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AGENDA
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Regular Meeting – Monday, December 23, 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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Agenda: December 23, 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 the request of any of the Commissioners.)
1. CALL FOR BIDS re: Olympic Discovery Trail – Anderson Lake Connection, County Project
No. 18019893; Public Works; Engineer’s Estimate $4,389,956
2. RESOLUTION NO. ___ re: Adopting Jefferson County’s Mental Health Awareness Policy and
Guidelines
3. RESOLUTION NO. ___ re: Approving the equipment rental and revolving fund rental rates for
the 2025 calendar year
4. RESOLUTION re: Amending pay rate for Jefferson County’s Administrator in Resolution No.
53-1014-24R Longevity Pay, Personal Time Off (PTO) and the 2023 Salary Schedule and
Adopting the 2024, 2025 and 2026 Salary Schedules for the FLSA and Exempt Management and
Professional Employees
5. AGREEMENT AND SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT re: Collective Bargaining Agreement
and Trust Participation for Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Command Staff; January 1, 2025
through December 31, 2027; Teamsters Local No. 589 and Teamsters Welfare Trust
6. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Jefferson County Farmer’s Markets; In the
Amount of $24,214; County Administrator
7. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Quilcene Historical Museum; In the Amount of
$91,500; County Administrator
8. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Public Facilities District (PFD) Seed Funding; In
the Amount of $20,000; County Administrator
9. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Jefferson County Parks and Recreation; In the
Amount of $50,000; County Administrator
10. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Peninsula Trails Coalition; In the Amount of
$35,700; County Administrator
11. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Forks Chamber of Commerce; In the Amount of
$61,297; County Administrator
12. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Jefferson County Historical Society; In the
Amount of $84,550; County Administrator
13. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Wooden Boat Foundation; In the Amount of
$45,000; County Administrator
Agenda: December 23, 2024
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14. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Quilcene Fair & Parade Association; In the
Amount of $10,000; County Administrator
15. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Olympic Peninsula Culinary Loop; In the Amount
of $17,100; County Administrator
16. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor; In the
Amount of $140,500; County Administrator
17. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Quimper Events Collective; In the Amount of
$28,500; County Administrator
18. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – North Hood Canal Chamber of Commerce; In the
Amount of $50,000; County Administrator
19. AGREEMENT re: 2025 Lodging Tax Fund – Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau dba Olympic
Peninsula Tourism Council (OPTC); In the Amount of $109,500; County Administrator
20. AGREEMENT re: Paper to Digital Grant Award; In the Amount of $94,000; Department of
Community Development; Washington State Department of Commerce
21. AGREEMENT re: Hearing Examiner Services; Not to exceed $25,000; County Administrator;
Bennu Law, Stephanie Marshall, Esq.
22. AGREEMENT re: Hearing Examiner Services; Not to exceed $25,000; County Administrator;
Dykes Ehrlichman Law Firm
23. AGREEMENT re: Jefferson County Conservation District; In the Amount of $61.463, County
Administrator; JC Conservation District
24. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 1 re: Laundry Voucher Program; Additional Amount of
$4,000; Public Health; Mom’s Laundromat
25. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 2 re: Rocky Brook and Powerlines Reach Habitat Restoration
Design; No additional cost; Public Health; Natural Systems Design
26. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 2 re: Juvenile Detention Facility; 2025 rate: $150 day per
bed, as needed; Juvenile Services; Kitsap County
27. AGREEMENT, Amendment No. 3 re: Consultant support of landfill post-closure care;
Additional time; Public Works; Aspect Consulting
28. AGREEMENT, Change Order No. 2 re: Phase 2 – Water Reclamation Plant for the Port
Hadlock UGA, Project No. 405-2114-0, Commerce Project No. 22-96515-026, Public Works;
Interwest Construction
Agenda: December 23, 2024
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29. POLICY re: Pet Policy Pilot Project; Central Services
30. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Regular Meeting Minutes of November 25, 2024, December 2, 9,
and 16, 2024, and Special Meeting Minutes of November 21, 2024 (Joint ICG)
31. APPROVAL OF PAYROLL WARRANTS: Dated December 5, 2024 and totaling
$182,345.16 (Sound Health Wellness Trust)
32. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WARRANTS: Dated December 16, 2024 and
totaling $2,725,272.38
REGULAR AGENDA:
No set time BRIEFING re: Draft 2024 Jefferson County Public Right-of-Way Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan
Eric Kuzma, Assistant Public Works Director
9:30 a.m. SWEARING IN OF COMMISSIONERS: Judge Brandon Mack will be swearing in
Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour and Commissioner-Elect Heather Dudley-Nollette;
with an effective date of January 1, 2025
Brandon Mack, Superior Court Judge
9:45 a.m. HEARING re: 4th Quarter Budget Appropriations/Extensions; Various County
Departments
Mark McCauley, County Administrator
Judy Shepherd, Finance Manager
No set time DISCUSSION and POTENTIAL ACTION re: (2) Interfund Loan Resolutions:
1) Interfund loan from the General Fund to the Community Development Fund; and
2) Interfund loan from the Capital Improvement Fund to the HJ Carroll Park Fund
Mark McCauley, County Administrator
Judy Shepherd, Finance Manager
10:30 a.m. HEARING re: An Ordinance establishing a separate office of the Coroner, and providing
authority to appoint a non-lawyer Coroner in Jefferson County
and DISCUSSION and APPROVAL OF CONTRACT
James Kennedy, Prosecutor
Melissa Pleimann, Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
David Bradley, Owner of Bradley-Kosecs Funeral Home
Agenda: December 23, 2024
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No set time DISCUSSION re: Refining legislative priorities for Jefferson County
Stephanie Wright, Strategies 360
No set time REVIEW: Annual review of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC)
No set time COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION
No set time RECESS
1:30 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION
No set time DISCUSSION re: Jefferson County climate adaptation and mitigation actions
No set time ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ITEMS
No set time ADJOURNMENT by 4:30 p.m.
COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULE
The Week of December 23, 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, December 23, 2024
9:00 a.m. BOCC Meeting – Board
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
CHRISTMAS EVE – CLOSING AT 12:00 P.M.
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
HOLIDAY
Thursday, December 26, 2024
6:30 p.m. Jefferson County Fair Association Working Board Meeting – Kate
Friday, December 27, 2024
9:00 a.m. Department of Natural Resources Encumbered Lands Workgroup – Heidi
12:30 p.m. KPTZ – Kate
Monday, December 30, 2024
NO BOCC MEETING – 5th Monday of the month
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Nothing listed
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
HOLIDAY
Agenda: December 23, 2024
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Thursday, January 2, 2025
10:00 a.m. Olympic Area Agency on Aging - Heidi
11:00 a.m. Housing Discussion – Greg
1:30 p.m. AI Thinktank – Greg
Friday, January 3, 2025
12:30 p.m. KPTZ - 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. 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.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accommodations Provided Upon Request