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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting April 6, 2010
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments
were made by citizens in attendance at the meeting: A
man said that many people are opposed to the grant the
County has been given from the EPA because it will
expand the Department of Community Development
(DCD) and even though these grants sound good, they
are always more expensive and have continuing costs; he
added that he feels people will refuse to use the resource
center established in the grant; another man said that he
was representing the Citizens Alliance for Property Rights
who are opposed to the County accepting the EPA grant;
a citizen stated that he wonders if everyone is reading the
same grant because he understood this grant would
establish an education center to help people through land
use planning processes; another citizen asked if its been
decided who will be involved in establishing this resource
center and said that the Citizens Alliance for Property
Rights group has many people who have the credentials
and education to help with this type of resource center;
another citizen thanked the Board for taking advantage of
a grant that can help the County carry out some of the
unfunded mandates for work that needs to be done; a
citizen pointed out that unemployment is up again in
Jefferson County and he thinks that the County would be
wasting its time, money and effort for the work being
funded by the grant; a citizen then spoke about the
process of decision making by the Board and he feels that
the citizens need to be in a higher level conversation than
what is happening at these meeting and he suggested
that the Wisdom Council process be used here; and
another citizen referred to a political cartoon from this
morning’s Peninsula Daily News and reminded the Board
that the government exists because of the health of the
private sector; another citizen pointed out that the
economy is going to continue to deteriorate for the next
several years; a citizen questioned why the County
doesn't have an attorney present at their meetings?; and
a citizen congratulated DCD for the award of the EPA
grant.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items were approved as
submitted:
7 AGREEMENTS: 1) Designating the Official County
Newspaper of Public Record for Legal Notices; Port
Townsend - Jefferson County Leader: 2) Master
Agreement for Products and Services; Unisys
Corporation; 3) Regional Duty Officer; Kitsap County and
Clallam County; 4) Cooperative Bidding/Purchasing
Software Agreement; Clark County; 5) Supply of Liquid
Asphalt Products for Bituminous Surface Treatment
Program; Albina Asphalt; 6) 2010-2011 Pavement
Marking on Various East Jefferson County Roads, Project
No. 180-542-1844; Stripe Rite, Inc. And 7) Quinault South
Shore Road Emergency Repair, Project No. XO1848;
Northwest Rock, Inc.
Concurrence and Authorization to Proceed with Real
Property Negotiation and Acquisition for Larry Scott
Memorial Trail - Segment 4, County Project No. CR1069
Waiver of Tipping Fee: Annual All Volunteer Earth Day
Cleanup; Jefferson County Public Works
Advisory Board Resignation re: Jefferson County Public
Infrastructure Fund Board; Morris James, District #2
Representative
Advisory Board Reappointment; Jefferson County
Parks Advisory Board; Two (2) Year Term Expires March
24, 2012; Trevor Huntingford
Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/Warrants
dated March 22, 2010 totaling $270,246.17
Payment of Jefferson County Payroll Warrants dated
March 19, 2010 totaling $92,210.04 and A/P Warrants
done by Payroll dated March 19, 2010 totaling $33,617.77
COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION: Chairman
Sullivan asked the status of the date for the next Joint
Growth Management Steering Committee to which Philip
Morley reported that because a date was suggested, but
not all of the members confirmed they were available for
that date he is still working to schedule a meeting.
Commissioner Austin reported that he attended a meeting
on the Dosewallips State Park sewer system and that the
Marine Science Center is looking at putting together a
building to protect an Orca whale skeleton that is being
assembled.
Commissioner Johnson reported that the Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) under the Secure Rural
Schools legislation is back in operation and will be
reviewing projects for funding or funding match.
County Administrator Philip Morley then reported that with
regard to the EPA grant for DCD it is his understanding
that this is a voluntary resource for citizens who are
interested in assistance.
PROCLAMATIONS (2): The Board approved the
following proclamations: April as Disability Awareness
Month and April 5 through 11 as National Public Health
Week.
HEARING: The Board took testimony on changing the
name of Emil Road to Borgeson Road. No action was
taken at this time because there was concern that this
name might be confused with Torkelson Road.
Al Scalf was directed by the Board to draft a letter for their
signature to the EPA confirming the County’s support of
the Watershed Management Grant application.