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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting April 20, 2010
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens in attendance at the
meeting: a citizen asked if the agreement for appraisal
services for the Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area
Sewer Project (consent agenda item #4) had gone
through the proper bidding process? and stated that it
should not be approved until it has; a citizen discussed
the benefits of rural and farm land; another citizen feels
that the County is too dependent on grant funding and
that something must be done to break the cycle of
dependency; a citizen stated that he video records the
Commissioner meetings, but he does not edit the
videos; a citizen feels that the Commissioners need to
apply rules fairly to all videographers; the citizen who
video tapes the Commissioner meetings to be shown
on PTTV said that he does so as part of a verbal
contract to see if it is viable for the County to continue;
a man feels that the reason the public video records the
Commissioner meetings and posts them on the internet
is because the County does not provide this service; a
citizen said he is disgusted with the personal attacks
that occur at these meetings and he thinks the
Commissioners should discontinue holding the public
comment period.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items were approved
as submitted:
7 AGREEMENTS: 1) Supply of Liquid Asphalt Products
for Bituminous Surface Treatment (BST) Program with
Paramount Petroleum Corporation; 2) Emergency
Repair and Permanent Restoration for Quinault South
Shore Road with the Washington State Department of
Transportation; 3) Rural Arterial Program (RAP) Phase
2 for Paradise Bay Road with the County Road
Administration Board (CRAB); 4) Appraisal Services for
Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Sewer Project with
Allen Brackett Shedd; 5) Accounting and Payroll
Services with the Jefferson County Library; 6) Change
Order No. 7 and 8 for JEFFCOM 911 Radio System
Improvements with Buchanan General Contracting
Company; and 7) Family and Juvenile Court
Improvement Plan with Susan Steiner
NOMINATION FORM: For County Engineer of the Year
Award; Monte Reinders, Jefferson County Public Works
Engineer (The Board also approved a letter of support
to sent with this nomination)
Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/Warrants
dated April 12, 2010 totaling $1,340,075.70
COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION: The
Commissioners reviewed their meeting calendar for the
upcoming week. County Administrator Philip Morley
reported as follows:
- The appraisal services for the Port Hadlock Urban
Growth Area Sewer Project did go through a competitive
request for qualifications process working off of a list
from the State Department of Transportation.
- A reception for Governor Gregoire will be held during
her visit to Jefferson County on Thursday, April 22, 2010
at 2:00 p.m. at the Northwest Maritime Center.
- The State Department of Ecology will be holding a
public hearing on the locally adopted Jefferson County
Shoreline Master Program on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at
7:00 p.m. at the Fort Worden Commons. There will be
an open house at 5:00 p.m. prior to the hearing.
- Within the next two weeks the Department of
Community Development will be submitting the grant
application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) for funding to develop a Watershed Resource
Center. The intent of the grant is not to regulate, but to
provide guidance through complex regulations as a
voluntary option for applicants.
- The next Community Input Workshop is scheduled for
7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 26, 2010 at the Marrowstone
Island Garden Club.
DISCUSSION OF AGREEMENT FOR ANNUAL
REVALUATION SOFTWARE: Treasurer Judi Morris
and Assessor Jack Westerman explained that this
agreement is being proposed to replace the Treasurer’s
and Assessor’s computer systems currently supported
by CompuTech which is phasing out of government
business and discontinuing its support within the next
two years. Through a joint purchasing agreement with
Clark County it is being proposed that Jefferson County
enter into an agreement with True Automation, Inc. for
the replacement of the computer systems that will
include software installation and training. Annual
maintenance is provided for an additional fee. The
Board agreed to review the information further and
consider approval next week.