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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM102504 District No. 1 Commissioner: Dan Tlttemess District No.2 Commissioner: Glen Huntlngford District No. 3 Commissioner: Patrick M. Rodgers County Administrator: John F. Fischbach Clerk of the Board: Lorna Delaney MINUTES Week of October 25,2004 Chairman Huntingford called the meeting to order in the presence of Commissioner Dan Titterness and Commissioner Patrick Rodgers. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Titterness moved to approve the minutes of October 4, and 11, 2004 as presented. Commissioner Rodgers seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. Bruce Laurie, Public Works Department, re: Water Street/Lower Hadlock Road: Bruce Laurie, Engineering Services Manager, explained that when the official County Road Log was adopted by the County Commissioners in 1976, a portion of Water Street in Lower Hadlock was listed as Lower Hadlock Road. All the platted maps show the name as Water Street. A road name change petition was recently submitted to the Public Works Department by residents on the street and it is currently going through the process to change the name to Water Street on the County Road Log. The hearing on the road name change will be on the Board's agenda some time in November. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING: County Administrator John Fischbach discussed the following items: · Marianne Walters, Superior Court Clerk, recently submitted a letter to the County Commissioners regarding her plans to retire on December 31, 2004. According to the State Constitution, if an elected official resigns or retires before their term in office is over, the political party that they are affiliated with must submit three names to the County Commissioners. From those three names, the Commissioners choose the person to fill the vacancy. The Clerk of the Board has sent a letter to Chair of the Jefferson County Democratic Central Committee informing them of the Court Clerk's retirement plans and the need to fill the vacancy after January 1, 2005. A copy ofthe portion ofthe State Constitution that outlines the process for filling the vacancy was also enclosed with the letter. · He will be attending the Exit Conference on the 2003 budget audit scheduled with the State Auditor's staff this week. Page 1 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of October 25,2004 ..,'''',. ~ ';;-~.~ ·'".r¡'¡IN"'f.Ç,~ . The property purchase for one of the properties in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor closed last week. This purchase was recommended by the Conservation Futures Committee and was approved by the County Commissioners after a public hearing on June 28, 2004. Conservation Futures funds were used for the purchase. Last week he met with John Begley, Manager of the Port Townsend Paper Company, and they discussed the mill's history. . PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made: an exterminator has said that the only way neighbors can eliminate their rat problem is for JD Rook to clean up his property by getting rid ofthe contaminated trailers and buses that create the "rat habitat"; the County has done nothing to address this issue since the original complaint was made in December, 2003, and some clean up was done in April, 2004; an easement for the Larry Scott Trail is planned through the Thomas Street properties and it would be impacted by the garbage and the rats; a request for an explanation about why a new administrator was hired at the Tri Area Community Center and why other management positions were vacated at the same time the administrator left; it is only a matter of time before the Courthouse clock tower is damaged by high winds, and a collapse would result in injuries to County employees and citizens doing business in the Courthouse or going to court and important records would be lost, have any structural studies been done on the Courthouse since 19977; the Halcyon House/Crossroads Program began several years ago as a house for alcohol rehabilitation located a block from the Quilcene School, there was a house manager and they were good neighbors for years, but the manager is gone and the residents have become loud and violent and the Sheriff has been called several times, there are rumors that current residents have been released from prison and are not from this area; why isn't there a County equipment check-out list?; why isn't there a form for employees to fill out for in-state travel?; a review of Commissioner Rodgers schedule and mileage for the week; comments about a newspaper article regarding the permitting process on Commissioner Titterness' commercial building and the Department of Community Development staff always provides the best service they can and they try to do the right thing; a citizen stated that he volunteered to help the Mayor of Port Townsend with the City's finances and to help the County with Labor & Industries cases, but it appears that neither entity wants help; there is a boundary line discrepancy between County property and private property involved in the Little Quilcene River Restoration project, and the private property owner wants this boundary line issue resolved before he will sign off on the project which needs to be done by Novemb,er 1 in order for the group sponsoring the proj ect to pursue grant funding. APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Titterness moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Commissioner Rodgers seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. 1. RESOLUTION NO. 56-04 re: Naming a Private Road Overbrook Lane; Elizabeth Goeke and Mitchell Luckett, Philip Aurdal, Richard Gaffney, and Mary Gregory 2. AGREEMENT re: To Provide Training Services for Jefferson County Employees; Peninsula College Page 2 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of October 25,2004 .~'"""', i '; ~ ~ ~ :f.r/fIl'Û~ The meeting was recessed at the close of business on Monday and reconvened on Tuesday for an Executive Session with the County Administrator, Central Services Director and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney from 10:30 a.m. to 11 :00 a.m. regarding potential litigation. All three Commissioners were present. JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIO 1) . erness,Menaber ~ Patrick M. Rodgers, Member Page 3