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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM060302District No. 1 Commissioner: Dan Titterness District No. 2 Commissioner: Glen Huntingford District No. 3 Commissioner: Richard Wojt County Administrator: David Goldsmith Deputy County Administrator: Gary Rowe Clerk of the Board: Lorna Delaney MINUTES Week of June 3, 2002 The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Richard Wojt. Commissioner Glen Huntingford and Commissioner Dan Titterness were both present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Titterness moved to approve the minutes of May 6, and 13, 2002 as presented. Commissioner Huntingford seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING SESSION: County Administrator David Goldsmith reported on the following: · The Board will begin reviewing mandated and discretionary programs for the 2003 budget this week. As discretionary programs are reviewed, the need to find organizations within the community to take them over will also have to be considered. · Deputy County Administrator Gary Rowe is taking the lead in setting up a group to look at telecommunications issues. Fiber optics have been installed to WSU Cooperative Extension in Port Hadlock and they run into Port Townsend, but it is unclear who did it and no one has come forward. There should be a franchise for this use of the right-of-way. · Discussions have been started with the Teamsters Union for the next contract. The County benchmarks against specific counties for all salary and wage discussions. Next week grievances from the Sheriffs Office will go to the Arbitration Board. · Commissioner Huntingford asked about the policy on inmate medications at the jail. David Goldsmith advised that County staff cannot dispense medications. The medication has to be pre-packaged or the inmate can be given their prescription and administer their own medication. It is easiest and safest to have the inmates' medications put in single dose packets by a pharmacist. These packets costs about $7 each for a pharmacist to put together. Page 1 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of June 3, 2002 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made: The County needs to require that all property owners have written consent from all owners of an affected property before any permit for an improvement to a property is accepted; a property owner from Shine reviewed issues regarding Fred Hill's Port Townsend pit and Shine pit; the Building Department is very thorough in checking property ownership when a building permit application is submitted; and a representative of the Jefferson County Technology Alliance asked the County to allow this group to help get a technology infrastructure in place. APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Titterness moved to delete Item #1 and to adopt and approve the balance of the Consent Agenda as submitted. Commissioner Huntingford seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. DELETED Resolution re: Authorizing the Formation of a Jefferson County Water Conservancy Board (See item later in minutes.) AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Subacute Detoxification Services; Jefferson County Health and Human Services; Jefferson General Hospital MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, Revised Appendix "A" re: Education Programs, Extension Agent/Chair, 4-H Program Assistant, Technical Support, and Water Quality Agent; Jefferson County Cooperative Extension; Washington State University (WSU) Standard Road Vacation Petition; Portion of Holman Boulevard in the Plat of lrondale No. 7; Michael Regan, Petitioner: Wendy Ward, Public Works, advised that this request is to vacate a portion of Holman Boulevard. The Hearing Examiner recommends approval of the vacation with conditions that compensation be paid and there are easements for utilities. Wendy Ward suggested an additional condition for a formal access easement to be recorded as agreed to between the petitioner and Mr. Lockhart. Commissioner Huntingford advised that this is an area that has been a problem for the County for many years and he doesn't see how vacating the right-of-way will solve the problems. He feels the neighbors deserve something out of this. The junk should be cleaned up and the petitioner should have a septic permit in hand with assurance to be provided that the septic system will be installed. He asked that the County Administrator review this with the Prosecuting Attorney. Commissioner Titterness agreed and directed that this matter be referred back to staff to address these issues and the other conditions and that it be brought back for the Board's consideration at a later date. Page 2 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of June 3, 2002 Discussion re: Animal Services; Service Delivery and Hours of Operation: MaryAnne Preece, Health and Human Services, advised that Animal Services is proposing a change to their call out policy. Under the current policy they respond to after hours calls for injured or endangered domestic animals, bites or threats from animals to people, and to provide assistance to the Port Townsend Police, the Sheriff's Office or the State Patrol for animal matters. Bob Grewell, Animal Services, explained that they are called out 3 to 4 times per month usually to assist various law enforcement agencies. MaryAnne Preece noted that they are requesting that the policy be changed to be more in line with RCW 16.08.070 which means they would only respond to incidents involving dog bites that result in severe injury. Other calls would be referred to the Sheriffs Deputies who could pick up an animal and take it to the shelter. If the policy is changed they could reinstate some of the Clerk Hire budget line and reduce the more expensive cost of call outs on Sundays. Staff will draft the policy language changes for the Board to review. Authorizing the Formation of a Jefferson County Water Conservancy Board: (See also Item #1 on the Consent Agenda) Natural Resources Manager David Christensen advised that when the petition from the PUD was received, he did some research and found that the most successful Conservancy Boards in existence had funding from the beginning. The ones working poorly were not provided a lot of start up funding. The start up costs and administrative support are an issue. Once the Board is established and operating, fees from the applications will probably cover the costs for its operations. Chairman Wojt asked about the liability questions raised by the Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, and if it would be a conflict of interest for the PUD to provide funding for this Board and then make applications that they would have to act on? David Christensen explained that once the Board is established the decisions are made by the Water Conservancy Board. The PUD is the most likely applicant for water rights transfers. There are costs for training and travel for the Board members, as well as administrative costs. He suggested that $10,000 would be required to get the Conservancy Board up and running. Commissioner Huntingford stated that he wants more discussion about funding for the Water Conservancy Board. He agrees that this Board may be a good thing, but the County is currently cutting budgets. This may have to be reviewed at a future date. David Christensen added that the watershed planning process will provide more information on whether a Water Conservancy Board would be a good resource. The watershed planning process is 1 to 1 1/2 years from being completed. Currently, the County doesn't know the number of water rights that are eligible to be transferred. The State law was amended to allow DOE to fast track water rights transfers, but it isn't known if this will replace the Water Conservancy Board process. Commissioner Titterness directed staff to bring back more information about the budget necessary for operating this Board, possible funding sources, how the DOE's fast track for water rights transfers is working, and how the costs for startup of this Board could be split. Page 3 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of June 3, 2002 The Board met in Executive Session from 10:45-11:30 a.m. with the County Administrator, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Director of Community Development, and an Associate Planner regarding actual litigation. MEETING ADJOURNED SEAL: [. ,~ TM ' · ~ ! ATTEST: Loma Delaney, CMC Clerk of the Board JEFFERSON COUNTSq ¢ O OM I ON RS Dan--TVtterness, Member Page 4