docketcity.com
Home › Whatcom County › Meetings

Council

September 23, 2025 ·6:00 PM Final ·HYBRID MEETING (PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON, SEE REMOTE JOIN INSTRUCTIONS AT www.whatcomcounty.us/joinvirtualcouncil, OR CALL 360.778.5010)

Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers

Agenda PDF Official record ↗

Agenda — 53 items

  1. 1 COUNTY COUNCIL
  2. 2 CALL TO ORDER
  3. 3 ROLL CALL
  4. 4 FLAG SALUTE
  5. 5 ANNOUNCEMENTS
  6. 6 COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S REPORT
  7. 7 MINUTES CONSENT
  8. 1. Special Council for August 26, 2025 MIN2025-054 APPROVED BY CONSENT Pass
  9. 2. Committee of the Whole Executive Session for September 9, 2025 MIN2025-055 APPROVED BY CONSENT Pass
  10. 3. Committee of the Whole September 9, 2025 MIN2025-056 APPROVED BY CONSENT Pass
  11. 4. Regular County Council for September 9, 2025 MIN2025-057 APPROVED BY CONSENT Pass
  12. 12 OPEN SESSION
  13. 13 CONSENT AGENDA
  14. 14 (From Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee)
  15. 1. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and the City of Bellingham for the purpose of providing pass-through funding from the Washington State Military Department to the What-Comm 911 Communications Center, in the amount of $74,045 AB2025-595 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass
  16. 2. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Ecology to collect and properly manage household hazardous waste at the Disposal of Toxics Facility, in the amount of $542,845 AB2025-647 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass
  17. 3. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Ecology to enforce solid waste codes and monitor solid waste handling facilities for compliance, in the amount of $237,068 AB2025-648 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass
  18. 4. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Commerce for climate planning, in the amount of $283,000 AB2025-649 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass
  19. 5. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and the Puget Sound Partnership for coordination of the Whatcom Local Integrating Organization, in the amount of $443,750 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-650
  20. 6. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a joint funding agreement between Whatcom County and the United States Department of Interior Geological Survey for stream flow or water quality data collection at ten Nooksack watershed stream gages, in the amount of $127,940 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-651 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass
  21. 20 This item was considered separately below.
  22. 7. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Ecology to perform vegetation maintenance at various riparian and wetland mitigation sites, in the amount of $109,340 AB2025-652 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass
  23. 8. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and United States Geological Survey (USGS) for the ongoing operation and maintenance of the County’s 11 stream gages within the Nooksack River early warning system, Jones Creek, and the Sumas River, in the amount of $176,455 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-653 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass
  24. 9. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Administrative Office of the Courts to support the Interpreter Reimbursement Program, in the amount of $102,171 AB2025-655 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass
  25. 10. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Summit Food Service to provide commissary services in the Whatcom County Jail and Work Center, in the amount of $0 AB2025-658 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass
  26. 11. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Harris Engineers for the purpose of Clean Building Performance Assurance Services for Whatcom County Facilities, in the amount of $449,882.29 AB2025-662 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass
  27. 26 OTHER ITEMS
  28. 27 (From Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee)
  29. 27 CONSENT AGENDA CONSIDERED SEPARATELY
  30. 1. Resolution amending the 2025 Flood Control Zone District and Subzones Budget, Request no. 3, in the amount of $105,000 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-608 APPROVED Pass
  31. 5. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and the Puget Sound Partnership for coordination of the Whatcom Local Integrating Organization, in the amount of $443,750 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-650 AUTHORIZED Pass
  32. 2. Ordinance establishing a project-based budget for the Jail Reentry Improvements project AB2025-614 ADOPTED Pass
  33. 3. Ordinance amending the 2025 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 10, in the amount of $1,820,416 AB2025-628 ADOPTED Pass
  34. 31 (From Council Public Works and Health Committee)
  35. 4. Resolution relating to the 2025 Whatcom County Coordinated Water System Plan Update AB2025-640 SUBSTITUTE APPROVED AS AMENDED Pass
  36. 33 (From Council Planning and Development Committee)
  37. 5. Resolution approving a revision to the corporate boundaries of the City of Lynden to include a portion of Flynn Road right-of-way AB2025-579 APPROVED Pass
  38. 35 (No Committee Assignment)
  39. 6. Approval of special standing meeting dates for 2026 AB2025-585 APPROVED BY THE COUNCILMEMBERS AS AMENDED Pass
  40. 36 Motion approved 6-0, with Donovan abstaining, to amend the substitute to add a final whereas statement as follows: Whereas, Whatcom County expressly recognizes that municipal water purveyors who hold municipal water rights beyond those identified in the CWSP may be available to serve potable water in the future in Whatcom County;
  41. 37 CONFIRMATION OF EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS TO ADVISORY GROUPS
  42. 37 Motion approved 6-0, with Donovan abstaining, to amend condition 2 under NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED so that it reads: 2) The existence of a water service area designation in the Coordinated Water System Plan shall not be interpreted as support for, or justification of, Urban Growth Area expansion. Such designations may be considered in a comprehensive planning context but only in conjunction with other mandatory Growth Management Act criteria, including population forecasts, land capacity, environmental constraints, Page 3 and capital facility planning.
  43. 1. Request confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Andrew Davis to the Whatcom County Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) AB2025-659 CONFIRMED Pass
  44. 39 ITEMS ADDED BY REVISION
  45. 40 INTRODUCTION ITEMS
  46. 1. Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code Chapter 3.05, Tort and Damage Claims, to create a risk management committee and clarify the processing of tort claims AB2025-575 SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING Pass
  47. 2. Receipt of final report of the independent study of the countywide fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system from Mission Critical Partners AB2025-639 RECEIVED Pass
  48. 42 Motion approved 6-0, with Byrd abstaining, to amend to have the Special Committee of the Whole meetings from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  49. 3. Receipt of Harassment and Complaint Policies and Procedures Evaluation Final Report AB2025-664 RECEIVED Pass
  50. 44 COMMITTEE REPORTS, OTHER ITEMS, AND COUNCILMEMBER UPDATES
  51. 45 ADJOURN
  52. 48 The Revised Substitute (“Substitute Ordinance revised in committee 9.23.2025”) was introduced 7-0
  53. 52 Motion approved 5-1-1, with Scanlon opposed and Byrd abstaining, that Tyler Byrd is the only one that gives a councilmember update tonight and the rest of them wait for two weeks.

Watch Whatcom County

This is one agenda. Whatcom County publishes another every few weeks, and the thing you care about is rarely on the one you happened to find. Name it and we will email you when it appears.

Free for 14 days, no card — and nothing charges itself: at day 14 the emails simply stop unless you choose to subscribe ($19 a month). One email when something matches, and nothing else. Unsubscribe from any of them. Searching stays free — it is public record.

↑ Back to top