HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-16-06Board’s Official Business
Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting May 16, 2006
PROCLAMATION: The Board approved a
proclamation designating the week of May
22, 2006 as National Safe Boating Week.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S BRIEFING:
The combined alternatives workshop on the
Port Hadlock Sewer System project
scheduled for May 25 will be videotaped. A
binder containing all the information on the
project will be available at the Jefferson
County Library and will be updated monthly
or as needed. He sent Jefferson County’s
changes in project funding needs and
ranking for State Community Economic
Development Strategy funding to the
Peninsula Development Association. This
information is updated annually.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made: the mill is losing
money, it may only be a matter of time
before it shuts down, and it will affect over
350 families in the County; a petition was
handed in with 320 signatures requesting
that the City Council and the County
Commissioners have a public forum on the
expansion of Indian Island even if the Navy
doesn’t participate; the County needs to
encourage businesses that will bring in more
revenue or stop hiring new employees when
people leave or retire; and a request for
County assistance with a neighborhood
cleanup event on the Toandos Peninsula
that would help bring residents together in
this remote part of the County.
CONSENT AGENDA: The following items on
the Consent Agenda were approved:
RESOLUTION: Establishing the Date for
2007 Budget Submissions, Review
Hearings, and Final Adoption
4 AGREEMENTS: 1) Castle Hill Center
Annex Renovation for additional funding for
design services with State Department of
General Administration; 2) 2005-2007
Consolidated Contract for Juvenile and
Family Court Services amending payment and
billing with State Department of Social and
Health Services; 3) Perform continuous testing
for Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff with Public
Safety Testing.Com; and, 4) Supply of liquid
asphalt with Albina Asphalt
HISTORICAL SOCIETY UPDATE:
Representatives from the Historical Society
highlighted several events and projects
including: the 10 Annual Victorian Festival,th
456 people spent 2,127 hours at the Research
Center last quarter, a book is being compiled
from historic photographic images of the
County that will be available before Christmas,
they are also working on a history of Brinnon,
they have begun a barn survey project, and
they have applied for a grant from the State
Historical Society Heritage Resource Center
that would provide funding to develop lively
interactive exhibits that use state-of-the-art
audio-visual and computer technology.
HEARING: PROPOSED FLOOD DAMAGE
PREVENTION ORDINANCE: The County’s
Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance was
adopted in 1995. DOE staff recently did a
Community Assistance Visit to discuss the
community’s participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program. They also reviewed the
current ordinance and found that the County
was out of compliance. Staff prepared a draft
ordinance using the Washington State model
flood plain ordinance which sets minimum
requirements for dwellings in flood plains.
Approximately 132 residents in Jefferson
County participate in the National Flood
Insurance Program. FEMA and DOE are
encouraging the County to enter into the
Community Rating System Program. This is a
voluntary incentive program that offers
discounted rates to flood insurance policy
holders. The Board approved the proposed
ordinance with the minimum standards and
directed that staff work with FEMA to pursue
the Community Rating System Program.