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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-10-05Board’s Official Business Highlights from Monday's Commissioner Meeting January 11, 2005 ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE ON VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES: At last week’s meeting, the Commissioners chose the boards that they were interested in serving on. Some of these boards require an alternate appointed also. Pat Rodgers will be the alternate on the following Boards: Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA); North Olympic RC&D; and Peninsula Regional Support Network (PRSN). Phil Johnson will be the alternate on the following Boards: Olympic Area Agency on Aging (O3A); Regional Transportation Advisory Board (RTPO); and Washington Counties Risk Pool (WCRP). PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made: there were people present who spoke for and against using Community Investment Funds for the Tri Area Sewer System project; the Board needs to work together for the good of the County and not let politics get in the way; a question about the source of a letter denying claims that a citizen made against the County; the County needs to have regulations regarding election campaign signs because a 4'X8' is too big and is offensive to many people; the County needs to make updating the Shoreline Master Plan a top priority because it hasn’t been updated in several years; the Board needs to pursue the formation of a City/County Metropolitan Parks and Recreation District; if the Port Hadlock area is developed properly with a sewer system, it will be an asset to the County; people should have the right to put up any size election campaign sign as a matter of free speech; the County makes policies and then doesn’t do anything if the employees don’t follow them; the Internet Policy states that employees have to ask their supervisors if they can use their computer for personal internet access; and data regarding employee internet usage needs to include the employee’s name because the public has a right to know who is working and who is playing. CONSENT AGENDA: The Board removed the Community Investment Fund hearing notice from the Consent Agenda and approved the balance of the items as presented. 2 RESOLUTIONS: 1) and 2) Finding and Determination to Declare Certain Personal Property as Surplus and Authorize Disposal; Computer Equipment and Copier Equipment ADVISORY BOARD REAPPOINTMENT: Richard Gunderson to serve a 3 year term on Jefferson County Substance Abuse Services Advisory Board WRIA 17 UPDATE: Several members of the WRIA 17 Planning Unit were present to request that the County Commissioners approve the Watershed Management Plan without instream flow provisions. The Planning Unit reached consensus on the Plan in 2003 and has met over the past year to work to attempt to reach consensus on instream flows. There are questions concerning water rights and exempt wells that are still being addressed. They will be meeting again within the next few weeks. If the local Planning Unit doesn’t set the instream flows, State agencies will. The Board approved the Watershed Management Plan without the instream flow provisions. HEARING NOTICE: A few changes were made to the proposed ordinance to re-establish the program to administer the Community Investment Fund. A hearing notice was signed by the Chair for a public hearing scheduled for Monday, January 24, 2005 at 10:05 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Chamber. ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT: After interviewing James K. Rotchford, a citizen who is interested in serving on the Substance Abuse Services Advisory Board, the Board appointed him to a 3 year term.