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December 2, 2025 ·1:00 PM Final ·HYBRID MEETING - ADJOURNS BY 4:30 P.M. (PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON, SEE REMOTE JOIN INSTRUCTIONS AT www.whatcomcounty.us/joinvirtualcouncil, OR CALL 360.778.5010)

Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers

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Agenda — 38 items

  1. 1 Call To Order ▶ jump to 0:01
  2. 2 Roll Call ▶ jump to 0:06
  3. 3 Announcements ▶ jump to 0:41
  4. 4 Public Hearings ▶ jump to 1:13
  5. 5 COMBINED PUBLIC HEARING ON FCZD BUDGET ITEMS ▶ jump to 1:17
  6. 1. Resolution adopting 2026 budget for the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District and Subzones (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-711 PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) ▶ jump to 1:17
  7. 2. Resolution authorizing the levy of taxes for the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District for 2026 (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-709 PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) ▶ jump to 1:17
  8. 3. Resolution authorizing the levy of taxes for the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District for 2026 (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-784 PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) ▶ jump to 1:17
  9. 9 COMBINED PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNTY BUDGET ITEMS ▶ jump to 9:59
  10. 9 SEPARATE CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
  11. 4. Ordinance amending the 2026 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 1, in the amount of $20,970,606 AB2025-707 PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) ▶ jump to 9:59
  12. 1. Resolution adopting 2026 budget for the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District and Subzones (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-711 APPROVED Pass ▶ jump to 3:39
  13. 5. Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for Conservation Futures purposes for 2026 AB2025-719 PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) ▶ jump to 9:59
  14. 2. Resolution authorizing the levy of taxes for the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District for 2026 (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-709 FAILED Fail ▶ jump to 5:29
  15. 6. Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for County Road purposes for 2026 AB2025-721 PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) ▶ jump to 9:59
  16. 12 This is the one percent option.
  17. 7. Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for County Road purposes for 2026 AB2025-783 PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) ▶ jump to 9:59
  18. 3. Resolution authorizing the levy of taxes for the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District for 2026 (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-784 APPROVED Pass ▶ jump to 9:05
  19. 8. Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for countywide emergency medical purposes for 2026 AB2025-723 PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) ▶ jump to 9:59
  20. 14 This is the zero percent option.
  21. 9. Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for County and State purposes in Whatcom County, Washington, for the year of 2026 AB2025-725 PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) ▶ jump to 9:59
  22. 10. Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for County and State purposes in Whatcom County, Washington, for the year of 2026 AB2025-788 PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED (file not final) ▶ jump to 9:59
  23. 17 Items Added by Revision ▶ jump to 98:00
  24. 18 Other Business ▶ jump to 98:02
  25. 19 Adjournment ▶ jump to 104:38
  26. 23 SEPARATE CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
  27. 4. Ordinance amending the 2026 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 1, in the amount of $20,970,606 AB2025-707 SUBSTITUTE ADOPTED Pass ▶ jump to 28:05
  28. 25 Adopted “Substitute Ordinance 12.2.2025”
  29. 5. Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for Conservation Futures purposes for 2026 AB2025-719 ADOPTED Pass ▶ jump to 50:35
  30. 6. Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for County Road purposes for 2026 AB2025-721 ADOPTED Pass ▶ jump to 55:03
  31. 28 This is the one percent option.
  32. 7. Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for County Road purposes for 2026 AB2025-783 NOT ACTED UPON ▶ jump to 75:47
  33. 30 This is the zero percent option.
  34. 8. Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for countywide emergency medical purposes for 2026 AB2025-723 ADOPTED Pass ▶ jump to 76:32
  35. 9. Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for County and State purposes in Whatcom County, Washington, for the year of 2026 AB2025-725 ADOPTED Pass ▶ jump to 93:40
  36. 33 This is the one percent option.
  37. 10. Ordinance authorizing the levy of taxes for County and State purposes in Whatcom County, Washington, for the year of 2026 AB2025-788 NOT ACTED UPON ▶ jump to 97:47
  38. 35 This is the zero percent option.