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AGENDA
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Regular Meeting Monday – August 28, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.
This is a Hybrid meeting: Virtual and In-Person Attendance at
Jefferson County Courthouse – Commissioners’ Chambers
1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA
Kate Dean, District 1 | Heidi Eisenhour, District 2 | Greg Brotherton, District 3 – Chair
To view Agenda items, meeting materials and comments received, click here: www.co.jefferson.wa.us – Services
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Items – Month of the meeting – Day of the meeting
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• Email: You may submit comments/correspondence to us at: jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us up through
11:59 p.m. the day before the meeting.
Public Comment Periods are dedicated to listening to the public. Each person may address the Board one time
during these periods. To ensure equal opportunity for the public to comment, all comments shall be limited to 2 or
3 minutes per person, depending on the volume of public in attendance. Some Agenda items may have additional
Public Comment Periods – these comment periods are for listening to comments specific to that Agenda item. The
Chair may add additional Public Comment Periods throughout the meeting.
9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
9:01 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD – ALL TOPICS
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Agenda: August 28, 2023
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No set time APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA:
(Items listed below have been distributed to the Commissioners in advance for study and will be enacted by one motion. If
separate discussion is desired on an item, that item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular
Agenda, at a specific time, at the request of any of the Commissioners.)
1. AUTHORIZATION for Request for Proposals re: Public Infrastructure Fund
Recommendation for Public Infrastructure Funds; In an Amount Not to Exceed $800,189
2. AUTHORIZATION for Request for Proposals re: Housing Fund Board Recommendation for
Affordable Housing and Homeless Housing Funds; $220,000 for Homeless Housing; and
$965,000 for Affordable Housing
3. AGREEMENT re: Community Planning Services; In the Amount of $100,000; Department of
Community Development; Atwell LLC
4. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Vehicle/Vessel Licensing; No Dollar Amount, Change
of Auditor’s Name Only; Auditor’s Office; Washington State Department of Licensing
5. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Public Infrastructure Funding for the Sims Way and
Boatyard Expansion; Time Extension Only; County Administrator; Port of Port Townsend,
Jefferson County PUD No. 1, and the City of Port Townsend
6. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Quilcene Complete Streets; Time Extension Only;
County Administrator; Jefferson County Public Works
7. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 2 re: Rural Arterial Program (RAP) Project; Center Road
2R Overlay MP 10.34 to MP 14.58 Project No. 18020960, County Road Administration Board
(CRAB) Project No. 1622-01; Public Works; CRAB
8. EXERCISE of OPTION, Extension No. 2 re: Contract for Hearing Examiner Services; In the
Amount of $25,000, Extended Through December 31, 2024; County Administrator; Gary N.
McLean, Jefferson County Hearing Examiner
9. APPROVAL of MINUTES: Regular Meeting Minutes of July 24, 2023, and August 7, 2023,
and Special Meeting Minutes of July 21, 2023 (Coordination), July 28, 2023 (Solid Waste
Facility Task Force), and August 11, 2023 (Drainage District).
10. ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT re: Jefferson County Board of Health; Unexpired
Three-Year Term; Expiring on August 31, 2025; Consumer of Public Health Representative,
Grey Schad
11. ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATION re: Jefferson County Planning Commission; District
No. 2 Representative, Lorna Smith
12. ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATION re: Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee
(MRC); District No. 1 Representative, Solenne Walker
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13. Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/Warrants Dated August 21, 2023 Totaling
$1,419,012.95
REGULAR AGENDA:
No set time PROCLAMATION re: September 2023 Olympic Peninsula Eat Local First
Month
No set time PROCLAMATION re: Overdose Awareness Day
Heidi Eisenhour, Commissioner District No. 2
Apple Martine, Public Health Director
Anya Callahan, Community Health Educator
9:45 a.m. PRESENTATION re: Local Wildfire Awareness as Dry Conditions Persisting
and Community Wildfire Protection Plan Community Survey
Heidi Eisenhour, Commissioner District 2
Bret Black, EJFR Fire Chief
No set time COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION
Greg Brotherton, Chair, Commissioner District 3
Heidi Eisenhour, Commissioner District 2
Kate Dean, Commissioner District 1
11:00 a.m. BRIEFING re: Humane Society Budget and Operations
Tammy Hanks, Jefferson County Humane Society Executive Director
RECESS
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION with the County Administrator and Chief Civil Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney re: Potential Litigation; Exemption as Outlined in the Open
Public Meetings Act, RCW 42.30.110(1)(i)
DISCUSSION, POTENTIAL ACTION with PUBLIC COMMENT re:
TOPIC OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION
2:00 p.m. DISCUSSION re: Solid Waste Fee Schedule Implementation
Monte Reinders, Public Works Director
Al Cairns, Solid Waste Manager
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No set time WORKSHOP and POTENTIAL ACTION re: Trust Land Transfer Project
Applications
Heidi Eisenhour, Commissioner District 2
Mark McCauley, County Administrator
Malloree Weinheimer, Owner Chickadee Forestry
2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION to Review the Performance of a Public Employee. No
discussion of Salaries, Wages, and Other Conditions of Employment to be
Generally Applied within the County; and, No Final Action on the Hiring, Setting
the Salary of an Individual Employee or Class of Employees, or Discharging or
Disciplining an Employee; Exemption as Outlined in the Open Public Meetings
Act, RCW 42.30.110(1)(g)
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ITEMS
• Boards and Committees Vacancies
NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT
COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULE
The Week of August 28, 2023
A snapshot of the meetings the Commissioners will be attending this week are notated below. If you
would like to get more information on these meetings, please contact the Commissioners’ Office at
360-385-9100 or send us an email at: jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us
Monday, August 28, 2023
09:00 a.m. BOCC Meeting - Hybrid (Board)
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
8:30 a.m. LEOFF I Retirement/Disability Board Special Meeting – Hybrid (Greg)
10:00 a.m. Puget Sound Partnership Leadership Council Local Forum – Virtual (Kate)
11:30 a.m. Forestry Meeting with Senator Van De Wege – Virtual (Heidi)
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
8:30 a.m. Jefferson County Budget Committee Meeting – Hybrid (Board)
10:00 a.m. Anti-Racist Class – Virtual (Greg)
11:00 a.m. Strategic Plan Implementation Planning Meeting - Virtual (Heidi)
1:00 p.m. Discussion on Outreach Strategies for Chimacum Drainage District – Virtual (Heidi)
1:00 p.m. Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP) Annual Meeting – OlyCAP Office (Greg)
1:00 p.m. Olympic Peninsula Tourism Master Plan Leadership Team/MMGY NextFactor – Virtual (Heidi)
2:15 p.m. Jefferson County Childcare Team Check In – Virtual (Kate)
2:30 p.m. Port Townsend Paper Company/Mill Tour – (Heidi)
3:30 p.m. 2024 Legislative Priorities Leadership Council Executive Meeting – Virtual (Kate)
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Thursday, August 31, 2023
OPEN
Friday, September 1, 2023
12:30 p.m. Speak on KPTZ – (Heidi)
2:00 p.m. Recompete Task Force Meeting – Virtual (Greg)
The County has various Boards and Committees that are subject to the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA).
Agendas for those meetings will be posted to the Jefferson County website calendar 24 hours prior to the start of
the meeting. The Agendas will contain information on how to provide public comment, meeting access, and
meeting materials (if available).
For more information, go to: www.co.jefferson.wa.us – Services – Laserfiche Web Portal – Board of
Commissioners – Boards & Committees or click on the Calendar tab on the home page of the website.
COMMISSIONERS MAY ADD AND TAKE ACTION ON OTHER ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accommodations Provided Upon Request