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Home My WebLink About1197 Commissioner's Proceedings Vol. P Jefferson County, Washington -.!!'-'c-~_.~ MU"".u ( ICATT"L_C- _liI~e.~ .. . SEAL BOARD OF ]'EFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS /s/ Walter A. Kelly,Chairman ATTEST: /s/ Batty J. Temple ,County.Auditor and Ex-officio,Clerk of the Board /s/ A. M. O'Meara , Member /s/ B. G. Brown , Member I Mr. Paul Gahr and Mr. Steve Dowen appeared re: Class H liquor license, Quilcene Cafe. Board advised by the District Sanitarian that all requirements of the Health Department have been met and they have no further objec- tions. Letter of confirmation wUl be forthcoming. Chairman Kelly stated he has received letters and telephone calls from residents of tho area protesting the issuance of the permit. Question on parking ;area. Board requests written assurance of available parking space. Final determination will be delayed until December 3rd. to give the Quilcene residents a chance to present their opinions. Chairman Kelly presented two letters of disapproval received from Edwin K. Westley and Mrs. Earl Ward. I Motion by Commissioner 0' Meara, second by Commissioner Brown to accept resignation of Isabel M. Kidd, County Clerk, to become effective December 31,1973. Mrs. K1dd is retiring after 14 years of service to the county. .. Engineer Becker presented Bid Call and plans for 6' culvert on Quinault River Road, No NanB Creek, County Road No.202,CRP No. 372, to be opened and read Monday, December 17th. Board approved and Signed Call for Bids. Chairman Kelly also Signed final plans for Quinault River Road and Fletcher Creek Bridge approaches. Becker presented 1973 Bridge Condition and Rating Report,October 1973. Notification from Intermediate School District No. 114, that 4,000 sq. ft. of space is needed for the teaching materials center due to the authorization of sale of Smith School in Bremerton where films, tapes and other materials are now being stored. Question as to whether space is needed for Jefferson County schools materials only, or if they want storage space here for all four counties. Arrangements were made by telephone for Kemeth Howerton; Superintendent, to meet with the Board of Commissioners on December 10th. at 10:00a.m. I Engineer Becker advised that he received notice from the state this morning that there will be an approximate 6% decrease in fuel tax allocation and therefore,his budget should be decreased this precentage (about 20,000) for 1974. This will include maintenance, construction for county crews and the construction on contracts. May even necessitate a cut..back on county employees. No final decisions will be made until definite information is re- ceived on fuel shortages. Letter from Jefferson-Clallam County Community Action CouncU advising that by-laws have been amended to re- vise the memberShip of the public sector of the Council. Commissioner, Brown ,representative for this Board, stated a meeting will be held December 5th. to decide whether they will become a pubUc organization or stay a private non-profit enterprise. Letter from Bayshore Enterprises adviSing that they have been unable to obtain financial governmental support to carryon their program and will therefore make a presentation next month requesting an allocation of revenue sharing funds. Board received letter from Robert Bundy accepting appointment to the Open Sapce Advisory Committee. All mem- bers will be sent notice of training session on December 6th. in Olympia. . Letter from A. Michel Colfer requesting that he be considered for appointment on the PI~nning Commission. Mr. Colfer wm be notified there are no openings at this time, however, he will be considered when there is a vacancy to be filled from this area. W1l1 Gariss ,Exec. Director, Community Action Council, appeared re: Jefferson Neighborhood Center Contract. Programs were outlined and discussed. Amount requested in contract is $7,500. No action taken at this time. I Motion by Commissioner O'Meara, second by Commissioner Brown to approve and sign Resolution 54-73, establishing the Tuberculosis Hospital Fund, as follows. Unanimous. RESOLUTION NO. 54-73 WHEREAS, provisions of Section 18, Chapter 277, Laws of 1971,Ex. Session and RCW 70.33.040 were I each amended by Section 4, Chapter 2l3, Laws of 1973, Ist.Ex.Session, to require that taxes collected from the mill levy for tuberculosis hospitalization be placed in a separate fund of the county to be expended for the purpose of providing hospital1zation, nursing home and other facilities and services for residents suffering from tuberculosis, and WHEREAS, the fund shall be called the Tuberculosis Hospital Funad and shall be maintained separate . and distinct from the Tuberculosis Fund now providing tuberculosis control services, including case findings, prevention and fOllow-up, nnd WHEREAS, the Tuberculosis Fund shall continue to be used for making expenditures in accorrlunce with the standards established by the Secretary of the State Department of 30cial and Helath Services for the control, 387