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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting May 22, 2007
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The
following comments were made by
citizens: A constituent thanked the Board
for doing a good job; Scotch Broom is a
real problem right now and the County
needs to have stricter policies and
enforcement regarding noxious weeds
on private property; the State and County
need to eradicate Scotch Broom on the
road rights-of-way before they tell
property owners to get rid of it; the
increase in population in Jefferson
County is currently less than the State
Office of Financial Management
population prediction; the County should
go out to bid for security for the
Courthouse; some people commented
for an against the need for a noise
abatement ordinance; will a webcam be
installed in the Commissioners’
Chambers?; a comment was made
about people using the Commissioner’s
reserved parking spaces; and what is the
justification for changing the occupancy
of the Commissioners’ Chambers from
26 to 49?
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on
the Consent Agenda were approved as
follows:
RESOLUTION: Establishing the date for
2008 budget submissions, review hearings
and final adoption
AGREEMENTS: 1) Amendment to Site
Hazard Assessment Grant with the State
DOE; 2) Lease of safe deposit box with
Frontier Bank; 3) Lease of aquatic land for
eelgrass marker buoys in Port Townsend
Bay with the State DNR; 4) Long Term
Payable with the State DSHS; 5) Facilities
study/management assessment/analysis of
Central Services with the State Department
of General Administration, Division of
Facilities, Engineering & Architectural
Services; and, 6) Commercial and industrial
land analysis with CTED
PAYMENT OF COUNTY VOUCHERS
AND WARRANTS: Dated May 14, 2007, in
the amount of $782,719.42 and $2,406.72
PAYMENT OF COUNTY PAYROLL
WARRANTS: Dated May 18, 2007 in the
amount of $112,469.88 and A/P Warrants
done by Payroll dated May 7, 2007 in the
amount of $135,944.03
PROCLAMATION: The Board approved a
proclamation designating May as Drug Court
Month.
REVIEW OF PROCESS TO ESTABLISH NO
SHOOTING AREA COMMITTEES: Eight
people sent letters of interest for the citizen-
at-large and stakeholder positions on the
advisory committees for the proposed
Paradise Bay and Chimacum Creek No
Shooting Areas. The Board agreed that the
permanent base for the advisory committees
would be 3 citizen-at-large positions, a
Sheriff’s Office representative, and a DCD
staff person. The citizen-at-large positions will
represent the 3 Commissioner Districts. The
stakeholders will change with each petition.
The number of stakeholders may also change
depending on the amount of interest that is
expressed. The petitions will be reviewed
separately; and the Paradise Bay No Shooting
Area will be first. The Board thinks the
advisory committees need to make their own
rules about how the meetings will be
conducted. Currently there isn’t a tribal
representative although staff has approached
the tribes. Staff will talk with the interested
parities to clarify the positions they want to
hold. The advisory committees will meet and
make a recommendation to the County
Commissioners. The final decision on the no
shooting areas will be made by the
Commissioners after a public hearing on each
petition.