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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting October 7, 2008
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens: two
residents of South Bay in Port Ludlow
expressed their opinions about the Iron
Mountain Quarry Mineral Resource Lands
(MRL) overlay proposal; a spokesperson for
several members of National Alliance on
Mental Illness (NAMI) who were present
thanked the Board for signing the
proclamation designating October 5-11, 2008
as Mental Illness Awareness Week; a citizen
stated his opinion on the staff recommend-
ation to deny a Comprehensive Plan
amendment on a rural residential downzone;
a citizen gave his opinion about the reasons
for the declining economy in Port Townsend
and Jefferson County; two people agreed that
they would like to see the Board sponsor
“county meetings” similar to the “town
meetings” that Port Townsend sponsored this
year; a citizen stated that he thinks the
County’s records retention policy regarding
e-mails needs to be updated; a person stated
that he doesn’t think the Board should take
comments regarding specific landuse
decisions because they have given DCD staff
the responsibility for those decisions; and two
people questioned whether it is legal for
political signs to be shown in automobiles
parked in the Courthouse parking lot.
CONSENT AGENDA: The Board approved
all of the items.
RESOLUTIONS: Naming a private road
Orcas View Trail
HEARING NOTICE: Water Resource
Inventory Area (WRIA) 20 Watershed
Management Plan; Hearing scheduled for
Monday, October 27, 2008 at 10:15 a.m. in
the Commissioners’ Chambers at the
Jefferson County Courthouse
AGREEMENTS: 1) County Inmate Program
Services with Washington State Association
of Counties Financial Services (WSAC FSC);
2) Undertake actuarial studies for County
Inmate Program with Washington State
Association of Counties Financial Services
(WSAC FSC); 3) Family and Juvenile Court
Improvement Plan with Washington State
Administrative Office of the Courts; 4)
Advocacy services in the Developmental
Disabilities Program with Leslie Bunton; 5)
Quilcene-Snow Watershed Implementation,
Phase 4 with Washington State Department
of Ecology; 6) Amendment to consultant
services agreement for the Jefferson County
Marine Resources Committee with LaRoche
and Associates; 7) Monitor and test the post-
closure landfill gas and ground water with
Aspect Consulting; and, 8) Transfer of
waterline extension ownership serving Lower
Oak Bay Park with Public Utility District (PUD)
#1
FINAL SHORT PLAT APPROVAL: Final short
plat approval, Botnen Short Plat #SUB08-
00001; To divide 12 acres into 2 residential
lots located at 10234 Rhody Drive,
Chimacum; Roger and Pamela Botnen,
Applicants
ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT:
Michael Mullin to a 2 year term (expiring on
10/6/2010) representing District #2
on the Jefferson County Solid Waste Advisory
Committee
PAYMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
VOUCHERS/WARRANTS: Dated September
22, 2008 Totaling $516,894.23 and Dated
September 29, 2008 Totaling $397,461.40
PAYMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
PAYROLL WARRANTS: Payment of
Jefferson County Payroll Warrants Dated
September 18, 2008 Totaling $95,387.72 and
A/P Warrants Done by Payroll Dated
September 18, 2008 Totaling $17,831.98
PROCLAMATION: Several Disability Board
members were present when the Board
approved a proclamation designating October
as Disability Awareness Month.
CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION: The
Board also signed several certificates of
appreciation for local businesses that employ
people with disabilities. These businesses
include: Uptown Nutrition, Evergreen Fitness,
Safeway, Bad Habit, Purple Haze Farms,
Swains, Henery’s Hardware, San Juan Villa,
Subway, and Seaport Landing. Other
businesses that were recognized for providing
training and trial work assessments to
individuals with disabilities included: True
Value Hardware, Red Dog Farm, Finn River
Farm, Plum Wild Farm, The Commons, The
Craft Cottage, QFC, the Jefferson County
Library, and PTTV/Open Media.
PUBLIC HEARING: The Interim County
Administrator presented the 2009 Budget.
Approximately 6 people gave public
testimony. The Auditor noted that the
proposed budget is posted on the County
webpage. Written testimony will be accepted
until Friday, October 10, 2008 at 5 p.m.