM) – Ham radio training – Board
26. Public Infrastructure Fund (PIF) – confirmation of funding priorities – RFP round with
PIF Board – Heidi
27. Coordinated Water System Plan (CWSP) – project completion – Greg
28. Enterprise Permitting & Licensing (EPL) implementation – digital application process
– Board
Quarter 1 (Q1) Workshop Topics
1. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy and Darwin Update – Jan, Greg
2. Tourism marketing – TCC review, DMO decision (RFP?), LTAC process – Jan-Feb,
Heather
3. ICG – economic framework – county objectives – Economic Development Council
(EDC) Team Jefferson/North Olympic Development Council (NODC roles) – Feb,
Greg
4. Glen Cove infrastructure planning – potential ILA – Feb, Greg
5. Capital Facilities Planning update – Feb, Greg
6. Opioid settlement funds – expenditure, compliance with One Washington
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – Feb -Mar, Heather
7. Continuum of Care (COC) options – Feb (following HFB meeting), Heather
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8. Department of Community Development (DCD): reviews of Short-Term Rentals
(STRs), Office of the Fire Marshal, coordination with Fire Districts – Feb, staff
9. Fireworks policy – coordination review in anticipation of 4th of July holiday,
consideration of changes this year to take effect in 2027 – Feb -Mar, Board
10. Code compliance: DCD, Environmental Public Health (EPH), Department of Public
Works (DPW), Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO), Prosecuting Attorney’s
Office (PAO) – Feb -Mar, staff
11. EPL: EPH, DCD, DPW, Central Services – Feb-Mar, staff
Q2 Workshop Topics
1. South County Task Force update – Apr, Greg
2. County Forestry Program – guests: Chickadee Forestry, CAC Forest Working Group,
DNR, others – carbon sequestration – Apr, Heidi
3. Jefferson Aquatic Coalition (JAC) – May, Heidi
Q3 Workshop Topics
1. Olympic Peninsula Outdoor Recreation Collaborative – Jul-Aug, Assessor Chapman