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Home My WebLink About051826M ,si„x,,,�,' MINUTES Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting — May 18, 2026, 9:00 a.m. Jefferson County Courthouse—Commissioners' Chambers 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA (Hybrid) AI use acknowledgment: Portions of the meeting transcript were summarized using Google Gemini and incorporated into this document.All AI-assisted content was reviewed and edited by staff before publication. CALL TO ORDER: Chair Greg Brotherton, Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour and Commissioner Heather Dudley-Nollette participated in the meeting. Chair Brotherton called the meeting to order at the appointed time. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: Chair Brotherton called for public comments, and five comments were received. The Commissioners addressed the comments. PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming May 16-22,2026 as National Safe Boating Week: After all three Commissioners read aloud the proclamation, Commissioner Dudley-Nollette moved to approve the proclamation. Commissioner Eisenhour seconded the motion and noted a scrivener error in the last Whereas sentence it is missing a"t" for the word "the."The motion carried by a unanimous vote. Flotilla Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Vince Santiago was present and thanked the Commissioners for approving the proclamation. Chair Brotherton opened the floor for additional public comments, and no comments were received. ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Eisenhour moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Commissioner Dudley-Nollette seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. 1. RESOLUTION re: In the Matter of Requiring Interlocal Agreements to be filed on the Jefferson County's website 2. AGREEMENT re: Employment Agreement; Union-Exempt and FLSA-Exempt Executive Assistant in the County Administrator's Office, and UFCW3000 covered Accounts Auditing Technician in Auditor's Office; Wendy Housekeeper 3. AGREEMENT re: Project to establish repetitive build program; $12,500; Community Development; Habitat for Humanity 4. AGREEMENT,Amendment No. 1 re: School-to-Work Start Up; $43,000; Public Health; Washington Department of Social & Health Services 5. AGREEMENT,Amendment No. 1 re: School-to-Work Digital Content; $7,700; Public Health; Cold Pizza Creative 6. AGREEMENT,Amendment No. 4 re: Chimacum Creek Cleanup and Restoration;No additional amount; Public Health; Department of Ecology State of Washington 7. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT re: Household Hazardous Waste; Not to exceed $27,500; Public Works; Kitsap County 1 Commissioners Meeting Minutes of May 18, 2026 8. SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT re: Coordinated tobacco, vapor and marijuana product prevention and intervention strategies; $2,000; Public Health; Scouting America Troop 1479 9. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WARRANTS: Dated May 11, 2026 and totaling $953,024.01 and Dated May 18, 2026 totaling $729,072.75 COMMISSIONERS' BRIEFING SESSION: Commissioner Eisenhour provided a debrief of a recent Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC)conference she attended, recent meetings, and miscellaneous topics. WORKSHOP re: Artificial Intelligence(AI)Policy: Central Services Director Shawn Frederick was present and outlined the draft AI Policy and explained the need for the County to take intentional steps to improve staff's ability to recognize the appropriate use of AI tools to develop processes that lead to more efficient public services. The discussion continued noting the important protections that were developed using the references in Appendix A of the proposed policy. This proposed policy, if adopted will be used to configure guardrails for the Darwin Govern system allowing for effective monitoring of AI tools within the county system. During discussion, Chair Brotherton opened the floor to allow for public comments, and three comments were received. Staff answered questions posed by the Board and the public. The workshop will be continued to a later date. DISCUSSION re: Surveys Design and Frequency update: On April 6, 2026, Central Services Director Shawn Frederick and Communications Specialist Liz Anderson reviewed the implementation of a series of short surveys that could be offered to Jefferson County residents as a tool for engaging feedback on a variety of topics. To test the use of a short-survey tool, an initial survey was offered at the Jefferson County Connectivity Summit event on March 27-29, 2026. As a result of the initial feedback, some questions posed were: What is the goal of the surveys?Who do you want to hear from? What is the purpose?What will the surveys be used for?Is there funding available? Communications Specialist Anderson noted that while there is no current budget for surveys,they could be included in the applications requesting grant funding. County Administrator Josh Peters will contact the City of Port Townsend in regards to their survey model. Commissioner Dudley-Nollette will continue her outreach and look into the budget and bring back more information to the Board at a later date. The meeting was recessed at 12:15 p.m. and reconvened at 1:30 p.m. with all three Commissioners present. An Executive Session was scheduled from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Chair Brotherton announced that the Executive Session will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. regarding, Potential /Actual Litigation under exemption RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) as outlined in the Open Public Meetings Act. Staff present: County Administrator, Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney (DPA), and Central Services Director. The Board concluded the Executive Session and resumed the regular meeting at 2:17 p.m. There was no proposed action, and therefore no public comment taken on this topic. 2 Commissioners Meeting Minutes of May 18, 2026 ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ITEMS: The Commissioners and County Administrator reviewed the following: • Commissioners' Briefing Session—continued • Calendar Coordination- continued • Derelict vessels; potentially changing the code to address pollution from anchored vessels, and limiting the duration of anchoring within restricted areas (Ordinance No. 07-0706-92) • Uber; possible phishing scam • Discovery Behavioral Health; providing case management on behalf of the guests at Bayside Housing and Services • Miscellaneous items NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT: Chair Brotherton adjourned the meeting at 4:09 p.m. until the next regular meeting or special meeting as properly noticed. ««"'"••••,, JEFFERSON COUNTY (cF�RS°. 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