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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Mark McCauley,Interim County Administrator
DATE: July 12,2021
SUBJECT: Request for Board of County Commissioners approval a public hearing notice
regarding amending Jefferson County Code (JCC) Sections 3.28.030(2)(b)
and 3.36.030
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Current Jefferson County Code requires that 50%of monies collected
under Chapter 3.28 JCC be transferred to the Tri-Area Sewer Fund to finance the planning,design and
construction of a sewage treatment facility.
ANALYSIS: Monies transferred have been used to service debt related to the facility. The Tri-Area
Sewer Fund will accumulate significantly more funds than are required to retire the debt in 2032. We
have calculated that an annual flat payment of$240,000 will provide just enough funding to retire the
debt. Reducing the transfer to the flat amount will make significantly more funding available for
distribution to other public agencies eligible to apply for Public Infrastructure Fund(PIF)funds.
This was presented to the PIF Board at their June 16,2021 meeting and the Board voted unanimously to
recommend amending the code to the Board of County Commissioners.
Amending the code requires a public hearing. Attached is a Public Hearing Request that needs Board of
County Commissioners approval.
FISCAL IMPACT: This request, in and of itself,has no fiscal impact.
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached public hearing
notice announcing its intent to amend Jefferson County Code sections 3.28.030(2)(b)and 3.36.030.
REVI ED BY:
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Mark McCatjy, Interim County Ad in strator Date
Publish in Legal Newspaper twice: July 14 and July 21,2021.
Bill: Jefferson County
Interim County Administrator
P.O. Box 1220
1820 Jefferson Street
Port Townsend,WA 98368
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
JEFFERSON COUNTY SEEKS TO AMEND JEFFERSON COUNTY CODE
SECTIONS 3.28.030(2)(B) and 3.36.030
A public hearing will be held on Monday, July 26, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. by the Jefferson County
Board of Commissioners at the Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port
Townsend, WA 98368 for the purpose of taking public testimony regarding amending Jefferson
County Code sections 3.28.030(2)(b) and 3.36.030. That notice of said hearing is to be published
in the official newspaper of Jefferson County, and that at said hearing any interested person may
appear in person or virtually and be heard. To participate virtually, you will need to join the
meeting by 11:00 a.m. To participate via Zoom, click on https://zoom.us/j/93777841705; To
participate via telephone dial 1-253-215-8782 and enter access code: 937-7784-1705#by
11:00 a.m. To view this meeting live with no participation, or to view documents, go to
www.cojefferson.wa.us. Follow the links under "Quick Links: Videos of Meetings-Streaming
Live. "and click on the meeting with the corresponding date of the hearings.
In addition, written testimony is also invited beginning on July 14th, 2021 and ending on July
26th, 2021 at the end of the Public Hearing, unless extended by the Board of County
Commissioners. Written public testimony may be submitted by Email to:
jeffbocc@a co.jefferson.wa.us; or by Mail to: Jefferson County Commissioners' Office; PO Box
1220, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Testimony must be received by the Board of County
Commissioners through the end of the hearing testimony period.
For additional information contact Mark McCauley, Jefferson County Interim County
Administrator, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368, 360-385-9130, or
email mmccauley(aico jefferson.wa.us.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OFCOMMISSIONERS
Kate Dean, Chair
Date
JEFFERSON COUNTY
STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN THE MATTER OF AMENDING } ORDINANCE NO.
JEFFERSON COUNTY CODE }
SECTIONS 3.28.030(2)(B) & 3.36.030 }
WHEREAS, Jefferson County Code Section 3.28.030(2)(b)requires that 50%of Public
Infrastructure Fund (PIF) revenues collected be transferred to the Tri-Area Sewer Fund to help
finance, design and construct the Tri-Area Sewage Treatment Facility; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County Code Section 3.36.030 references the 50%of PIF revenue
to be used for the Tri-Area Sewage Treatment Facility; and
WHEREAS,the funds thus far transferred have been used to service debt related to the
dedicated to the facility; and
WHEREAS, at the 50%rate the Tri-Area Sewer Fund will collect approximately
$800,000 more than needed to retire the debt; and
WHEREAS, county staff briefed the PIF Board on this issue and recommended the
Jefferson County Code be amended to establish a flat payment of an amount that would
accumulate funds in the exact amount needed to retire the debt, which would be $240,000 per
year beginning in 2021; and
WHEREAS, this proposed change would make significant funds available to other eligible
public entities; and
WHEREAS, the PIF Board voted unanimously on June 16, 2021 to recommend that the
Board of County Commissioners approve such amendment to county code; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Jefferson County Board of
Commissioners hereby directs the Jefferson County Code amendment to sections 3.28.030(2)(b)
and 3.36.030 as indicated in Exhibit A, attached.
APPROVED this day of , 2021.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD COMMISSIONERS
SEAL:
Kate Dean, Chair
ATTEST:
Greg Brotherton, Member
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Carolyn Gallaway,
Clerk of the Board Heidi Eisenhour, Member
EXHIBIT A
Section 3.28.030(2)(b) as it currently reads:
b) To finance the planning, design and construction of the tri-area sewer system using 50 percent
of monies collected under this chapter to the tri-area sewer fund, pursuant to JCC 3.36.030. In
addition, after consultation with the public infrastructure fund board, additional public
infrastructure funds may be awarded to the tri-area sewer system as an eligible public facility,
pursuant to subsection(2)(a) of this section;
is amended to read:
b) To finance the planning, design and construction of the tri-area sewer system using $240,000
annually of monies collected under this chapter to the tri-area sewer fund, pursuant to JCC
3.36.030.In addition,after consultation with the public infrastructure fund board,additional public
infrastructure funds may be awarded to the tri-area sewer system as an eligible public facility,
pursuant to subsection(2)(a)of this section;
Section 3.36.030 as it currently reads:
Of the funds provided to the county under RCW 82.14.370 50 percent shall be dedicated to the
tri-area sewer fund for the planning, design and construction of the tri-area sewer system. In
addition, after consultation with the public infrastructure fund board, additional funds provided
to the county under RCW 82.14.370 may be awarded for the tri-area sewer system as an eligible
public facility,pursuant to JCC 3.28.030(2)(a).
is amended to read:
Of the funds provided to the county under RCW 82.14.370 $240,000 shall be dedicated annually
to the tri-area sewer fund for the planning, design and construction of the tri-area sewer system.
In addition, after consultation with the public infrastructure fund board, additional funds
provided to the county under RCW 82.14.370 may be awarded for the tri-area sewer system as
an eligible public facility,pursuant to JCC 3.28.030(2)(a).