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AGENDA
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Regular Meeting – Monday, April 6, 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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9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
9:01 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD – ALL TOPICS
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Agenda: April 6, 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. RESOLUTION NO. ___ re: Declare certain personal property as surplus, authorize disposal,
and remove from the annual inventory of the Capitalized Fixed Assets
2. RESOLUTION NO. ___ re: Declare certain personal property as surplus, authorize disposal,
and remove from the annual inventory of the Capitalized Fixed Assets - Central Services
3. RESOLUTION NO. ___ re: A Resolution Adopting Solid Waste Advisory Committee By-Laws
Revisions
4. BID AWARD re: Official County Newspaper; Advertising costs; County Administrator; Port
Townsend-Jefferson County Leader
5. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT re: Health Officer coverage; No cost; Public Health; Clallam
County, Thurston County, and Kitsap Health District
6. AGREEMENT re: Phase 4 Stages 3 and 4 On-site Grinder Pump Installation for the PHUGA
Project No. 405-2128-0; Total of project $169,118; Public Works; Tetra Tech
7. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 2 re: Legal research software; Updated fee of $1,251/month;
Prosecutor’s Office; LexisNexis – Authorization for the Prosecuting Attorney to sign
8. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 (A) re: Document recording fee backfill; Additional
amount of $301,346; Auditor’s Office; Washington State Department of Commerce
9. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Grant Agreement No. 690567240004; Phase 2 - Two
Trout Creek culvert replacement on Upper Hoh Road; Addition amount of $65,000; Public
Works; U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration
10. AGREEMENT, Change Order No. 5 re: Phase 4 Stage 2 On-site Grinder Pump installation for
the PHUGA, Project No. 405-2127-0; Additional amount of $55,653.82; Public Works;
Earthwork Solutions LLC
11. AGREEMENT, Change Order No 6 re: Phase 3 Low Pressure Sewer Collection System for
the Port Hadlock UGA, Project No. 405-2127-0; Additional amount of $28.557.67; Public
Works; Seton Construction
12. AGREEMENT, Change Order No 7 re: Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) for Port Hadlock
Wastewater Project; Additional amount of $12,694; Public Works; Ovivo USA, LLC
13. ADVISORY COMMITTEE RESIGNATION re: Conservation Futures Citizen Oversight
Committee (CFCOC); District No. 2 Representative – Tom Ehrlichman
14. APPROVAL OF MOTION re: Allow the use of grant funds from National Environmental
Health Association (NEHA) – Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Retail Flexible Funding
Model Grant Program for food safety projects; April 1, 2026-March 31, 2027; Grant total $5,000
15. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Regular Meeting Minutes of March 16 and 23, 2026 and Special
Meeting Minutes of March 13, 2026 (Connectivity Summit letter)
16. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WARRANTS: Dated March 23, 2026 and totaling
$497,830
17. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Coroner services; Increase of $20,000; Human
Resources; David Bradley
REGULAR AGENDA:
No set time PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming April 6-12, 2026 as National Public Health
Week
Apple Martine, Public Health Director
Agenda: April 6, 2026
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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. HEARING re: 2026 First Quarter 2026 Budget Appropriations/Extensions;
Various County Departments
Josh Peters, County Administrator
Judy Shepherd, Finance Director
No set time PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming April 16, 2026 as the 10th Anniversary of
Bayside Housing and Services
Bayside Housing & Services
No set time DISCUSSION re: Mini survey design and results
(11:00 a.m.)
Heather Dudley-Nollette, Commissioner Dist. 1
Liz Anderson, Communications Specialist
No set time COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION
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), DCD Director, and Deputy Fire Marshal re:
Potential/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
2:30 p.m. UPDATE re: 2025 Marine Resources Committee Annual Report
Neil Harrington, Jamestown Tribe
Emily Buckner, Restoration Fund
3:00 p.m. REVIEW re: 2026 Washington State Legislative Session
Heidi Eisenhour, Commissioner Dist. 2
Kelsey Hulse, Propolis Communications
No set time ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ITEMS
No set time ADJOURNMENT (Adjourn by 4:30 p.m.)
Agenda: April 6, 2026
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COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULE
The Week of April 6, 2026
A snapshot of the meetings the Commissioners will be attending this week are notated below, and are
subject to change. 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, April 6, 2026
9:00 a.m. BOCC - Meeting
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
10:30 a.m. Shelter Operations Meeting – Greg
11:15 a.m. New Shelter Coalition Meeting – Greg
2:00 p.m. Tourism Coordinating Council Meeting - Heather
5:30 p.m. Marine Resources Committee Meeting – Heidi
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
8:30 a.m. Olympic Region Clean Air Agency Finance Committee Meeting – Greg
10:00 a.m. Olympic Region Clean Air Agency Board of Directors Meeting – Greg
2:00 p.m. Jefferson Transit Authority Finance Committee Meeting – Greg
5:00 p.m. Public Infrastructure Fund Special Meeting – Board
7:00 p.m. Grange Meeting - Heidi
Thursday, April 9, 2026
9:00 a.m. Peninsula Trails Coalition Meeting – Heidi
10:00 a.m. SBH-ASO EB/BHAB Strategic Planning Work Group - Heather
1:30 p.m. Tech Advisory Committee – Greg
6:00 p.m. Jefferson County Fairgrounds Association Board Meeting - Heather
Friday, April 10, 2026
12:30 p.m. KPTZ – Heidi
5:00 p.m. BOCC Special Parks and Recreation Meeting - Board
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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