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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting December 5, 2006
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
AND RE-APPOINTMENTS: Janet Kearsley
and Jerry Gorsline were appointed to the
Conservation Futures Fund Oversight
Committee. Barbara McColgan Pastore,
Sara Spaeth, and Lige Christian were
reappointed to serve another term. The
Board directed that the shellfish position and
the District 3 position be readvertised.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S BRIEFING: A
press release was issued regarding
Chimacum Creek Beach Park. The site has
been included in the Puget Sound Initiative, a
program to accelerate protection and
restoration of Puget Sound and Hood Canal.
The State Department of Ecology recently did
an assessment of a complaint about the
presence of fuel oil on the beach. Metals and
oil were found that date back to industrial
activities at the site from 1881-1919.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens. Several
people commented on the $3,000 Hearing
Examiner fee in the proposed Department of
Community Development (DCD) fee
schedule; several people commented on the
high salary and good benefit package that
County employees receive compared to
private sector jobs in the County; it was
suggested that the Board call a “tax summit”
with the other taxing districts in the County;
there are many vacant homes in Port
Townsend in the winter because retired
“snowbirds” are buying second homes here; a
suggestion was made that the City of Port
Townsend and Jefferson County consolidate;
over-regulation regarding environmental
concerns is putting companies like Port
Townsend Paper Company and farmers in
the County out of business; DCD’s fees
should be based on a sliding scale; a request
that the Board vote against the proposed Off
Road Vehicle park in Quilcene; a citizen
thanked the Board and the County for the
completion of the Quilcene water system and
the Quilcene County park project; security at
the Courthouse is inadequate and there
should be one entrance with a metal detector;
the Board should request that the Attorney
General’s Office update their advisory
memorandum about avoiding unconstitutional
takings of private property; comments were
made about the County Administrator’s update
on November 27 regarding the appointment of
outside counsel for the Security Services
Northwest lawsuit, about the timeliness of the
Commissioner’s minutes and about the
procedures for calling the Special Meeting that
the Commissioners held last week.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the
Consent Agenda were approved.
2 RESOLUTIONS: 1) Hearing Notice for
Proposed Supplemental Budget
Appropriations/Extensions for various County
funds; Hearing scheduled for Monday,
December 18, 2006 at 10:05 a.m. in the
Commissioners Chambers, and 2)
Organization and declaration of result of
election for the formation of Jefferson County
Cemetery District No. 3 (Gardiner Area)
AGREEMENT: Transfer Site 06 Timber
Salvage Sale with Hood Canal Fiber
CANCELLATION NOTICE: County
Commissioner Regular Meeting; Scheduled for
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
HEARING ON PARKS & RECREATION FEE
SCHEDULE FOR 2007: After the public
hearing was closed, the Board asked staff for
more background information on a few items
and directed that some changes be made.
Further deliberations and possible approval of
the fee schedule will take place on December
11, 2006.
HEARING ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
FEE SCHEDULE FOR 2007: Seven interested
citizens spoke against the proposed fee
ordinance and the public hearing was closed.
The Board directed that DCD staff make
several changes to the fee schedule including
the deletion of the $3,000 Hearing Examiner
fee. DCD will schedule a workshop with the
Board to discuss the fees in more detail.