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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting October 24, 2006
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S BRIEFING:
The following items were discussed:
•A sewer project workshop is
scheduled at WSU/Extension on
October 25 at 5:30 p.m. with a
presentation by the project team at
6:00 p.m.
•The State DOH notified the County
last week that part of the Discovery
Bay shellfish growing area has been
reclassified from approved to
restricted because of water quality.
They will issue an initial order of
reclassification to become effective in
35 days if there are no appeals. After
the final order becomes effective, the
County is required to develop a
closure response plan within 60 days
and form a shellfish protection district
within 180 days.
•There is no Commissioner’s meeting
next week because it is a fifth Monday
week. The County Administrator has
scheduled a budget meeting with
Elected Officials and Department
Heads on Monday to answer
questions about the budget. This is
not a meeting with the Commis-
sioners, although they have been
invited to attend.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens: inappro-
priate comments were made to a citizen by
Sheriff’s personnel at a public meeting;
several people had concerns about the cost
of the new Jefferson Transit facility and the
limited number of riders on buses; the
Commissioner’s meeting should be televised
on PTTV; the Board needs to be aware of
how regulations they pass will affect the
public; a request that the Board consider an
emergency order to allow Clallam County law
enforcement personnel to qualify at the
SSNW shooting range; several municipalities
restrict the size of campaign signs and the
County’s recently adopted regulations should
apply to all temporary signs based upon
location; most of the agency representatives
at the Shoreline Charrette are seeking
support from local jurisdictions to allow the
State to establish an areawide agency for the
Puget Sound Partnership; a suggestion that the
Board review Island County’s draft Critical
Areas Ordinance for geologic hazardous areas
on their website because it is easy to
understand and there is a provision for
functionally isolated buffers; a lot of information
that the public has heard regarding the use of
Off Road Vehicle facilities is not accurate; a
comment was made about the process for
Executive Sessions; concerns were expressed
about the make up of the Shoreline Technical
Advisory Committee, if they were appointed by
the Commissioners, and if they are following the
open public meetings act; and funding for
tourism promotion needs to be addressed at a
budget workshop.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the
Consent Agenda were approved:
RESOLUTION: Establishing a Cash Drawer for
the Recreation Department
HEARING NOTICE: Proposed changes in
language to No Shooting Area Ordinance No.
03-0227-95; Hearing scheduled for Monday,
November 6, 2006 at 10:05 a.m. in the
Commissioners Chambers
AGREEMENTS:1) Maintenance service for
Positron CAD hardware and software
equipment with Qwest; 2) Water Quality
Improvement Loan from the Septic Repair
Revolving Loan Fund with Smith W. and Bonnie
L. Osborne; and 3) Well Delegation Program;
Amendment to increase funding by including
50% of the Well Water Notification Fees
collected for well decommissioning with DOE
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATIONS: 1) John
“Nik” Lauer from the Housing Authority Board,
and 2) Will O’Donnell from the Conservation
Futures Advisory Board
HEARING: The public hearing on the intent to
change the road name of a portion of a private
road from Carroll Street to Gifford Hill Drive was
opened and there was no public testimony. The
Board approved a resolution changing the name
to Gifford Hill Drive.
HEARING: The public hearing on budget
appropriations/extensions was opened and
there was no public testimony. The Board
approved the budget appropriation/extension
requests for various County departments.