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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting August 15, 2006
REQUEST FOR FUNDING: The Jefferson
County Domestic Violence/Sexual Harass-
ment Program provides the majority of their
services at no charge. These services
include:
•A 24 hour crisis line and crisis
intervention
•Emergency food and clothing
•A shelter that houses up to 17 people
•Legal advocacy
•Counseling
•Prevention education in the schools
They have been at their current location for
14 years and sometimes the physical
limitation of the office means that they are not
able to provide services in as timely a manner
as they would like. They don’t want to turn
people away. They receive funding from
federal and state grants and are required to
raise $87,000 in local funding. Currently the
City contributes to the program, but the
County discontinued funding in 2004. The
Director of the program requested that the
Board reconsider funding a portion of their
program.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S BRIEFING:
The following items were reviewed:
•A Port Hadlock UGA Sewer project
workshop is scheduled on September
5 to review the financial analysis for
the project.
•It appears that federal funding for the
Secure Rural Schools Act will continue
for another year at 100%. Elected
Officials from rural communities are
being encouraged to attend a fly-in to
Washington DC to impress upon the
Legislators the detrimental impact on
small, rural counties if the funding is
discontinued.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made: there were no
qualifications required for people volunteering
for the Critical Area Ordinance (CAO) Sub-
committee; there is a tight timeline for the
CAO Sub-committee to complete their
analysis and make a recommendation to the
Planning Commission; small parcel owners
and farmers will suffer because of the CAO; a
suggestion that the County look into a Surface
and Stormwater Management Program that
would mitigate the damage that property owners
on Hood Canal have caused and require them
to pay for any restoration; public officials should
not be treated with blatant disrespect; two of the
Commissioners were elected to stop the Pit to
Pier project and they need to listen to the
voters; concern was expressed about a letter
from the Assessor’s Office asking for
documentation regarding open space
agriculture status on property; there is selective
rezoning and enforcement in the County and
people aren’t being treated the same; the
County has a policy that makes it difficult for
people to start businesses here and many of
them give up and go elsewhere; there is a
misconception that old growth forests attract
wildlife, but most birds of prey feed in open
fields; the majority of concrete batch plants in
the State are owned by foreigners and people
should be glad that Fred Hill Materials is owned
and operated by a local family; and concerns
were expressed about the RFP for the
telephone system.
CONSENT AGENDA: This item was approved:
ADVISORY BOARD REAPPOINTMENT:
Roberta Frissell to a 3-year term as Community
Representative on the Jefferson County Board
of Health; term expires August 26, 2009
CLOSE-OUT HEARING ON CDBG GRANT:
Olycap is the subcontractor for a housing
rehabilitation grant that was awarded to the
County in 2001. Twenty-five households
received services correcting health and safety
issues, 11 received low or no interest loans to
rehabilitate their homes, and 2 households
received services eliminating an accessibility
barrier into the home. The Board approved the
close-out of the grant.
TELEPHONE SYSTEM RFP: After further
research last week, the Director of Central
Services and the Civil Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney recommended that the Board cancel
the RFP without making an award. The Board
agreed with the recommendation.