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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Committee Of The Whole
January 10, 2012
CALL TO ORDER
Council Member Sam Crawford called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. in the
Council Conference Room, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
ROLL CALL
Present: Barbara Brenner, Sam Crawford, Kathy Kershner, Bill Knutzen, Ken
Mann, Pete Kremen and Carl Weimer
Absent: None
SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
1. ANNUAL REORGANIZATION OF THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL (AB2012-
021)
County Council Chair
Knutzen moved to nominate Kershner.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Brenner, Kremen, Crawford, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
County Council Vice -Chair
Weimer moved to nominate Knutzen and removed his name from consideration.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Executive Pro- Temoore
Mann moved to nominate Weimer.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors Chair
(Clerk's Note: Committee acting as the Whatcom County Board of Supervisors.)
Mann moved to nominate Kershner.
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The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Finance and Administrative Services Committee
Kremen withdrew his name from consideration.
Kershner withdrew her name from consideration.
Crawford nominated Mann, Crawford, and Weimer.
The nominations carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Health Committee
Kershner nominated Kershner, Kremen, and Weimer.
The nominations carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Planning and Development Committee
Crawford nominated Mann, Knutzen, and Brenner
The nominations to carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Public Works and Safety Committee
Kershner nominated Brenner, Kremen, and Mann.
The nominations carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Natural Resources Committee
Knutzen nominated Weimer, Knutzen, and Crawford.
The nominations carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Bellingham International Airport Advisory
Kershner nominated Crawford.
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The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Council of Governments
Knutzen withdrew his name from consideration.
Mann withdrew his name from consideration.
Crawford stated this is the only group in which a councilmember gets to regularly
interact with all the municipalities' elected officials.
Kremen nominated Kershner and Crawford.
The nominations carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Developmental Disabilities Board
Kershner nominated Weimer.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Drayton Harbor Shellfish Protection District
Kremen nominated Weimer.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Flood Control Zone District Advisory Committee
Brenner nominated Knutzen.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Intergovernmental Tribal Relations Committee
Kremen nominated Knutzen and Brenner.
The nominations carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
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LEOFF
Crawford nominated Mann.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Weimer nominated Kremen and withdrew his name from consideration.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Marine Resources Committee
Knutzen nominated Mann.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Mental Health Advisory Board
Knutzen nominated Brenner.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
North Sound Mental Health Administration
Brenner nominated Kershner.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Northwest Clean Air Agency
Kremen withdrew his name from consideration.
Mann nominated Weimer.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Northwest Regional Council
Mann nominated Kershner.
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The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Opportunity Council
Weimer nominated Mann and withdrew his name from consideration.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District
Knutzen nominated Weimer.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Public Defense Advisory
Mann nominated Brenner and withdrew his name from consideration.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Public Health Advisory Board
Mann nominated Brenner.
Brenner withdrew her name from consideration. She nominated Knutzen.
Knutzen accepted the nomination.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Solid Waste Advisory Committee
Kremen nominated Brenner.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
Substance Abuse Advisory Board
Kershner nominated Crawford.
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The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
WSAC Legislative Steering Committee
Knutzen nominated Kremen and Kershner.
Kershner stated she and Councilmember Kremen would both like to be the appointed
councilmember to the steering committee meetings.
Kremen stated he served in the legislature for a long time. He still has close working
relationships with some of the more influential members of the legislature, members of the
WSAC Legislative Steering Committee, the Speaker of the House, Chairman of the Senate
Transportation Committee, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and both
gubernatorial candidates.
The councilmembers voted for the nominations as follows:
Kershner: Kershner, Mann and Knutzen (3)
Kremen: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner and Weimer (4)
The Committee appointed Councilmember Kremen as the main representative to the
WSAC Legislative Steering Committee.
Whatcom Transit Authority
Knutzen withdrew his name from consideration and nominated Kremen.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Crawford, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (7)
Nays: None (0)
OTHER BUSINESS
Kershner stated she would respect folks who attend the advertised public hearings
and County staff who have to sit in the audience until late hours. She would like to either
limit Open Session to 20 minutes and move the rest of it to the end of the meeting, or move
the Open Session to after the Public Hearings.
Mann stated he likes the option of scheduling the Open Session after Public Hearings.
Brenner stated she also likes the option of scheduling the Open Session after Public
Hearings.
Crawford stated he likes the way they schedule it now. The Council and elected
officials should give the message to the people that the Council is as open and accessible as
possible.
Kremen stated he agrees with being open and accessible, but accepting the first 20
minutes of Open Session and deferring the balance of the Open Session to the end of the
meeting still affords open access and still considers the people and staff who come for the
agenda items.
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Kershner moved to change the regular Council agenda schedule so that the Public
Hearings are scheduled before the Open Session.
Kremen stated that staff will have to stay to the end of the meeting.
Mann stated they are only changing the order of the Public Hearing and Open
Session.
The nomination carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Kremen, Brenner, Weimer, Knutzen, Mann and Kershner (6)
Nays: Crawford (1)
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.
The Council approved these minutes on February 14 , 2012.
ATTEST:
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Please contact the Council Office to obtain an
official, signed copy:
360- 676 -6690 or council &o.w hatcom .wa.us
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