HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Council March 3 1992I WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
'2 Regular Meeing
3 March 3, 1992
4 The meeting was called to order at 7:09 p.m. by Council Chairman Dan Warner in
5 the Council Chambers at 1000 N. Forest Street.
6 Present Absent
7 Dennis Vander Yacht .None
8 Ken Henderson
9 Bob Imhof
10 Marge Laidlaw
11 Barbara Brenner
12 Larry Harris
13 1. DISCUSSION OF RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING COUNCIL
14 OPERATIONS (BOB WOODS, COUNCIL BUDGET AND PROGRAM
15 ANALYST) (20 -30 MINUTES) (AB92 -113)
16 Bob Woods, Council Budget and Program Analyst, read from his memo, dated
17 February 26 located in AB92 -113.
18 Items discussed on item (1) were: powers of the proposed committees; whether
:9 introduction items could be brought forward on an addendum; problems of duplicate mailing
20 and public notice with addenda; the possibility of more meetings.
21 Comments were made by: Warner; Henderson; Ramona Reeves, Clerk of the
22 Council; Laidlaw.
23 Reeves said she is not sympathetic to addended items.
24 LAIDLAW MOVED TO HAVE THE COUNCIL CHAIR EXPLORE WITH THE
25 ADMINISTRATION THE POSSIBILITY /EFFECTS OF HAVING THE PACKET BE
26 AVAILABLE ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND ADJUST DEADLINES
27 FOR AGENDA SUBMISSIONS AS WELL AS A CLEAR POLICY AS TO WHAT
28 CONSTITUTES AN EMERGENCY ADDITION TO THE AGENDA.
29 The motion carried unanimously.
30 Harris said he would like a committee agenda board erected with items as much as
31 three weeks in advance so the committee members can know what is coming up; Reeves
32 said the new computer system will address this situation.
33 Warner asked Harris to meet with Reeves to discuss this issue.
14 Items discussed on item (2) were: advance notice of proposed committee agenda
13 items; the probability of the new Local Area Network (LAN) being able to alert members
1 of upcoming committee items; who could bring items to the floor that were not scheduled;
2 how many votes would be required to pass unscheduled items.
3 Comments were made by: Harris; Reeves; Warner; Brenner; Laidlaw.
4 Items discussed on item (3) were: will need to do a better job of preparing the
5 budget; which bid awards would be reviewed; batching bids for review; consulting contracts;
6 purchasing code; dollar limit on bids; expectation of public for financial overview; inflated
7 budget being requested to avoid having to come back for more funds; need for an internal
8 audit process; use of a consent agenda;
9 Comments were made by: Laidlaw; Brenner; Woods; Harris; Henderson; Woods
10 2. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED TRANS
11 MOUNTAIN PIPELINE BY PIPELINE PROPONENTS (15 MINUTES)
12 AND BY MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL
13 COUNCIL (15 MINUTES) (AB91 -074)
14 Howard Coram, Trans Mountain Pipeline employee, said he just read about this in
15 the newspaper and is not prepared to speak on this issue.
16 Allen Fiksdal, EFSEC project manager, and Jim Thornton, a member of the
17 consultant team for Trans Mountain, were present but no representative from Trans
8 Mountain was in attendance.
19 Warner suggested this discussion be postponed until all the interested parties are able
20 to attend.
21 Jay Taber said the local environmental community would like an opportunity to speak
22 on this issue; he suggested the Audubon Society.
23 OPEN SESSION
24 Jim Thornton, Consulting with EFSEC: He said he wants to talk about the public
25 review process and the Council's role in the process. Warner said it would be unfair if all
26 sides were not represented. Thornton said their public process ends in three weeks.
27 INTRODUCTION
28 1. RECEIPT OF APPEAL OF HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION ON
29 VARIANCE NO. 7 -91, FILED BY ED AND JUDITH POMEROY (AB92 -111)
30 (PLACED ON FILE PENDING RECEIPT OF TRANSCRIPT)
31 2. RECEIPT OF APPEAL OF HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION ON
Minutes, 3/3/92, Page 2
1 CONDITIONAL USE NO. 45 -91, FILED BY DAWN MARR (AB92 -112)
2 (PLACED ON FILE PENDING RECEIPT OF TRANSCRIPT)
3 Items 1 and 2 were introduced and will be forwarded for the appropriate action.
4 REPORTS AND OTHER ITEMS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS
5 Olympia Budget Process: Laidlaw said the McDonald budget would have grave
6 ramifications to mental health, women. and infant issues if it passes. She said she has
7 information on flood and forest practices legislation that is taking place.
8 Shoreline Master Document: Henderson said there will be a shoreline hearing on
9 March 24.
10 The meeting adjourned at 8 p.m.
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12 ATTEST:
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14 4Barra Maher, Depu erk
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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DaWk Warner, Chairman
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