HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-15-14PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following is a summary of
comments made by citizens in attendance at the meeting and
reflect their personal opinions:
• A citizen urged the Commissioners not to approve Consent
Agenda Item No. 1 re: Establishing New Salaries for Certain
Elected Officials of Jefferson County;
• A citizen: 1) Thanked Commissioner Sullivan for attending a
recent Chimacum Grange meeting; 2) Stated global warming
is accelerating; and 3) Stated pandemics such as Ebola will
ravage the world; and
• Two citizens spoke in favor of raising the Elected Officials’
salaries to make positions enticing to people of all ages.
CONSENT AGENDA: The Board unanimously approved the items
on the consent agenda as presented:
RESOLUTON NO. 42-14 re: Establishing New Salaries for
Certain Elected Officials of Jefferson County
6 AGREEMENTS: 1) School nurse to provide school nursing
services; Chimacum School District; 2) School nurse to provide
school nursing services; Port Townsend School District;
3) School nurse to provide school nursing services; Brinnon
School District; 4) School nurse to provide school nursing
services; Quilcene School District; 5) Professional Services for
Birth to Three (3) Years Program; Port Townsend School
District; and 6) AGREEMENT NO. IAA15021, Interagency re:
BECCA Programs and Services; Truancy, At Risk Youth and Child
in Need of Services; Washington State Administrative Office of
the Courts
Payment of Jefferson County Payroll Warrants Dated
September 5, 2014 Totaling $767,631.19 and A/P Warrants
Done by Payroll Dated September 5, 2014 Totaling $666,578.62
and Dated September 7, 2015 Totaling $19,552.63
COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION: The Commissioners
provided updates on the following items:
Chairman Austin
- Reported that new members will be serving on the Substance
Abuse Advisory Board (SAAB).
- Will be attending the Ecosystem Regional Network (ERN)
meeting this week.
- Attended a celebration of life for Pete Toyne last week.
Commissioner Johnson
- Attended a Marine Rail Oil Transport meeting last week.
Currently, around 19 trains per week haul oil down the
Columbia River Gorge and through the Puget Sound. This will
soon rise to 57-59 per week. If the ban on the export of crude
oil is lifted, that number could skyrocket to 90 trains per
week. Environmental concerns were discussed.
- Will be attending the Regional Support Network (RSN) and
Olympic Consortium Board meeting this week.
Commissioner Sullivan
- Attended the Farm Tour, the Port Townsend Paper
Corporation Tour and the Volunteer Fair last week.
- Attended the Navy’s Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) last week.
MINUTES: The Board approved the regular meeting minutes of
July 21 and 28, 2014 and August 4, 2014.
HEARING re: Six Year Transportation Improvement Program:
After the hearing, the Board unanimously approved
RESOLUTION NO. 43-14 adopting the 2015-2020 Six-Year
Transportation Improvement Program.
MOTION: The Board appointed Commissioner Sullivan to
represent them and relay support of Commissioner Frank Wolfe
of Pacific County to serve on the Board of the Department of
Natural Resources (DNR).
DISCUSSION: The Board discussed the South Point No Shooting
Area.
Board’s Official Business
Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting September 16, 2014
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