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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting February 14, 2006
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made: the real estate
market is slowing down all over the country
and in the County which means less excise
tax revenue for government to depend on;
why is the work being done on the
Courthouse grounds before the clock tower
project is done?; the County needs to have a
plan in place if Port Townsend Paper
Company closes down because it is the
County’s largest employer; any expenditure
of County funds to present a forum about
Indian Island would be a waste of time and
money because the County has no
jurisdiction over the Navy and what they do;
people’s property rights are being affected at
the local level when reasonable requests for
zoning changes are denied in the
Comprehensive Plan amendment process;
and the Jefferson County Historical Society
and the Historical Preservation Council have
their own agenda for directing the flow of
public funds.
CONSENT AGENDA: The items were
approved as follows:
AGREEMENTS: 1) Watershed Council
Grant with DOE; 2) Network Agreement for
Sheriff’s Phone Connection with Qwest
Corporation; 3) Network Agreement for
Castle Hill Facilities Phone Connection with
Qwest Corporation; 4) Network Agreement
for Sheriff’s Data Connection with Qwest
Corporation; 5) 2006 Hotel-Motel Grant
Funding with Quilcene/Brinnon Chamber of
Commerce; 6) 2006 Community Services
Grant Funding
•Olympic Community Action
Programs (OlyCAP)
•Gardiner Community Center Board;
7) Design and implement public education
programs for WSU/Cooperative Extension
with Julie Knott, West Camp Consulting; 8)
Violence prevention training for Jefferson
County Employees with Peninsula College;
and, 9) Coordinated Prevention Grant
Funding for implementation of the
Hazardous Waste and Solid Waste
Management Plans and Programs with DOE
2005 ANNUAL CERTIFICATION: Road Fund
Expenditures for Traffic Law Enforcement
with State County Road Administration Board
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATIONS:
Jeanne Koester and Reverend Pamela
Douglas-Smith from the Jefferson County
Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board
and Michael O. Ryan from the Jefferson
County Parks Advisory Board
ADVISORY BOARD REAPPOINTMENT:
Caroline Gibson to a 4-year term expiring
January 14, 2010 on the Jefferson County
Marine Resources Committee
STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES INCOME REPORT AND
PRESENTATION: The 2005 revenue from
State Forest Board lands was up due to the
number of timber sales and the timber
market. In FY2006, the County will probably
see a major decrease in the Forest Board
lands revenue because of a lawsuit brought
against the harvesting of State and Federal
timber lands by several environmental
organizations. They are currently in
mediation.
APPOINTMENT: Bill Wheeler was appointed
to represent the forestry interest on the
Conservation Futures Advisory Board. He
will serve a 4-year term that will expire on
February 13, 2010.
DELIBERATIONS ON UDC AMENDMENTS:
These deliberations were continued from the
BOCC meeting on January 17, 2006. The
Board took action to delete the appointment
of an Appellate Hearing Examiner when the
Hearing Examiner’s decision is appealed
except in the case of the Port Ludlow
Associates agreement. In the future, such
appeals will go directly from the Hearing
Examiner to Superior Court. The Board
began their review of the UDC chapter on
definitions. The deliberations will be
continued at the Board’s next regular meeting
on Tuesday, February 21 at 10:45 a.m.