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Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Regular Meeting Monday – October 23, 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 – Laserfiche Web Portal – Board of County Commissioners – BOCC Agenda Packets
– 2023 Weekly Agenda Items – Month of the meeting – Day of the meeting (Username and Password is: public)
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Individuals may provide Public Comment using the following methods:
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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
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.)
RESOLUTION NO. ___ re: Cancellation of Unclaimed Warrants Exceeding One Year
RESOLUTION NO. ___ re: Adopting a Fee Schedule to Support the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resiliency (C-PACER) Program within Jefferson County Chapter 15.20 of the
Jefferson County Code, Administered by the Department of Community Development and
HEARING NOTICE re: Setting Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2024; Hearing Schedules for Monday, November 13, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Chambers (Hybrid)
AGREEMENT re: North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee Support; In the Amount of 40,000; Public Health; Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
AGREEMENT re: Road Departure Reduction Project; In the to be determined; Public Works; KT Contracting Company
AGREEMENT re: Oak Bay Electric Project; In the Amount of $78,687.10; Public Works; Henden Electric
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $10,000; County Administrator; Emerald Towns Alliance
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $50,000; County Administrator; Forks Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $17,400; County Administrator; Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $15,000; County Administrator; Jefferson County Farmers Market
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $50,000; County Administrator; Jefferson County Historical Society
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $55,000; County Administrator; North Hood Canal Chamber of Commerce
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $12,000; County Administrator; Peninsula Trails Coalition
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $55,000; County Administrator; The Production Alliance
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $10,000; County Administrator; Quilcene Fair and Parade
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $51,000; County Administrator; Quilcene Historical Museum
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $275,000; County Administrator; Tourism Coordinating Council
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $110,000; County Administrator; Tourism Coordinating Council – Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center
AGREEMENT re: 2024 Hotel Motel (Lodging Tax) Grant Funding; In the Amount of $10,000; County Administrator; Wooden Boat Foundation
AGREEMENT re: Change Order No. 1; Snow Creek Road MP 0.84 Culvert Replacement, County Project No. 18020310, County Road No. 352909, FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant No. D21-031; Public Works;
Bruch and Bruch Construction
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATIONS (4) and APPOINTMENTS (6) re: Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee update: RESIGNATIONS: Marine Science Alternate, Nam Siu; Marine Science Alternate,
Brent Vadopalas; District No. 1 Representative, Solenne Walker; and Joannie Hendricks, District No. 3 Alternate. APPOINTMENTS: District No. 1 Representative, Brad Bebout; District No.
1 Alternate Representative, Timothey Behrenfeld; District No. 3 Representative, Joanie Hendricks; District No. 3 Alternate Representative, Tim Cross; Marine Science Representative,
Emily Buckner; and Marine Science Alternate, Christopher Kelley
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATION re: Conservation Futures Citizen Oversight Committee (CFCOC); Open Interest – Equity, Food and Land Advocate Representative, Cameron Jones
ADVISORY BOARD REAPPOINTMENT re: Conservation Futures Citizen Oversight Committee (CFCOC); Coastal Areas Representative, Richard Jahnke
APPROVAL of MINUTES: Regular Meeting Minutes of October 16, 2023, and Special Meeting Minutes of October 16, 2023 (WSAC)
Payment of Jefferson County Payroll Warrants Dated October 19, 2023 Totaling $1,038.93, and Dated October 20, 2023 Totaling $91,510.14
Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/Warrants Dated October 16, 2023 Totaling $2,521,716.51, and Dated October 18, 2023 Totaling $3,732.71 (Jury)
REGULAR AGENDA:
No set time PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming the Week of October 22-28, 2023 as Pro Bono Week
Rafael Urquia, Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers
No set time COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION
Greg Brotherton, Chair, Commissioner District 3
Heidi Eisenhour, Commissioner District 2
Kate Dean, Commissioner District 1
9:45 a.m. HEARING re: Emergency Supplemental Budget Appropriation/Extension; Central Services
Judy Shepherd, Finance Manager
RECESS
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:30 p.m. CONTINUED DELIBERATIONS re: HEARING re: Adopting 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
Phil Cecere, Fire Marshal/Building Inspector
No set time DISCUSSION and POTENTIAL ACTION re: Planning Commission Appointments and PUBLIC COMMENT
Josh Peters, Department of Community Development (DCD) Director
Joel Peterson, DCD Associate Planner
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). Staff: Human Resources Director
DISCUSSION, POTENTIAL ACTION with PUBLIC COMMENT re:
TOPIC OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ITEMS
Board and Committee Vacancies
NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT
COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULE
The Week of October 23, 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, October 23, 2023
9:00 a.m. BOCC Meeting - Hybrid (Board)
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
8:30 a.m. Jefferson County Finance Committee Meeting – Hybrid, Courthouse (Greg)
8:30 a.m. MRSC Board Nominating Committee Meeting – Virtual (Kate)
9:00 a.m. Jump Playground - RCO Funding Board Meeting – Virtual (Heidi)
11:00 a.m. Jefferson County Community Foundation (JCCF) Board Meeting – Virtual (Heidi)
11:00 a.m. EDC Finance Committee Meeting – Virtual (Kate)
3:30 p.m. Port Townsend Empowered Teens Coalition October Meeting – Virtual (Kate)
6:00 p.m. Olympic Angels Board Meeting – Sequim (Greg)
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
All Day WSAC County Planning Conference – Olympia (Heidi)
8:30 a.m. Jefferson County Budget Meeting – Hybrid, Courthouse (Board)
2:30 p.m. Housing Fund Board Meeting – Hybrid, Courthouse (Kate/Greg)
2:30 p.m. Childcare Capacity/Family Support Weekly Check-in – Virtual (Kate)
Thursday, October 26, 2023
All Day WSAC County Planning Conference – Olympia (Heidi)
9:00 a.m. JeffCOM911 Board Meeting -Virtual (Greg)
11:00 a.m. Jefferson County Childcare Convening Meeting – Virtual (Kate)
2:00 p.m. North Olympic Development Council (NODC) Meeting – Virtual (Kate)
3:30 p.m. WSAC Federal Issues Meeting – Virtual (Heidi)
Friday, October 27, 2023
All Day WSAC County Planning Conference – Olympia (Heidi)
1:00 p.m. NAS Whidbey Community Leadership Forum - Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (Kate)
2:30 p.m. KPTZ Radio Show Speaker re: Farming – On-Air (Heidi)
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