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Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners
Regular Meeting — September 18, 2023, 9:00 a.m.
Jefferson County Courthouse— Commissioners' Chambers
1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA (Hybrid)
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Greg Brotherton, Commissioner Kate Dean and
Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour participated in the meeting. Chair Brotherton called the meeting to order
at the appointed time.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: Chair Brotherton called for public comments. Staff
from Central Services department showed support for their Director Chris Goy and provided two verbal
comments and a written letter of support. The Commissioners addressed the comments received.
APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner
Eisenhour moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Commissioner Dean seconded the
motion which carried by a unanimous vote.
1. HEARING NOTICE: RESOLUTION NO.37-23 re: 2023 Third Quarter Budget
Appropriations/Extensions; Various County Departments; Hearing scheduled for Monday,
October 2, 2023 at 10:15 a.m. in the Commissioners' Chambers at the Jefferson County
Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA(Hybrid)
2. HEARING NOTICE re: An Ordinance Adopting a New Chapter 15.20 of the Jefferson County
Code to Establish a Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resiliency ("C-PACER")
Program within Jefferson County Hearing scheduled for Monday, October 9, 2023 at 2:30 p.m.
in the Commissioners' Chambers at the Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port
Townsend, WA (Hybrid); Department of Community Development
3. AGREEMENT re: On Call Building and Fire Services Consultant; In the Amount of$30,000;
Department of Community Development; Townzen and Associates, LLC
4. AGREEMENT re: Noxious Weed Control in County Parks, State Parks, within City Limits and
on Public Works Projects; In the Amount of$45,730; Jefferson County Extension, Washington
State University; Washington State Department of Ecology, Washington Conservation Corps
5. AGREEMENT re: Jefferson County School Districts Mental Health Wellness Programs; In the
Amount of$24,708; Public Health; The Benji Project
6. AGREEMENT re: Jefferson County School Districts Mental Health—Therapy Services; In the
Amount of$191,260; Public Health; Olympic Educational School District(ESD) #114
7. AGREEMENT,Amendment No. 15 re: 2022-2024 Consolidated Contracts; Additional
Amount of$1,143,615,651 for a Total of$7,310,117; Public Health; Washington State
Department of Health(DOH)
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8. MOTION TO RESCIND AGREEMENT re: Interlocal for ESSENCE Data Sharing;
Washington State Department of Health and Jefferson, Clallam and Kitsap Public
Health/Districts
9. ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT re: Olympic Area Agency on Aging (03A); To fill an
Unexpired Term to End June 24, 2025; Jefferson County Representative, Ellen Svoboda
10. APPROVAL of MINUTES re: Regular Meeting Minutes of August 21 and 28, 2023,
September 5, 2023 and September 11, 2023 and Special Meeting Minutes of August 22, 2023
(Port Hadlock Sewer Project- Groundbreaking Celebration), September 1, 2023 (Hearing -
Chimacum Drainage District), and September 8, 2023 (Community Conversations, Brinnon
Community Center)
11. Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/Warrants Dated September 11, 2023 Totaling
$1,106,245.99
COMMISSIONERS' BRIEFING SESSION: The Commissioners and Acting County
Administrator/Public Works Director Monte Reinders discussed recent meetings they attended, and
miscellaneous topics.
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ITEMS: The Commissioners and Acting County
Administrator reviewed the following:
• BRIEFING re: Potential Government Shutdown
COMMISSIONERS' BRIEFING SESSION - Continued: The Commissioners
reviewed upcoming meetings.
The meeting was recessed at 10:21 a.m. and reconvened at 1:30 p.m. with all three
Commissioners present.
WORKSHOP re: Next Steps with Department of Natural Resources (DNR) re:
Jefferson County State Forests: DNR Assistant Deputy Supervisor for Uplands Duane Emmons
provided a presentation on State Forest lands and answered questions posed by the Board. After the
presentation and discussion, Chair Brotherton opened the floor to allow for public comment, and 14
comments were received.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: EXECUTIVE SESSION re: An Executive Session was
scheduled from 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Chair Brotherton announced that the Executive Session will be
held from 3:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 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). Staff present: Human Resources Director and Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. The
Board concluded the Executive Session and resumed the regular meeting at 3:50 p.m. There was no
proposed action, and therefore no public comment taken on this topic.
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NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT: Chair Brotherton adjourned the meeting at 3:50 p.m.
until the next regular meeting or special meeting as properly noticed.
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