HomeMy WebLinkAbout012472M BOARD Or JEF'F'ERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
District 1 Commissioner A. M. O'Meara, Chairman
District 2 Commissioner George Huntingford
District 3 Commissioner Walter A. Kelly
Clerk of the Board Betty J. Temple
Engineer Edwin A. Becker, P.E.
Secretary_ Jerdine ci Brown •
MINUTES
January 24, 1972
10:00a .m. Meeting called to order by Chairman A.M.O'Meara with all members present.
Board received letter from Mr. & Mrs . Glen E . Mason re: Open Range in West-end of county.
Commissioners stated it is their opinion that the majority of property owners in that area are
for keeping the range open. No change will be made in the present herd laws at this time .
Letter is to be answered by secretary'.
• Application for Soldiers' & Sailors' Relief from Allen West and Harold Slack. Motion by
Commissioner Kelly, second by Commissioner Huntingford to pay portions of each request.
Allen West is to receive $155 , and Harold Slack is to receive $225 . Unanimous by Board .
Decision on Puget Sound Exchange Corp. (Bridgehaven) application for Shoreline Management
Permit. Motion by Commissioner Huntingford, second by Commissioner Kelly to deny and
disapprove permit due to disapproval of sewage disposal system by the Health Dept. Appli-
cation can be approved when they have sewer treatment plan acceptable by Health Dept.
- Sheriff Hansen reported that he is extremely empressed with the county's new Council on
Alcoholism and feels they are doing a very good job. He has given them permission to use
the class room and projection equipment.
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Pre-application notification from Clallam County Planning Commission re: Town of Forks ,
Sewerage System. . . Form will be filled oil and retur ned stating this county has no interest 1
in the project.
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Notice from Dept. of Ecology re: Application for Shoreline Management Permit No.3 , for
Forest Engineering Division, Dept. of Natural Resources . The forty-five day review period .
terminated Jan. 23rd. and construction pursuant to the permit ray commence .
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Request by Jefferson County Planning Commission for six copies of county Platting Ordinance.
Request will be granted and copies charged to their budget. P ,.
Chet Woods , from Hill, Ingman & Chase appeared regarding proposal for Solid Waste Manage- j
ment Plan. Their firm has just completed plans for Kitsap and Thurston Counties and are now
in the process of doing plans for Clallam and Grant Counties , Fairbanks , Alaska and others .
Stated Jefferson County does not have sufficient funding to cover report that will be acceptable
by the state do to the large amount of leg work necessary for complete report. (Cost effective-
ness, estimates approximately $1 a head .) EPA funds available if county goes regional, also.
National Forest funds . Asked permission to inquire of grants available to county. Com-
missioner Kelly asked if Navy paid any monies for Kitsap County Plan. Mr. Woods said no,
they will contract with the county for the hauling of their sewage . He stated that county
• must include Indian Reservation, Federal and State Parks and Navy property in the plan.
Tourism problem still unsolved in Clallam County. Proposed.amount of $15 ,000 and asked
for delay of decision of two weeks to check into funding for county. Biggest problem is selling
plan to public and their firm will assist in this task. . . Two week delay on decision granted
by Board and Mr. Woods is to appear again on Feb. ,7th.
Pros . Attny. Daly, stated the Olympic Ferries ,Inc from Port Townsend to Whidbey Isl. has
been a great asset to this county and the Peninsula . He did not, however, advise the Board
whether they should send a letter to the state requesting them to take over to enable year
around operations. •
Minutes of Jan. 24th. meeting con't.
Board reviewed the following without comment.
Copy of letter to Mayor Joseph Steve , from George H. Randolph, Port Manager, re: Kai
Tai Lagoon. Request for meeting date to present improvement plan.
Jefferson County's 1972 Contribution to the Olympic Air Pollution Control Authority for the
amount of $542 . . .
Letter from Norm Benn, Alcoholism Section, Dept. of Social and Health Services , wishing
success in County's new Council on Alcoholism.
County trust land fee title land transmittal of funds in the amount of $168.82 , received
from interest on monies invested in accordance with Chapter 193 , Laws of 1969, Ex. Sess
from Dept. of Natural Resources .
County trust land transmittal of funds in the amount of $21 ,000 received from Haldane
Johnson, from Dept. of Natural Resources .
Copy of letters to Wash. State Health Dept. and Attorney General's Office from Kenneth
�. Muma, re: Water Systems at Sunshine Acres and Mains Farm, operated by Howard Dent Jr. , •
of Gardiner. Plat was never approved or recorded in this county.
Notice of gross revenues obtained from the sale of electric energy from Public Utility
Dist. No. 1 , Grays Harbor County. Revenue from Jefferson County - $39,718.52
Notice of County FAS Funds , as of Dec. 31 , 1971 , from State Highway Commission.
Minutes of I.S .D. 114 meeting of January 13, 1972 .
Brochure from Cooperative Extension Agent.
Notice of the 1972 Northwest Roads and Streets Conference in Corvallis, Oregon, Feb. 2nd..,
3rd. & 4th.
There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
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