HomeMy WebLinkAboutFinance May 14 1996WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Finance and Administrative Services Committee
May 14, 1996
The meeting was called to order at 9:30 a.m. by Committee Chair Robert Imhof in the
Council Committee Room, 311 Grand Avenue.
Also Present:
Marlene Dawson
Tom Brown
Absent:
None
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL
1. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET, REQUEST #3 (AB96 -165A)
Bob Woods, Council Budget and Program Analyst, spoke to this issue. Those items
discussed included: Juvenile Court Administration; Superior Court, benefits for the judges;
Prosecuting Attorney, Gail Kelley and a $10,000 grant; Sheriffs Office, capital expenditures;
Treasurer's Office, staff overlap; Planning Department, professional services contract regarding
growth management; Parks Department, supplemental income sources; and Administrative Fund
Transfer regarding Gail Kelley. Overhead was also discussed.
Those speaking included:
Dave Wareing, Executive's Office
Dale Brandland, Sheriffs Office
Ray Gordon, Jail
Deane Sandell, Sheriff's Office
Barbara Cory, Treasurer's Office
Terry Galvin, Planning & Development Services
Vickie Hardin- Woods, Planning & Development Services
Kathy Sutter, Council Member
Dawson moved to recommend approval.
Motion carried 2 -1 with Imhof opposed.
COUNCIL "CONSENT AGENDA" ITEMS
1. RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CRP 996001 AND THE AWARD OF
CONTRACT FOR STRUCTURAL OVERLAY OF THE EVERSON - GOSHEN
ROAD (AB96 -182)
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Nasser Mansour, Engineering, commented.
Brown moved to recommend approval.
Motion carried unanimously.
2. BID AWARD FOR PRELEVEL PROJECTS IN BIRCH BAY AREA, WEST
WHATCOM COUNTY AREA, NORTHWEST WHATCOM COUNTY AREA
AND NORTH WHATCOM COUNTY AREA TO THE LOW BIDDER,
WILDER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR A TOTAL OF $ 524,879.00
(AB96 -183)
Dick Prieve, Public Works, commented.
Dawson moved to recommend approval.
Motion carried unanimously.
3. PRESENTATION OF THE WHATCOM COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES PLAN FOR EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR 1997 -1999
PURSUANT TO W.A.C. 275 -25 -020 (AB96 -184)
As no one from Developmental Disabilities was present, Bob Woods commented briefly.
Dawson moved to recommend approval.
Motion carried unanimously.
4. RESOLUTION IN THE MATTER OF THE SALE OF WHATCOM COUNTY
SURPLUS PROPERTY FROM THE DISSOLUTION OF TELEVISION
RECEPTION DISTRICT #1 AND SETTING A DATE FOR PUBLIC
HEARING THEREON PURSUANT TO WCC 1.10 (AB96 -194)
Brown moved to recommend approval.
Motion carried unanimously.
5. REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH EARTH TECH
CONSULTING SERVICES RELATED TO GMA COMPLIANCE (AB96 -185)
Jeff Griffin, Planning & Development Services, commented, as did Kathy Sutter.
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Imhof moved to recommend approval.
Motion carried unanimously.
ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 10:26 a.m.
Bennett, Recording
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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