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Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee

March 24, 2026 ·9:25 AM Final ·HYBRID MEETING - MAY BEGIN LATE - ADJOURNS BY 10:35 A.M. (PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON, SEE REMOTE JOIN INSTRUCTIONS AT www.whatcomcounty.us/joinvirtualcouncil, OR CALL 360.778.5010)

Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers

Agenda — 33 items

  1. 1 Call To Order ▶ jump to 0:13
  2. 2 Roll Call ▶ jump to 0:24
  3. 3 Announcements ▶ jump to 0:34
  4. 4 Council "Consent Agenda" Items ▶ jump to 0:35
  5. 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 AB2026-214 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:35
  6. 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 AB2026-220 ▶ jump to 0:35
  7. 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 AB2026-222 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:35
  8. 7 THIS ITEM WAS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY BELOW.
  9. 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 AB2026-225 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:35
  10. 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 AB2026-226 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:35
  11. 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 AB2026-227 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:35
  12. 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 AB2026-228 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:35
  13. 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 AB2026-229 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:35
  14. 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 AB2026-230 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:35
  15. 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 AB2026-236 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:35
  16. 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 AB2026-241 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:35
  17. 16 Committee Discussion ▶ jump to 20:51
  18. 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 AB2026-213 DISCUSSED ▶ jump to 20:53
  19. 17 Council "Consent Agenda" Items Considered Separately ▶ jump to 0:35
  20. 18 Committee Discussion and Recommendation to Council ▶ jump to 41:05
  21. 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 AB2026-220 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION Pass ▶ jump to 20:32
  22. 1. Ordinance establishing the project budget for the Strawberry Point/Lake Whatcom Boulevard stormwater improvements, request no. 1 AB2026-114 RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Pass ▶ jump to 44:01
  23. 2. Ordinance amending the project budget for the Courthouse Building Envelope Fund, request no. 7 AB2026-134 RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Pass ▶ jump to 44:49
  24. 3. Ordinance establishing the Ferndale Senior Activity Center Improvements Fund and establishing an initial budget for the Ferndale Senior Activity Center Improvements Fund AB2026-143 RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Pass ▶ jump to 45:33
  25. 4. Ordinance amending the project budget for the Eagleridge Stormwater Improvements Project Fund, request no. 1 AB2026-181 RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Pass ▶ jump to 46:23
  26. 5. Ordinance amending the project based budget for the Swift Creek Capital Projects Fund, request no. 3 AB2026-183 SUBSTITUTE RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Pass ▶ jump to 47:08
  27. 6. Ordinance closing the Bellingham Senior Center HVAC Replacement Fund AB2026-200 RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Pass ▶ jump to 49:37
  28. 7. Ordinance amending the 2026 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 5, in the amount of $741,113 AB2026-204 RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Pass ▶ jump to 50:20
  29. 8. Ordinance amending the 2026 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 6, in the amount of $3,920,278 AB2026-206 RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Pass ▶ jump to 51:30
  30. 9. Resolution updating the appendix of the 2022 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) project list AB2026-238 FORWARDED TO COUNCIL WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION ▶ jump to 57:32
  31. 28 Items Added by Revision ▶ jump to 67:53
  32. 29 Other Business ▶ jump to 67:56
  33. 30 Adjournment ▶ jump to 67:58