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February 11, 2025 ·6:00 PM Final ·SECOND AGENDA REVISION 2.10.2025 - AGENDA REVISED 2.7.2025 - HYBRID MEETING (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 — 48 items

  1. 1 COUNTY COUNCIL
  2. 2 CALL TO ORDER ▶ jump to 0:42
  3. 3 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 1:08
  4. 4 FLAG SALUTE ▶ jump to 1:27
  5. 5 ANNOUNCEMENTS ▶ jump to 1:51
  6. 6 COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S REPORT ▶ jump to 1:56
  7. 7 MINUTES CONSENT ▶ jump to 7:12
  8. 1. Committee of the Whole Executive Session for January 28, 2025 MIN2025-005 APPROVED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 7:11
  9. 2. Committee of the Whole for January 28, 2025 MIN2025-006 APPROVED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 7:11
  10. 3. Regular County Council for January 28, 2025 MIN2025-007 APPROVED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 7:11
  11. 11 OPEN SESSION ▶ jump to 7:44
  12. 12 CONSENT AGENDA ▶ jump to 41:56
  13. 13 (From Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee) ▶ jump to 41:57
  14. 1. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Lake Whatcom Residential & Treatment Center to provide funding for HVAC system and window replacement at the Birchwood assisted living and treatment facility, in the amount of $1,000,000 AB2025-117 ▶ jump to 41:56
  15. 2. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Rick Ackerman for the provision of evaluations and treatment services to youth referred or sentenced under the Special Sex Offender Disposition Alternative (SSODA) in Whatcom County Juvenile Court, in the amount of $22,000 AB2025-133 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 41:56
  16. 15 This item was considered separately below.
  17. 3. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and L&L Counseling and Consultation for the provision of evaluations and treatment services to youth referred or sentenced under the Special Sex Offender Disposition Alternative (SSODA) in Whatcom County Juvenile Court, in the amount of $30,000 AB2025-134 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 41:56
  18. 4. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and North Sound Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization to provide behavioral health services within the North Sound Integrated Care Network in the amount of $104,295, for a total amended contract amount of $3,025,135 AB2025-136 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 41:56
  19. 5. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center (WDRC) to provide for the administration of the family law mediation program, fee subsidy for low income participants of mediation sessions and parenting seminars, and language interpretation for participants, in the amount of $65,000 AB2025-150 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 41:56
  20. 6. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with Diking District No. 3 and landowners John and Rich Appel to provide flood control/river improvement work on Cougar Creek for the Neveel Levee Cougar Creek Fish Passage Project, which includes a cost-share contribution from the landowners and an in-kind contribution from the Diking District, in the amount of $350,927 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-151 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 41:56
  21. 7. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Ferndale for Correctional Services AB2025-153 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 41:56
  22. 8. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an Interlocal Agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Everson for Correctional Services AB2025-158 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 41:56
  23. 9. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and the Washington State Military Department to utilize Emergency Rapid Response Funds to aid in the recovery of qualified low-income individuals/households affected by the November 2024 Bomb Cylone, in the amount of $135,000 AB2025-161 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 41:56
  24. 23 OTHER ITEMS ▶ jump to 55:28
  25. 24 COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES ▶ jump to 55:45
  26. 24 CONSENT AGENDA ITEM CONSIDERED SEPARATELY ▶ jump to 41:56
  27. 1. Appointment to vacancies on the Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District Advisory Committee, Applicant(s): Fred Likkel, Albert deBoer (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2025-138 APPOINTED Pass ▶ jump to 56:21
  28. 1. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Lake Whatcom Residential & Treatment Center to provide funding for HVAC system and window replacement at the Birchwood assisted living and treatment facility, in the amount of $1,000,000 AB2025-117 AUTHORIZED Pass ▶ jump to 43:05
  29. 26 CONFIRMATION OF EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES ▶ jump to 57:19
  30. 1. Request confirmation of the County Executive’s appointments of Paul Pelot and Robert Wilson to the Whatcom County Veterans Advisory Board AB2025-116 CONFIRMED Pass ▶ jump to 57:50
  31. 2. Request confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Colin Wahl and Paul Meyer to the Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee AB2025-155 CONFIRMED Pass ▶ jump to 59:08
  32. 3. Request confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Henry Bierlink, Paul D’Agnolo, and Mike Finger to the Whatcom County Conservation Easement Program Oversight Committee AB2025-156 CONFIRMED Pass ▶ jump to 60:17
  33. 30 ITEMS ADDED BY REVISION ▶ jump to 60:35
  34. 1. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an agreement between Whatcom County and Sustainable Connections for the purpose of conducting a feasibility study for the development of an Office of Healthy Housing in the amount of $190,000 AB2025-163 AUTHORIZED Pass ▶ jump to 61:02
  35. 32 INTRODUCTION ITEMS ▶ jump to 78:03
  36. 1. Appointment to a vacancy on the Incarceration Prevention & Reduction Task Force, health and social services provider, Applicant(s): Eve Smason-Marcus, Kristy Backer, Rob Sullivan, Alexis Hahs, Shannon Prescott AB2025-030 INTRODUCED Pass ▶ jump to 78:03
  37. 2. Ordinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Titles 20 & 22 to enact SSB 5290 regarding local project review AB2025-059 INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING Pass ▶ jump to 78:03
  38. 3. Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code 2.123, Forestry Advisory Committee, to expand the committee’s purpose and adjust member terms AB2025-120 INTRODUCED Pass ▶ jump to 78:03
  39. 4. Resolution vacating a portion of Camp 2 Road AB2025-140 INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING Pass
  40. 5. Ordinance authorizing a revision to the Unified Fee Schedule AB2025-145 INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING Pass ▶ jump to 78:03
  41. 6. Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code 2.27A, Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) AB2025-147 INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING Pass ▶ jump to 78:03
  42. 38 Introduced the “Revised Ordinance and Ex A for 2.11.2025”
  43. 7. Ordinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code 24.05, Onsite Sewage System Regulations AB2025-149 INTRODUCED Pass ▶ jump to 78:03
  44. 8. Ordinance closing the Shallow Shore Culvert Relocation Fund 3917 AB2025-160 INTRODUCED Pass ▶ jump to 78:03
  45. 9. Ordinance amending the project budget for the new Public Health, Safety and Justice Facility, request no. 7 AB2025-162 INTRODUCED Pass ▶ jump to 78:03
  46. 10. Ordinance amending the 2025 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 2, in the amount of $4,751,265 AB2025-164 SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED Pass ▶ jump to 78:03
  47. 43 COMMITTEE REPORTS, OTHER ITEMS, AND COUNCILMEMBER UPDATES ▶ jump to 80:06
  48. 44 ADJOURN ▶ jump to 104:44