Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee

Hybrid Meeting

Agenda — 29 items

1. 1 Call To Order ▶ jump to 0:13
2. 2 Roll Call ▶ jump to 0:28
3. 3 Announcements ▶ jump to 0:59
4. 3 Also Present: Barry Buchanan, Ben Elenbaas, Jon Scanlon, and Mark Stremler
5. 4 Council "Consent Agenda" Items ▶ jump to 1:02
6. 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 AB2024-200 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 1:03
7. 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 AB2024-204 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 1:03
8. 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 AB2024-221 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 1:03
9. 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 AB2024-222 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 1:03
10. 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 AB2024-223 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 1:03
11. 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 AB2024-230 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 1:03
12. 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) AB2024-232 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 1:03
13. 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 AB2024-242 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 1:03
14. 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 AB2024-243 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 1:03
15. 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 AB2024-244 ▶ jump to 1:03
16. 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 AB2024-248 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 1:03
17. 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 AB2024-257 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 1:03
18. 16 This item was considered separately below.
19. 17 Special Presentation ▶ jump to 10:42
20. 1. Presentation of the Western Washington University Small Business Development Center AB2024-190 PRESENTED ▶ jump to 11:54
21. 2. Report from the Finance Division AB2024-231 REPORTED ▶ jump to 33:06
22. 19 Council "Consent Agenda" Items Considered Separately ▶ jump to 1:02
23. 20 Committee Discussion ▶ jump to 50:13
24. 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 AB2024-244 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION Pass ▶ jump to 10:00
25. 1. Ordinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Section 1.14, Electoral Precincts, with newly established voting precinct boundaries for Whatcom County AB2024-201 DISCUSSED ▶ jump to 50:15
26. 2. Update on the Medical Examiner transition from contracted to county employment AB2024-226 DISCUSSED ▶ jump to 56:10
27. 23 Items Added by Revision ▶ jump to 113:33
28. 24 Other Business ▶ jump to 113:35
29. 25 Adjournment ▶ jump to 113:40