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Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Regular Meeting — October 11, 2021, 9:00 a.m.
Jefferson County Courthouse—Commissioners' Chambers
1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Kate Dean, Commissioner Greg Brotherton and
Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour participated in the meeting remotely. Chair Dean called the meeting to
order at the appointed time.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following is a summary of comments made
virtually by individuals in attendance at the meeting and reflect their personal opinions:
• Comment regarding Jefferson County Redistricting and an error regarding the precincts.
• Comment regarding the Jefferson County Redistricting map issues.
• Comment regarding the crisis created from firing unvaccinated employees which will create more
loss of services.
• Comment regarding a negative comment received the prior week, and information on the Emergency
Use Authorization(EUA) vaccines.
• Comment from Clerk Ruth Gordon who requested that Consent Agenda Item No. 1 (Establishing
New Salaries for Elected Officials)be removed so it can be reviewed further.
• Comment appreciating the Zoom format for public testimony, past comments made,pleased with the
Commissioners choice for the new County Administrator and the emergency housing moratorium.
• Comment requesting more information on how many people are in the hospital due to vaccination,
partial vaccination or unvaccinated, 5 years of age and up being the next to receive the vaccination,
and are there strings attached to Federal Covid funding?
• Comment regarding the emergency moratorium and things that are being affected by it.
The Commissioners addressed comments and concerns raised during the Public Comment Period.
PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming Monday,'October 11,2021 as Indigenous
People's Day: After all three Commissioners read aloud the proclamation, Chair Dean moved to
approve the proclamation. Commissioner Brotherton seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous
vote. The Board heard from local Tribal members Joseph Price, Rachel Sullivan-Owens and Loni
Greninger. Ms. Greninger sang a song created by Joseph Price.
WEEKLY UPDATE re: COVID-19: Public Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry provided
information on the COVID-19 virus in Jefferson County and Emergency Management Director Willie
Bence provided a situation report.
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APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner
Brotherton moved to remove Item No. 1 re: Establishing New Salaries for Certain Elected Officials, and
approve the remaining items on the Consent Agenda as presented. Commissioner Eisenhour seconded
the motion which carried by a unanimous vote.
1. RESOLUTION NO. re: In the Matter of Establishing New Salaries for Certain Elected Officials
of Jefferson County; Jefferson County Interim County Administrator; Jefferson County Human
Resources (REMOVED)
2. RESOLUTION NO. 62-21 re: In the Matter of a Resolution to Construct a Road and Utilities
on a Portion of Public Right of Way Known as Pittsburg Avenue; Jefferson County Public
Works
3. AGREEMENT, Change Order No. 1 re: Gardiner Community Center Re-Roof Project;
Additional Amount of$10,184 for a Project Total of 38,647; Jefferson County Central Services,
Facilities; ACI Construction
4. AGREEMENT re: Jail Lobby Flooring Replacement; In the Amount of$26,184; Jefferson
County Central Services, Facilities; Olympic Peninsula Construction, Inc.
5. AGREEMENT re: Castle Hill Fiber Optics Line Move; In the Amount of$17,224; Jefferson
County Central Services, Facilities;North Shore Electric
6. AGREEMENT re: Monitoring Solid Waste Facilities for Compliance and Enforcing; In the
Amount of$83,748.67; Jefferson County Environmental Public Health; Washington State
Department of Ecology (DOE)
7. AGREEMENT,Amendment No. 23 re: 2018-2021 Consolidated Contracts (CLH18247); An
Additional Amount of$175,711 for a Total Amount of$4,159,021; Jefferson County Public
Health; Washington State Department of Health
8. AGREEMENT re: 2021-2023 Grant for Marine Stewardship Projects; In the Amount of
$196,000; Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) and Jefferson County
Extension, Washington State University; Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE)
9. ADVISORY BOARD REAPPOINTMENTS (4)re: Solid Waste Advisory Committee
(SWAC); 1) District 2 Citizen Representative, Jenifer Taylor; 2) Skookum Contract Services
Representative, Alysa Thomas; 3) District 1 Citizen Representative, Lisa Crosby; and 4) Citizen
at Large Representative, Bart Kale
10. Payment of Jefferson County Payroll Warrants Dated October 5, 2021 Totaling $974,123.92
and A/P Warrants Done by Payroll Dated October 5, 2021 Totaling $863,943.36 (Records of all
claims submitted for payment along with A/P Warrants approved by the Payroll Services Manager are retained in
the Jefferson County Auditor's Office)
The meeting was recessed at 10:34 a.m. and reconvened at 10:41 a.m. with all three
Commissioners present.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) OPENING re: Public Works Solid Waste
Division, Supported Employment Program for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities (IDD) Group Employment: Public Works Director/County Engineer Monte Reinders and
Solid Waste Manager Al Cairns were present for the RFP opening. Manager Cairns stated their estimate
is $50,000. He opened and read aloud one bid received as follows:
BIDDER:
Cascade Community Connections: Total labor hours: 2,500
lst year: $57,839.25
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2nd year: $59,596.53
3rd year: $61,353.80
Staff will review the bid for accuracy and report back to the Board with a potential bid award at a later
date.
