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Home My WebLink AboutM 122777 ....- BOARD OF JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS " " District No. 1 Commissioner District No. 2 Commissioner District No. 3 Commissioner A. M. O'Meara B. G. Brown Carroll M. Mercer, Chairman Clerk of the Board Engineer Secretary Betty J. Anderson Edwin A. Becker, P.E. Jerdine C. Bragg -M-I-N-U-T-E-S- - December 27, 1977 10:00 a.m. Meeting called to order by Chairman Mercer with all members present. '0, Ed Hawley, City Street Department appeared re: contracting with the county for city road work. The work would require overtime by the County Road Department employees which the city is willing to pay. The Board discussed this with Engineer Ed Becker. The Board approves that the Engineer work up an agreement with the city of Port Townsend. " Budget Extension; Solid Waste Department, 1977. No one appeared for or against the budget extension. Motion by Commissioner Brown, second by Commissioner O'Meara to approve and sign Resolution No. 85-77 adopting the budget extension for the Solid Waste Department for 1977. Unanimous. The budgeted amounts in the Solid Waste Budget for 1977, in both expenditures and revenues, will be increased, but no new money will have to be transferred into said budget due to the increase in revenue (user fees) being more than the amount required to cover the increase in expenditures. Public Defender Agreement. Motion by Commissioner Brown, V second by Commissioner O'Meara to approve and sign the agreement between Clallam and Jefferson Counties Public Defender for the calendar year 1978. x: Jefferson County Alcoholism Program. Motion by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner O'Meara for Chairman Mercer to sign the contract award #1060-CGG-1616 from the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services for the Jefferson County Alcoholism Program. The contract award is $20,000. Unanimous. Conclusion of 1978 Budget Hearings. At the conclusion of the hearings it was moved by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner O'Meara to adopt the Current Expense Budget, Special Revenue Funds, plus the Road Construction Program for the calendar year 1978. Unanimous. The Board also set the levys for 1978 as certified by the auditor. All revisions, corrections and/or additions were given to the Auditor for inclusion into the Budget. Resolution No. 86-77 was approved and signed. );/ 1977 Solid Waste Budget. Motion by Commissioner O'Meara, second by Commissioner Brown to approve and sign Resolution No. 87-77 to increase the 1977 Solid Waste Budget in the amount of $1,049.72 due to an error in typing the adopted 1977 budget. Unanimous. Creating an Equipment Rental and Revolving Fund 1978. By formal motion the Board approved and signed Resolution No. 88-77 to create an / Equipment Rental and Revolving Fund for 1978 as per the authority of Chapter 67, Laws of 1977 and State Auditor Bulletin 181, September 1, 1977. ,:\:' withdrawal from the Olympic Health District. By formal motion the Board approved and signed Resolution No. 89-77 so that Jefferson County will withdraw from the Olympic Health District effective January 1, 1978, and as of that date establish a County Department to be known as the Jefferson County Health Department. \ The Board approved and signed a contract with the Department of Natural Resources for snow removal on certain DNR roads within the county. v Proposed Adoption of Jefferson County Health Department Rules and Regulations. Randy Durant and Larry Anderson, Olympic Health District sanitarians appeared. No one appeared in opposition. Motion by Commissioner Brown, second by Commissioner O'Meara to approve and sign Ordinance No. 2-77 adopting the Jefferson County Health Department Rules and Regulations. .VOl 3"fAcr 'i 01657 ,. Minutes for December 27, 1977 .page" 2 BUSINESS FROM COUNTY DEPARTMENTS: Planning re: 1) Shoreline Management Substantial Development Permit Application No. 16-77 for the construction of 32 x 70 foot office building and retaining wall located at Whitney Point off Quilcene Bay. Planner Tom Aumock submitted the recommendation of approval of the Planning Department subject to two conditions. Motion by Commissioner O'Meara, seconded by Commissioner Brown for Chairman Mercer to sign approval of permit subject to the recommendation of the Planning Department. Unanimous. " 2) Army Corps Public Notice No. 071-0YB-2-004370, Fred Williams, for a road access across bulkhead to private tidelands. Planner Tom Aumock appeared and submitted the cost breakdown of $555.00 for the project. The Planning Department found the project, being less than $1,000 and not interfering with the normal public use of water, exempt under shoreline management act permit requirements. Motion by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner O'Meara to grant exemption and for Chairman Mercer to sign a notice of no objection to the Corps of Engineers. / " 3 ) Final Short Plat of Rainier Evergreen, Inc. located at Gardiner. Appropriate department heads have reviewed the plat and signed it. Motion by Commissioner O'Meara, second by Commissioner Brown to approve and sign the final short plat. Unanimous. .( prosecuting Attorney 1) Re-draft of Lease and Option to Purchase Recreation Center. Prosecuting Attorney Howard's letter of December 22 stated the reason for the re-draft of the lease is in order to delete any reference to the assignability of the County's interest in paragraph 5. The School Board will consider the document on January 9, 1978. Motion by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner O'Meara to approve and sign the lease. x: 2) Northern Tier Pipeline update. Howard reported that Sandy Mackie, the Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Thurston County has submitted a summary on behalf of Jefferson County as well as Thurston County and four additional counties to the Energy Site Evaluation Council. He recommended that the deadline for completing the application not be extended. If the application is extended then Northern Tier should go out to the counties to find out what the problems are. :( Leonard Peterson, Port Ludlow reo petition for the formation of a water and sewer district. They (10 property owners involving 15 lots) would like to connect into Pope and Talbot lines which are privately owned. Only four out of 15 lots are developed. The Board is unsure as to the county's stand in this matter. Peterson requests a format for a petition for the lot owners to sign. According to the Environmental Protection Agency the county needs 25% of property owners in faVOr of the project in order for the county to cost it out. The Board recommended Peterson first discuss the project with Pope and Talbot to see if they are receptive to the idea and to possibly get an estimate of costs, and then have a petition signed. To form a sewer district owners of 51% of the land would be required to vote in favor of it. 'I Petition for road vacation by Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to vacate road located in Old Fort Townsend State Park. The Planning Department recommended the vacation be approved subject to the condition that the right-of-way be used as a pathway for pedestrian, equestrian, and bicycle use only. The Board set a hearing date for January 23, 1978'at 10:00 a.m. . VOL 3 FACt 01658 . Minutes for December 27, 1977 >, 'page' 3 The Board granted a 90-day leave of absence to Allan J. Baumunk, laborer, county road crew from January 2, 1978 until March 31, 1978. Letter from Willa A. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H., Olympic Health District Officer recommending that the county proceed to contract with a Health Officer for the Jefferson County Health Department. The Y letter will be answered that the Board will pursue the matter of obtain- ing the services of a health officer and until a replacement is found they request she continue. ATTEST: I IBett Aud' 0 and Ex-officio Clerk of the Board , VOL APPROVED BY: ~!{AI/~! IJrl jJ11Lfcvl Carroll M. Mercer, Cha1rman I ~L~ B. G. Brown, Member Q ?2Z~ .' ' "'/f:J4A/ A. M. O'Meara, Member 3 FAGf 01659