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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting August 6, 2007
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens. The Olympic
Farm Bureau requested that the County mail
public hearing notices to all property owners
who will be affected by the Critical Areas
Ordinance; several people voiced concerns
about the proposed Clean Water District fees;
the County needs to have a representative at
Puget Sound Partnership meetings; concerns
were voiced about the expansion at Indian
Island, the way the Indian Island protester’s
court cases were handled, and the outdated
ammunition that was recently trucked off the
island; the Economic Development Council
should be the Associated Development
Organization for the County; concerns were
expressed about the proposed equestrian park
near the transfer station; the 4-H program in
Quilcene and Brinnon has done a lot to help
the kids; the County should regulate runoff
from houses and yards that pollutes the
saltwater; and, a comment was made about
redacting personal information from documents
and public records requests.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the
Consent Agenda were approved.
3 RESOLUTIONS: 1) Agreeing to hold
harmless, defend and indemnify a firm known
as E. D. Hovee and its agents, employees or
directors against any claim arising from the
disclosure pursuant to a Public Records Act
request for questionnaires relating to the
Jefferson County business needs
questionnaire summary report of May 2007; 2)
Naming a private road Retreat Lane; Carl &
Sheila Peterson, Petitioners; and, 3)
Cancellation of unclaimed warrants
HEARING NOTICE: Intent to change the name
of a portion of a private road from McKinley
Street to Graceland Way; Proponent, Tukey
Investments, LLC; Hearing scheduled for
Monday, August 20, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in the
Commissioners Chamber
AGREEMENTS: 1) Network Support with
Vineyard IT Solutions; 2) Evaluation of
Information Services with Total Recall, Inc.; 3)
Amendment to Professional Services
Agreement for the Grand Opening Ceremony
for the Clocktower and Courthouse Site Master
Plan Projects with Anne Sears & Associates; 4)
Court Appointed Special Advocate - Guardian
Ad Litem funding for juvenile dependency cases
with State Administrative Office of the Courts; 5)
CZM Grant funding for administration of
Northwest Straits Action Projects with State
DOE; 6) Collective Bargaining Labor
Agreement; January 2007 through December
2010 for Sheriff’s Administrative Staff and
JeffCom with Teamsters Local Union #589; 7)
Managed Pharmacy Benefit Services - NACo
Prescription Card Program with Caremark PCS
Health, L.P.; 8) Consultant services for
completion of SEPA review and analysis for the
2007 Comprehensive Plan Docket with
Cascadia Community Planning Service; 9)
Physician Services for Public Health with
CIGNA; and, 10) Community Service Family
Support Grant with State DSHS
FUNDING APPROVAL: To proceed with the
building construction phase of the Correction
Center HVAC Replacement Project
PAYMENT OF VOUCHERS/WARRANTS:
Dated July 23, 2007 totaling $360,864.31 and
July 30, 2007 totaling $203,805.63
PAYMENT OF PAYROLL WARRANTS AND
A/P WARRANTS: A/P Warrants Done by
Payroll dated July 20, 2007 totaling $98,297.52
and A/P warrants done by Payroll dated July 20,
2007 totaling $18,198.28
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATION: Nora
Caldwell from Noxious W eed Control Board
VETERAN’S CONSERVATION CORPS: This
program trains veterans to work on habitat
restoration projects and has been very effective
on the West End. They want to expand it to
include veterans in East Jefferson County.
AUTHORIZATION TO SELECT ADO: The
Board approved a recommendation to designate
WSU as the Associated Development
Organization for the County.
AMENDMENT TO WEC AGREEMENT: The
Board directed that outside counsel sign the
Third Amendment to the Second Settlement
Agreement with Washington Environmental
Council extending the time frame for adoption of
the Critical Areas Ordinance from October 15,
2007 to January 18, 2008.