Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers
Agenda — 33 items
- 1 Call To Order
- 2 Roll Call
- 3 Announcements
- 4 Council "Consent Agenda" Items
- 1. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an amended interlocal between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Transportation to increase the grant in the amount of $34,250
- 2. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Puget Sound Partnership to provide grant funding for the development of a source control business inpection program that complies with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), in the amount of $100,817
- 3. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Bellingham for the County to provide administrative oversight to the City concerning Domestic Violence Perpetrator Opportunity for Treatment Services (DVPOTS) for a total amount of $150,000
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- 4. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and the Washington State Military Department to relocate an All Hazards Alert Broadcast siren in the amount of $45,000 for a total amended contract amount of $45,000
- 5. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to purchase and distribute basic needs items to low-income families with children ages 0-5 in the amount of $17,250 for a total amended contract amount of $111,061
- 6. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Whatcom Center for Early Learning to expand mental health support services to low-income children in the amount of $289,854 for a total amended contract amount of $688,563
- 7. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Bellingham Food Bank to support operations for procuring/purchasing, warehousing and distributing food and other essentials to low and very low income families in the amount of $500,000 for a total amended contract amount of $1,945,000
- 8. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to expand services to eligible families through a Case Manager Position in the Single Entry Access to Services Program in the amount of $46,000 for a total amended contract amount of $86,000
- 9. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Transportation to execute a Federal Aid Project Prospectus for the design phase of the Birch Bay-Lynden Road and Kickerville Road Intersection Improvements project in the amount of $260,000
- 10. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Lutheran Community Services Northwest to lease a facility intended for use as a severe weather shelter in the amount of $32,000 for a total amended contract amount of $98,455
- 11. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Skagit County to Skagit County’s servers, in the amount of $5,000
- 16 Committee Discussion
- 1. Ordinance authorizing a sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent for criminal justice purposes as authorized by RCW 82.14.345 and adding a new Chapter 3.27 Sales and Use Tax for Criminal Justice Purposes to the Whatcom County Code
- 17 Council "Consent Agenda" Items Considered Separately
- 18 Committee Discussion and Recommendation to Council
- 2. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Puget Sound Partnership to provide grant funding for the development of a source control business inpection program that complies with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), in the amount of $100,817
- 1. Ordinance establishing the project budget for the Strawberry Point/Lake Whatcom Boulevard stormwater improvements, request no. 1
- 2. Ordinance amending the project budget for the Courthouse Building Envelope Fund, request no. 7
- 3. Ordinance establishing the Ferndale Senior Activity Center Improvements Fund and establishing an initial budget for the Ferndale Senior Activity Center Improvements Fund
- 4. Ordinance amending the project budget for the Eagleridge Stormwater Improvements Project Fund, request no. 1
- 5. Ordinance amending the project based budget for the Swift Creek Capital Projects Fund, request no. 3
- 6. Ordinance closing the Bellingham Senior Center HVAC Replacement Fund
- 7. Ordinance amending the 2026 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 5, in the amount of $741,113
- 8. Ordinance amending the 2026 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 6, in the amount of $3,920,278
- 9. Resolution updating the appendix of the 2022 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) project list
- 28 Items Added by Revision
- 29 Other Business
- 30 Adjournment
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