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AGENDA
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Regular Meeting – Monday, October 21, 2024 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 - Chair | Heidi Eisenhour, District 2 | Greg Brotherton, District 3
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– 2024 Weekly Agenda 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: October 21, 2024
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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: Cancellation of Unclaimed Warrants Exceeding One Year
2. HEARING NOTICE re: Informing Citizens of Jefferson and Clallam Counties’ Spending of the
2022-2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Public Service Funding, and the
proposed use of the 2024-2025 funding
3. AGREEMENT re: Practicum Field Experience; No cost; Public Health; UW School of Public
Health
4. AGREEMENT re: Conservation Corps Crew Restoration Activities; In the Amount of $11,080;
Public Health; Washington State Department of Ecology
5. AGREEMENT re: Recovery Café; In the Amount of $171,327.04 ($81,281.26 in 2025 and
$90,045.78 in 2026); Public Health; Dove House
6. AGREEMENT re: Mental Health/Therapy Services for Children Aged 2-12 in East Jefferson
County; In the Amount of $226,282.98 ($107,353.55 in 2025 and $118,929.43 in 2026); Public
Health; Jumping Mouse Children’s Center
7. AGREEMENT re: JeffCOM 911/Washington State Patrol Equipment; In the Amount of
$46,411; Washington State Military Department and State Enhanced 911 Fund
8. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Regular Meeting Minutes of October 14, 2024
9. APPROVAL OF PAYROLL WARRANTS: Dated October 4, 2024 and Totaling $176,853.50
10. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WARRANTS: Dated October 14, 2024 and
Totaling $2,492,947.41
REGULAR AGENDA:
No set time PROCLAMATION re: Pro Bono Law Week 2024
Rafael Urquia, Jefferson Pro Bono Lawyers
No set time DISCUSSION and POTENTIAL ACTION re: LETTER to Washington State
Supreme Court re: New Caseload Standards for Indigent Defense
Kate Dean, Commissioner, District No. 1
Agenda: October 21, 2024
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10:00 a.m. HEARING re: 2024 Third Quarter Budget Appropriations/Extensions; Various
County Departments
Mark McCauley, County Administrator
Judy Shepherd, Finance Manager
No set time COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION
No set time RECESS
1:30 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION
1:30 p.m. to 1:40 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
1:40 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION with the Human Resources Director; To discuss that
portion of a meeting during which the governing body is reviewing 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)
2:00 p.m. BRIEFING re: Determining State and Federal Legislative Priorities
Kate Dean, Commissioner, District No. 1
Stephanie Wright, Strategies 360
No set time ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ITEMS
No set time ADJOURNMENT (Adjourn by 4:30 p.m.)
COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULE
The Week of October 21, 2024
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 21, 2024
9:00 a.m. BOCC Meeting – Board
12:00 p.m. Washington State Association of Counties Virtual Assembly - Heidi
4:30 p.m. North Hood Canal Chamber of Commerce Meeting – Greg
Agenda: October 21, 2024
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
1:00 p.m. Community Wildfire Protection Plan – Heidi
1:00 p.m. Jefferson Transit Authority Climate Action Plan Monthly Meeting – Kate
3:00 p.m. Climate Action Committee Meeting - Kate
4:00 p.m. Cooking at the Shelter – Kate, Heidi
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
9:00 a.m. Washington Counties Risk Pool Fall Symposium - Heidi
2:30 p.m. Housing Fund Board Meeting – Greg
Thursday, October 24, 2024
9:00 a.m. Washington Counties Risk Pool Fall Symposium – Heidi
1:00 p.m. Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead Sea Level Rise Forum - Kate
4:00 p.m. Jefferson Community Foundation “All about DAFs” – Heidi
6:30 p.m. Jefferson County Fair Association Board Meeting - Kate
Friday, October 25, 2024
8:00 a.m. Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead Meeting - Kate
9:00 a.m. Washington Counties Risk Pool Fall Symposium - Heidi
12:30 p.m. KPTZ – Kate
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. 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 and click on the Calendar tab.
COMMISSIONERS MAY ADD AND TAKE ACTION ON OTHER ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA.
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