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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting June 19, 2007
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens: government
has gotten away from the people and there
may be a movement to make the County a
charter county; the Commissioners were
asked to look into a permitted development
variance for a property that is located in a
designated critical area on Little Goose Creek;
and concerns were expressed about the
Board’s partisan appointments to advisory
boards which may become an election issue in
2008.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the
Consent Agenda were approved:
4 RESOLUTIONS: 1) Adopting and
implementing the 2006 versions of
International Codes pursuant to rules of the
State Building Code Council and Naming
private roads 2) Balsa Way, 3) Pebble Lane,
and 4) Cottage Place; James & Marsha
Eades, Petitioner
RFP: Moderate Risk Waste Transportation
and Management Services: Proposals
accepted at the Commissioners’ Office until
10:00 a.m., Monday, August 13, 2007 and
opened and read publicly shortly thereafter in
the Chambers
7 AGREEMENTS: 1) Larry Scott Trail Project
Management and coordination of volunteers
with Nik Worden, Architect; 2) Delivery of
health care to inmates at the Jail with Linda
Pedersen; 3) Dosewallips Floodplain
Acquisition Project Phase II, purchase and
sale of PN: 966900035, 966900231 and
966900036; Secure Rural Schools Title III; Jeff
Larson; 4) Sampling onsite sewage systems
with Puget Sound Action Team; 5) Childbirth
Education with Amber Parker; 6) Childbirth
Education with Kathryn Mattern; and, 7) Traffic
Safety Project Grant with Washington Traffic
Safety Commission
PAYMENT OF VOUCHERS/WARRANTS:
Dated June 4, 2007 in the amount of
$3,328.00; June 11, 2007 in the amount of
$552,455.55
MEMORANDUM: Request for wage increase
and explanation of the collective bargaining
process to Public Health Nurses
PROCLAMATION: The Board approved a
proclamation designating the week beginning
June 29, 2007 as National Clean Beaches
Week.
APPOINTMENT TO RAC: Chairman Johnson
agreed to represent the County on the Olympic
Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee. This
committee reviews and recommends funding for
Secure Rural Schools Title II projects.
ROAD NAME CHANGE HEARING: After the
hearing, the Board approved a resolution
changing the spelling of Van Trojan Road to
Van Trojen Road which is the spelling of the
original settler’s name.
HEARING ESTABLISHING THE FINAL
DOCKET: Following the hearing, the Board
approved the staff recommendation to include
the suggested amendment regarding the
designation of industrial land banks on the final
docket for the 2007 Comprehensive Plan
amendment cycle.
HEARING ON AMENDMENT TO THE
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ORDINANCE: At
the close of the public hearing, the Board
approved the amendment to Ordinance #09-
1002-00 creating the position of Interim County
Administrator solely upon the vacancy of the
position of County Administrator.
RENAMING IRONDALE PARK: The Board
took action to rename Irondale Park as Irondale
Community Park.
BECKETT POINT SEPTIC SYSTEM
PROJECT: The Board approved a resolution
providing a $500,000 line of credit to the PUD to
continue the septic project and giving them
$250,000 for archeological costs because
Native American remains were uncovered
during project excavations.
TARBOO-DABOB CONSERVATION
PROJECT: The Board agreed to put a deed
restriction on the County property at Broad Spit
to be used as a match for grant funding for the
project.