Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee

Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers

Agenda — 33 items

1. 1 Call To Order ▶ jump to 1:46
2. 2 Roll Call ▶ jump to 2:00
3. 3 Announcements ▶ jump to 2:25
4. 4 Council "Consent Agenda" Items ▶ jump to 2:27
5. 1. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Ecology to support the Nooksack Riparian Resilience Project for restoration planning, partner coordination, and restoration implementation, in the amount of $2,244,875 AB2026-055 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 2:27
6. 2. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County & Washington State University (WSU) to continue the jointly shared costs for faculty positions and program support for WSU Whatcom Extension in the amount of $60,000 for a total amended contract amount of $3,885,050.90 AB2026-264 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 2:27
7. 3. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Military Department to assist Whatcom County in preparing for all hazards, in the amount of $65,507 AB2026-290 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 2:27
8. 4. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Pacific Security to continue security services for the Whatcom County Courthouse, in the amount of $165,000 for a total amended contract amount of $477,416.14 AB2026-301 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 2:27
9. 5. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Kulshan Community Land Trust for the development of eight energy-efficient, permanently affordable townhomes, in the amount of $436,902.48 AB2026-312 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 2:27
10. 6. Request authorization for the County Executive to relinquish a foot trail easement held by the Whatcom Land Trust, located within South Fork Park AB2026-313 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 2:27
11. 7. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Transportation to complete a multimodal path connecting the communities of Kendall and Glacier, in the amount of $425,000 AB2026-317 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 2:27
12. 8. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Whatcom Long Term Recovery Group to correct the effective date of a recently approved rate increase to December 1, 2025, with no change to the contract amount (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2026-324 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 2:27
13. 9. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Peace Centers to maintain a coordinated system of licensed drop-in childcare within Whatcom County in the amount of $290,676.84, for a total amended contract amount of $790,597.84 AB2026-329 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 2:27
14. 10. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to provide funding for capital and operational expenses for the Cedar Commons Early Learning Center, in the amount of $291,676 AB2026-331 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 2:27
15. 11. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Seattle Foundation to provide funding for projects that further the goals and objectives of the Trueblood Settlement Agreement, in the amount of $3,603,879 AB2026-334 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 2:27
16. 12. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to provide funding for the second phase of the low-income Bellis Fair Housing development, in the amount of $1,386,485 AB2026-335 ▶ jump to 2:27
17. 17 Special Presentation ▶ jump to 22:21
18. 17 THIS ITEM WAS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY BELOW.
19. 1. Quarterly Report from the Finance Division AB2026-215 REPORTED ▶ jump to 22:24
20. 18 Council "Consent Agenda" Items Considered Separately ▶ jump to 2:27
21. 2. Presentation by the Executive’s Office and Finance Director on approach to 2027-2028 biennial budget AB2026-332 WITHDRAWN ▶ jump to 38:36
22. 12. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to provide funding for the second phase of the low-income Bellis Fair Housing development, in the amount of $1,386,485 AB2026-335 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION Pass ▶ jump to 19:31
23. 3. Report from the Facilities Division of the Administrative Services Department AB2026-327 REPORTED ▶ jump to 38:59
24. 21 Committee Discussion ▶ jump to 55:37
25. 1. Discussion of an ordinance to establish a Ferry District to fund and manage the Lummi Island Ferry System AB2026-338 DISCUSSED ▶ jump to 55:44
26. 23 Committee Discussion and Recommendation to Council ▶ jump to 88:04
27. 1. Ordinance amending the 2026 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 7, in the amount of $23,290,457 AB2026-209 FORWARDED TO COUNCIL WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION ▶ jump to 88:03
28. 2. Resolution ordering the cancellation of unredeemed checks (warrants) more than one year old AB2026-212 FORWARDED TO COUNCIL WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION ▶ jump to 88:03
29. 3. Resolution amending the 2026 Flood Control Zone District and Subzones Budget, request no. 1, in the amount of $23,406 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2026-292 FORWARDED TO COUNCIL WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION ▶ jump to 88:03
30. 4. Resolution authorizing the submission of three independent grant applications to the Brian Abbott Fish Barrier Removal Board to restore fish passage at the Black Slough and Homesteader culverts and to complete the final design and permitting of the Tinling Creek culvert project (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2026-295 FORWARDED TO COUNCIL WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION ▶ jump to 88:03
31. 28 Items Added by Revision ▶ jump to 89:55
32. 29 Other Business ▶ jump to 89:57
33. 30 Adjournment ▶ jump to 89:58