COMMISSIONERS' BRIEFING SESSION: The Commissioners discussed recent
meetings they attended.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: An Executive Session was scheduled from 11:00 a.m. to
11:15 a.m. Chair Dean announced that the Executive Session will be held from 11:04 a.m. to
11:19 a.m. regarding Attorney-Client Privilege, Potential Litigation under exemption RCW
42.30.110(1)(i) as outlined in the Open Public Meetings Act. Staff present: Interim County
Administrator/Central Services Director, Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Civil Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney III, and Department of Community Development Director. The Board resumed
the regular meeting at 11:21 a.m. Chair Dean announced that the Board will be extending the Executive
Session from 11:22 a.m. to 11:42 a.m. The Board resumed the regular meeting at 11:44 a.m. Chair Dean
announced that the Board will be extending the Executive Session from 11:46 a.m. to 12:16 p.m. The
Board concluded the Executive Session and resumed the regular meeting at 12:18 p.m.
Commissioner Brotherton moved to direct staff to both modify Exemption No. 8 to remove the word
"residential"regarding the Port Hadlock UGA and also to redo the scope of the moratorium to the 7`h
and Hendricks Development that we were concerned about and new septic systems. Chair Dean
seconded the motion and stated that by approving the motion,they are directing staff to bring back an
updated version during the afternoon session at 2:30 p.m. today so that the public can view and
comment. She called for a vote on the motion. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.
Chair Dean announced that this topic will be discussed later in the meeting at 2:30 p.m. and noted
changes in times to the afternoon agenda items.
The meeting was recessed at 12:20 p.m. and reconvened at 1:31 p.m. with Chair Dean
and Commissioner Eisenhour present. Commissioner Brotherton joined the meeting at 1:33 p.m.
PRESENTATION re: Climate Action Committee Annual Update: The Board
participated in a presentation by Climate Action Committee (CAC)members in attendance.
DISCUSSION re: Repealing and Replacing Ordinance No. 05-1004-21; Relating to
Land Use and Building Regulations and Declaring an Emergency: Department of Community
Development(DCD) Director Brent Butler, Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Philip Hunsucker
and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Barbara Ehrlichman were present to review an updated draft of a
proposed Emergency Moratorium related to land use and building regulations.
After discussion, Chair Dean opened the discussion up for public comments. The Commissioners
addressed three comments received. They continued their review of the proposed amended Ordinance.
After further discussion, Commissioner Brotherton moved to adopt an Emergency ORDINANCE NO.
06-1011-21 to repeal and replace Ordinance No. 05-1004-21 relating to land use and building
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regulations and declaring and emergency, establishing a moratorium on acceptance and processing
applications that require recognition of legal lots of record and plats in existence prior to September 7,
1971 for the purpose of further development as modified by staff and further modified by staff today
according to our direction. Commissioner Eisenhour seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous
vote.
COMMISSIONERS' BRIEFING SESSION - Continued: The Commissioners
reviewed upcoming meetings and discussed miscellaneous topics.
The meeting was recessed at 3:18 p.m. and reconvened at 3:30 p.m. with all three
Commissioners present.
BRIEFING re: 2021 Redistricting Plans and Draft Maps: Commissioner Heidi
Eisenhour, Elections Coordinator Quinn Grewell and GIS Coordinator/Administrator Kevin Hitchcock
presented the 2021 Redistricting Plan and reviewed maps and alternatives with the Board.
Chair Dean opened up the meeting to allow public comments. The Commissioners responded to five
comments from the public.
After discussion, the Commissioners agreed on moving three options forward: Options 1, 2 and 5.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING SESSION: Interim County
Administrator/Central Services Director Mark McCauley reviewed the following with the Board.
• Elected Officials Salaries (Consent Agenda Item No. 1); to be discussed further during the next
meeting
• Jefferson Community School (JCS); While the Commissioners agreed not to move forward with
the purchase of the JCS building,the appraisal is still underway
NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT: Chair Dean adjourned the meeting at 4:24 p.m. until
the next regular,ineeting or special meeting as properly noticed.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
SEAL:
Kate D, an, Chair
ATTEST: •
//^nff^TAn /{/^, eg . otherton, Member
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Carolyn Gallaway, CMC> ei i Eisenhour, Member
Clerk of the Board
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