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Highlights from Tuesday’s Commissioner Meeting January 17, 2007
ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT: The
Board appointed Michael Adams to the
Marine Resources Committee as a
representative for District #3. His term will
expire on January 16, 2011.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S BRIEFING:
The following items were discussed.
•The Board reviewed a draft agenda
for the Commissioner’s meetings
beginning February 5 when the new
starting time will be 9 a.m. The Public
Comment period will be the first item
on the agenda.
•The following meetings are scheduled
on Port Ludlow issues: a workshop
regarding Trendwest on January 22
from 4-6 p.m. at the Bay Club; a public
hearing on the proposed Holland
Master Plan Resort amendment on
February 5 at 10:05 a.m. at the
Courthouse; and a public hearing
regarding Trendwest at the Beach
Club on February 28 at 2 p.m. These
meetings will be advertised in The
Leader and the Port Ludlow Voice.
•The Board doesn’t have the authority
to grant an emergency order to allow
law enforcement officers to qualify at
the Fort Discovery shooting range. A
response will be sent to Security
Services Northwest regarding their
request.
•The Public Works Department moved
from the second floor of the Post
Office to Castle Hill Mall this weekend.
They are located in the building across
the parking lot from Community
Development.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens. A petition
was submitted with approximately 400
signatures and several people spoke to
encourage the Board to approve a resolution
ending the war in Iraq; the Public Works
Department should be privatized; when a
County employee retires, another person
should not be hired to take their place;
County employees make too much money
and get too many benefits; the Board was
encouraged to watch the DVD of the Critical
Areas Ordinance (CAO) Committee meetings;
it is difficult to find items on the County’s
website and several important issues haven’t
been updated in many months; when the
wording is changed for the Public Comment
period, it needs to include language that the
Board should not hear comments about
pending judicial matters, pending quasi-judicial
matters, or comments on public hearings that
are scheduled; the CAO should be adopted
before the Shoreline Master Plan; and the
CAO Committee had requested updated
County maps when they began their review
and they still have not received them.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the
Consent Agenda were approved.
RESOLUTION: Imposing load limits on County
roads due to freezing temperatures
PAYMENT OF VOUCHERS/WARRANTS:
Dated December 26, 2006 totaling
$585,456.57
3 AGREEMENTS: 1) Tower Creek Bridge
Emergency Repair with Rognlins, Inc.; 2)
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, Appendix
"A" regarding 2007 Education Programs,
Extension Agent/Chair, 4-H Agent, Technical
Support, and Water Quality Agent with WSU;
and, 3) amendment to agreement to design
and implement comprehensive public
education programs for Jefferson County/WSU
Extension with Julie Knott, dba West Camp
ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT: Jim
Donaldson as an alternate member
representing District #3 on the Marine
Resources Committee. His term will expire on
February 23, 2008.
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATION: Earl
Gibson from the Gardiner Community Center
Board of Directors
ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT: Robert
McCauley to the Gardiner Community Center
Board of Directors. His term will expire on
January 9, 2010.
ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS: After
interviewing Phil Andrus and Herb Beck, the
Board appointed them to serve on the
Conservation Futures Citizen Oversight
Committee. Phil Andrus represents District #2
and Herb Beck represents District #3. Each of
their terms will expire on January 16, 2011.