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AGENDA
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Regular Meeting Monday – September 25, 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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• 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: September 25, 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. RESOLUTION NO. ___ re: Final Approval of the Vacation of Ricky Beach Drive
2. RESOLUTION NO. ___ re: Adopting a Revised Effective Date for the Department of Public
Works, Solid Waste Division Fee Schedule
3. HEARING NOTICE re: Public Hearing request for ordinance to adopt the 2021 versions of the
International Building Codes and adopting new exceptions; amending the definition of
Agricultural Building in Title 15; Adopting a Commercial Fire Inspection Program; Amending
the Enabling Code of the Fire Marshal; and Amending Titles 2 and 15 of the Jefferson County
Code. Hearing to be held on Monday, October 9, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. in the Commissioners’
Chambers, Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA (HYBRID)
4. AWARD of CONTRACT re: Road Departure Reduction Project, Project No. 18020980,
Federal Aid Project No. HSIP-000S(627); Public Works; KT Contracting Company
5. SUBMITTAL re: Public Works 2024 Annual Construction Program
6. AGREEMENT re: Public Assistance Grant – FEMA-4682-DR-WA; In the Amount of $67,000;
Public Works; Washington State Military Department
7. AGREEMENT re: Ruck Salmon Creek Conservation Futures Project; In the Amount of
$135,000; Public Health; Jefferson Land Trust
8. AGREEMENT re: Rural Court Security Program; In the Amount of $31,183; Jefferson County
Superior Court; Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts
9. AGREEMENT re: (2) Noxious Weeds Contracts; 1) Public Works Road Division; In the
Amount of $27,000 annually (2024 through 2026); and 2) WSU Extension Seasonal Noxious
Weed Board employee through September 2024; In the Amount of $45,730; Washington State
Department of Ecology
10. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Mental Health Navigator; Moving $6,720 of Admin to
Direct Services in 2023 and 2024; Public Health; Port Townsend Police Department
11. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: CARES Program; Extension of Service through October
31, 2023; Public Health; East Jefferson Fire Rescue
12. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Anti-Racist Literacy Workshop; Additional amount of
$8,346 for a total of $32,125; Public Health; Usawa Consulting
Agenda: September 25, 2023
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13. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 4 re: Recovery Café; In the Amount of $180,000; Public
Health; Dove House
14. Payment of Jefferson County Payroll Warrants Dated September 20, 2023 Totaling
$90,031.03
REGULAR AGENDA:
No set time COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION
Greg Brotherton, Chair, Commissioner District 3
Heidi Eisenhour, Commissioner District 2
Kate Dean, Commissioner District 1
10:00 a.m. BRIEFING re: Draft 2024-2029 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program
(TIP), 2024 Annual Construction Program (ACP), and 2023 Bridge Condition
Report
Eric Kuzma, Public Works Assistant Director
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION with County Administrator, Chief Civil Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney and Human Resources Director re: 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)
DISCUSSION, POTENTIAL ACTION with PUBLIC COMMENT re:
TOPIC OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION
RECESS
1:30 p.m. WORKSHOP re: Healthier Together Aquatic Center
Erica Dunn, Opsis Architecture Senior Associate
Jim Kalvelage, Opsis Architecture Founding Partner
AFTERNOON SESSION
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ITEMS
• Board and Committee Vacancies
NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT (Adjourn by 3:00 p.m.)
Agenda: September 25, 2023
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COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULE
The Week of September 25, 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, September 25, 2023
9:00 a.m. BoCC Meeting - Hybrid (Board)
6:00 p.m. BoCC Special Meeting Community Conversations - Hybrid, Gardiner Community Center (Board)
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
9:00 a.m. Olympic Area Agency on Aging (O3A) SAO Audit Exit Conference – Virtual (Greg)
10:00 a.m. Olympic Peninsula Tourism Plan Outreach Meeting - Virtual (Heidi)
11:00 a.m. Jefferson County Community Foundation (JCCF) Board Meeting – Virtual (Heidi)
2:30 p.m. Climate Subcommittee Fall Meeting – Virtual (Kate)
3:30 p.m. Port Townsend Empowered Teens Coalition September Meeting – Virtual (Kate)
3:45 p.m. Intellectual Development Disabilities Advisory Board Meeting – Virtual (Greg)
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
8:30 a.m. Jefferson County Budget Committee Meeting – Hybrid, Courthouse (Board)
10:30 a.m. Jefferson County Strategic Plan Project Team Meeting – Virtual (Heidi)
2:30 p.m. Housing Fund Board Meeting - Hybrid, Courthouse (Kate/Greg)
2:30 p.m. Childcare Capacity/Family Support Meeting – Virtual (Kate)
4:00 p.m. Legislative Housing Caucus Meeting – Virtual (Kate)
Thursday, September 28, 2023
9:00 a.m. JefCom911 Board Meeting – Virtual (Greg)
10:30 a.m. Facilitation at Senate Democratic Caucus Legislative Assistants Retreat -Olympia (Heidi)
2:30 p.m. Mental Health Field Response Team Meeting – Virtual (Heidi)
3:00 p.m. Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) Meeting – Hybrid, Public Works (Heidi)
4:00 p.m. Boatyard BBQ – Port of Port Townsend – (Heidi)
Friday, September 29, 2023
10:00 a.m. Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network Meeting – Hybrid, Dungeness River Nature Center (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