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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting March 20, 2007
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens: A request was
made that the Public Comment period return to
what it was originally meant to be which was for
the Board to hear comments about any agenda
item; a fax was received from the Washington
Counties Risk Pool regarding coverage for the
Security Services Northwest (SSNW) court case
and the possibility of the County entering into a
settlement agreement with SSNW; concerns
about what has been going on at the BOC
meetings regarding the Pledge of Allegiance and
appreciation for the Board listening and making a
change in their meeting; a suggestion was made
that if there wasn't government at the county,
state, and federal level there would be anarchy; a
citizen thanked the Board for preserving the
Public Comment period and expressed shock
about the Commissioners statements about the
Pledge of Allegiance as presented in the
newspaper; comments about draft 4 of the No
Shoot Area ordinance and revisions that need to
be made; some minorities are being listened to
while others are not being heard; the Publisher of
the newspaper does not come to these meetings
that he writes news articles about; the Board
members demean and battle certain members of
the public; the Board members were handed a
copy of the 10 Commandments and asked to
remember their campaign promises; and a
regular attendee said that he has been to at least
350 of these meetings and he hasn't seen uncivil
behavior or grandstanding.
CONSENT AGENDA: The Board corrected the
agreement on the Industrial Land Bank with E. D.
Hovee & Company (change Project Kickoff Date
to say “to be determined by the County
Administrator”) and the letter of support for SHB
1965 Extending the Time for Counties to
Designate Industrial Land Banks (changed to
include SHB 1925), deleted the letter of support
for Fire District #2 Land Acquisition to the US
Department of Agriculture and approved the
balance of the items as presented.
5 AGREEMENTS: 1) Legal Representation in
Mental Health Cases for 2007 with Stephen
Greer, Esq., 2) Industrial Land Bank with E. D.
Hovee & Company (change Project Kickoff Date
to say “to be determined by the County
Administrator”), 3) Junk/Abandoned Vehicle
Towing with Peninsula Auto Wrecking, 4)
Junk/Abandoned Vehicle Towing with A & G Import
Auto, Inc, and 5) Funding for Substance Abuse
Treatment Services with Safe Harbor Recovery
Center
2006 Annual Certification and Engineer’s
Certification of Fish Passage Barrier Removal
Costs by the Washington State County Road
Administration Board (CRAB)
Letter of Support for Substitute House Bill 1965
Extending the Time for Counties to Designate
Industrial Land Bank(s) to Representative Lynn
Kessler and Representative Kevin Van De Wege
(changed to include SHB 1925)
Appointment of Local Government Planning
Representative to the Ferry Advisory Committee:
The Board appointed Rick Sepler, City of Port
Townsend Planning Director, as the local
government planning representative on the Ferry
Advisory Committee.
BID OPENING re: Pavement Markings on Various
County Roadways: The following bids were
opened and read. Specialized Pavement Markings,
Inc.$ 68,178.00; Apply a Line, Inc. $75,711.91; and
Stripe Right, Inc.$ 99,053.19
HEARING re: Grant Application; Low and
Moderate Income Housing Preservation and
Rehabilitation; Olympic Community Action
Programs (OlyCAP): The Board approved the grant
application for a $625,000 CDBG grant for
OlyCap’s moderate income housing preservation
and rehabilitation program.
Tami Pokorny, Jefferson County Environmental
Health, Water Quality Division: The Board
approved earmarking Title III Fund balance for the
Dosewallips Flood Plain Acquisition Project Phase
II and authorization and concurrence to proceed
with Dosewallips Phase II property acquisitions.
County Administrator Meeting: The Board
approved and signed a letter to the State
Department of Transportation supporting the
reservation pilot project for the Port
Townsend/Keystone Ferry as recommended by the
Ferry Advisory Committee.