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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
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SUBJECT: Creation of Clean Water District Financing Task Force (CWDFTF) // Ci
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Creation of Clean Water District Financing Task Force (CWDFTF)
ANALYSIS:
• ounty Administrator, John F. Fischbach requested this issue be placed on the consent agenda for approval.
FISCAL IMPACT:
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve Creation of Clean Water District Financing Task Force (CWDFTF)
REVIEWED BY:
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John Fi bach, County Administrator Date
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Clean Water District Financing Task Force (CWDFTF)
• TASK FORCE CREATED - PURPOSE
The Clean Water District Financing Task Force (CWDFTF) is hereby created to examine
financing a Clean Water District(CWD). The CWD was created by Ordinance No. 08-1017-07,
adopted on October 17"', 2007 for Eastern Jefferson County.
One of the methods of financing a CWD examined by the Board of County Commissioners is a
fixed fee charged per parcel. This is not the only funding mechanism examined, but, the
alternatives authorized by statute are limited. This method of financing, however, was not
approved by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) at the time the CWD was created
since they considered it to be inherently unfair due to its regressive nature.
Historically, the BOCC has been consistent on this issue and has not used per parcel type fees to
fund the Noxious Weed Control Board or the Conservation District. Rather, the BOCC approved
the CWD without a permanent financing mechanism. Many suggestions were made by members
of the public during several public meetings to improve upon this method of financing. The
BOCC is determined to sort through these suggestions and is interested in analyzing the per
parcel method of financing a CWD to determine whether there are ways to make it more fair and
more appropriate for use in Jefferson County.
The purpose of this task force is to do this analysis and report findings and recommendations to
• the BOCC for budgetary reasons. Time is of the essence in making this determination. It needs
to be made by April 1, 2008, in order to allow sufficient time to be implemented by the end of
September, 2008. Completion earlier will provide useful information for legislators during the
2008 legislative session.
TASK FORCE CREATED - MEMBERSHIP
The task force will initially consist of the following five(5) members:
1. Jack Westerman, Assessor
2. Judi Morris, Treasurer
3. A City Council Member appointed by the Mayor of Port Townsend
4. John Austin, Member, Board of County Commissioners
5. John Bolton, Citizen
The task force will be staffed by Neil Harrington from the Water Quality Division. Should the
task force determine they require additional assistance they shall submit a request to the County
Administrator for consideration and processing.
TASK FORCE REPORTING- TIMING
1101 The task force shall submit a written report to the BOCC by April 1, 2008.