Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee

Hybrid Meeting

Agenda — 21 items

1. 1 Call To Order ▶ jump to 0:04
2. 2 Roll Call ▶ jump to 0:15
3. 3 Announcements ▶ jump to 0:46
4. 3 Also Present: Barry Buchanan, Ben Elenbaas, Jon Scanlon, and Mark Stremler
5. 4 Council "Consent Agenda" Items ▶ jump to 0:48
6. 1. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a Local Agency Standard Service Agreement between Whatcom County and Pacific Surveying & Engineering Services, Inc., to provide on-call professional land surveying services for 2024, in the amount not to exceed $100,000 AB2024-098 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:47
7. 2. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and FLO Analytics to update the Birch Bay Watershed and Aquatic Resources Management (BBWARM) district’s fee roll process in accordance with a rate study that is currently underway in the amount of $50,965.00 for a total amended contract amount of $70,720.00 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2024-099 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:47
8. 3. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife to support the fish passage barrier remediation program, in the amount of $800,250.00 AB2024-102 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:47
9. 4. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a grant agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Department of Ecology to conduct a climate vulnerability assessment and develop shoreline management solutions, in the amount of $250,000.00 AB2024-104 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:47
10. 5. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the Nooksack Indian Tribe where the Flood Control Zone District will reimburse the tribe for 80% of the eligible grant costs for work as outlined in Task 4 of the 2021-2023 Floodplains by Design grant specific to the Fish Camp (Ts’eq) Integrated Fish-Flood Project, in the amount of $880,000 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2024-106 RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 0:47
11. 6. Resolution to declare Whatcom County owned structure located in Bay Horizon Park as worthless AB2024-117 ▶ jump to 0:47
12. 7. Resolution to declare Whatcom County owned structure located in Hovander Park as worthless AB2024-118 ▶ jump to 0:47
13. 12 Items Added by Revision ▶ jump to 21:43
14. 12 This item was considered separately below.
15. 1. Resolution amending Resolution 2023-056 to correct the levy amounts for the City of Bellingham and re-certify property tax levies for collection in 2024 to the County Assessor AB2024-131 RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL Pass ▶ jump to 25:36
16. 14 Other Business ▶ jump to 25:55
17. 14 This item was considered separately below.
18. 15 Adjournment ▶ jump to 25:57
19. 15 Consent Agenda Items Considered Separately and Discussed Together
20. 6. Resolution to declare Whatcom County owned structure located in Bay Horizon Park as worthless AB2024-117 RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL Pass ▶ jump to 3:46
21. 7. Resolution to declare Whatcom County owned structure located in Hovander Park as worthless AB2024-118 RECOMMENDED TO HOLD IN COMMITTEE Pass ▶ jump to 15:15