Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers
Agenda — 24 items
- 1 Call To Order
- 2 Roll Call
- 3 Announcements
- 3 Also Present: Ben Elenbaas, Kaylee Galloway, Jon Scanlon, and Mark Stremler
- 4 Council "Consent Agenda" Items
- 1. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into Amendment No. 1 of the Interagency Agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Health to provide additional funding for the Whatcom County Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) Program, in the amount of $1,536,380 for a total amendment amount of $3,015,374 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)
- 2. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Mobile Mama Strategies, Inc to administer a mental health internship pilot project in the amount of $133,100, for a total amended contract amount of $297,335
- 3. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service for reimbursement of overtime patrols, in the amount of $21,900
- 4. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Siemens Industry, Inc. to provide the 2025 - 2027 Service Agreement for HVAC Service, in the amount of $120,096 plus applicable Washington State Sales Tax
- 5. Request approval for the County Executive to authorize the purchase of radios, related installation parts, and programming, using the Washington State Contract #00318, in an amount not to exceed $100,000 per calendar year for 2025 and 2026
- 6. Request approval for the County Executive to authorize the purchase of a RapidHIT™ ID Sytem, using the Washington State Contract #20722. The vendor is Thermo Fisher Scientific/Life Technologies Corporation, and the total cost for this purchase will not exceed $210,784.83
- 7. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Bode Technology for DNA training, analaysis, and result storage, in the amount of $70,000
- 12 Special Presentation
- 1. Presentation by the Western Washington University Small Business Development Center
- 2. Report from the Facilities Division of the Administrative Services Department
- 3. Presentation regarding new fees to be added to the Unified Fee Schedule for Business Hazardous Waste Management and Disposal at the Disposal of Toxics Facility
- 16 Committee Discussion
- 1. Discussion of an ordinance authorizing interfund loans to finance cash flow for county road fund up to $4 million for a term not to exceed two years
- 2. Discussion of proposed Whatcom Agriculture Research Station project
- 3. Discussion of an ordinance amending the 2025 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 5, in the amount of $1,053,510
- 20 Items Added by Revision
- 1. Request council review and approval of the Economic Development Investment Board’s recommendation for funding of the Port of Bellingham’s property acquisition for the development of a Washington Agricultural Research Station
- 22 Other Business
- 23 Adjournment
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