Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
Hybrid Meeting
Agenda — 29 items
- 1 Call To Order
- 2 Roll Call
- 3 Announcements
- 3 Also Present: Barry Buchanan, Ben Elenbaas, Jon Scanlon, and Mark Stremler
- 4 Council "Consent Agenda" Items
- 1. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Whatcom County Library System in support of the Birch Bay Library construction project in the amount of $315,000
- 2. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and PNW Plateful to distribute weekly meals to low-income households, in the amount of $115,000
- 3. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an Interlocal Agreement between Whatcom County and WA State Department of Commerce to provide funding for Justice Project management and Justice Project data work in the amount of $245,903.00
- 4. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a no cost interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Bellingham School District to provide community immunization clinics
- 5. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into Project Agreement Amendment No. 3 with the County Road Administration Board (CRAB), for the Hampton Road Pavement Rehabilitation Project, for Rural Arterial Program (RAP) funding in the amount of $198,000
- 6. Request permission for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Geo Test Services to provide on-call construction materials testing and inspection services for 2024 in the amount not to exceed $200,000
- 7. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Aspect Consulting to provide water rights adjudication technical assistance, in the amount of $170,000.00 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)
- 8. Request authorization for the County Executive to award bid # 24-23 and enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Lake Union Drydock Company for the annual drydocking, repair and maintenance of the Whatcom Chief Ferry, in the amount of $1,180,380.00
- 9. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and MacWhinney Environmental Consulting LLC for third-party critical areas review, in the amount of $60,000.00
- 10. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to provide housing case management services in the amount of $256,842 for a total amended contract amount of $1,488,823
- 11. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Puget Sound Energy for the Sheriff’s Office to perform reimbursed overtime patrols, in the amount of $18,216.00
- 12. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an Economic Development Investment Program Interlocal Loan and Grant agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Bellingham to provide EDI loan and grant funding support for the Old Town Urban Village Improvement Project in the amount of $1,500,000 in grant funding and $1,500,000 in loan funding for a total agreement amount of $3,000,000
- 16 This item was considered separately below.
- 17 Special Presentation
- 1. Presentation of the Western Washington University Small Business Development Center
- 2. Report from the Finance Division
- 19 Council "Consent Agenda" Items Considered Separately
- 20 Committee Discussion
- 10. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to provide housing case management services in the amount of $256,842 for a total amended contract amount of $1,488,823
- 1. Ordinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Section 1.14, Electoral Precincts, with newly established voting precinct boundaries for Whatcom County
- 2. Update on the Medical Examiner transition from contracted to county employment
- 23 Items Added by Revision
- 24 Other Business
- 25 Adjournment
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