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Highlights from Tuesday’s Commissioner Meeting January 9, 2007
PRESENTATION: Sheila Westerman
received a Certificate of Appreciation for15
years of volunteer service as a member of the
Jefferson County Developmental Disabilities
Board.
PROCLAMATION: Deputy Anthony
Hernandez is the first member in the history
of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office to be
selected to attend the FBI National Academy.
He graduated from the course on December
15, 2006.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S BRIEFING:
The following items were discussed.
•Security Services Northwest has
requested that the Board grant an
emergency order to permit law
enforcement officers on the North
Olympic Peninsula to qualify at the
Fort Discovery shooting range.
•Preliminary environmental and
geotechnical evaluations are being
done on potential treatment plant sites
for the Port Hadlock UGA Sewer
System project in the south portion of
the UGA.
•A letter was delivered to the tenants at
the Garden Court Apartments last
week to let them know that the County
is working on options to keep the
apartments as low-income housing.
•He and the Board reviewed the
Governor’s budget proposal regarding
items of interest to the counties.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens. A request
was made for a Planning Commission
member to attend the Water Law Seminar
this week; a request was made for an
independent investigation regarding the way
the County handled the Security Services
Northwest case; several people stated that
the Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO) Commit-
tee have the same staff person attend all their
meetings and that person should also write
the draft ordinance; the number of people
working for the County should be cut; a
citizen offered to make DVDs of the CAO
Committee meetings for the Board; the Board
needs to listen to the people they represent; a
public hearing was requested on the
amendment proposed by Holland to the Port
Ludlow Master Planned Resort (MPR) Code;
when is the County going to adopt a noise
abatement ordinance?; there is a need for
more emergency services personnel in
Quilcene; and concerns were expressed about
the County’s process regarding the inventory
of capitalized assets and the language in the
resolution changing the Board’s meeting times
regarding reconvening the Board’s meeting.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the
Consent Agenda were approved.
3 RESOLUTIONS: 1) Hearing notice for
proposed supplemental budget appropri-
ations/extensions for various County funds;
scheduled for Monday, January 22, 2007 at
10:05 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Chambers;
2) Establishing a Public Defense Improvement
Fund; and 3) Resolution and notice establish-
ing a new starting time for the regular public
meetings of the Jefferson County Board of
Commissioners (Beginning February 5, 2007)
4 AGREEMENTS: 1) Project management of
the Correction Center roof and HVAC heat
pump system replacement with the State
Department of General Administration; 2)
Appraisal review services for Environmental
Health with Appraisal Group of the Northwest;
3) Gather data from Washington State
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
(BRFSS) with Kitsap County Health District;
and, 4) Community Litter Clean Up Program
with Washington State Department of Ecology
FLOOD PLAIN ACQUISITION PROJECT:
This acquisition will support salmon recovery
on the Dosewallips River through permanent
protection of critical habitat in the “Powerlines
Reach” located a mile west of Brinnon. The
County is negotiating with three property
owners. The property would be purchased
with grant funds.
PROPOSED HOLLAND AMENDMENT TO
THE PORT LUDLOW MPR CODE: The Board
agreed to have a public hearing on this
amendment because it was revised
substantially after the Planning Commission’s
public hearings. The hearing is scheduled on
February 5.