HomeMy WebLinkAboutFinance April 19 20161 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
2 Finance and Administrative Services Committee
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4 April 19, 2016
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6 CALL TO ORDER
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8 Committee Chair Rud Browne called the meeting to order at 11:40 a.m. in the
9 Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
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12 ROLL CALL
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14 Present: Rud Browne, Ken Mann, and Satpal Sidhu
15 Absent: None
16 Also Present: Barbara Brenner
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19 COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S REPORT
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21 Jack Louws, county Executive, reported on the following items:
22 • The annual community meeting in Point Roberts
23 • An update on code enforcement
24 • Discussion of capital projects that will be addressed in the upcoming budget
25 process.
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27 Mann stated he would like to discuss the status of the Gailbrath Mountain easement.
28 Louws stated they are in the process of getting an appraisal.
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30 Mike McFarlane, Parks and Recreation Department Director, gave a staff report on
31 the status of the project and sale option.
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34 SPECIAL PRESENTATION
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36 1. CJ SEITZ, DIRECTOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER, TO
37 PRESENT 2015 OUTCOMES AND ACTIVITIES (AB2016 -017)
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39 CJ Seitz, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Director, submitted and read
40 from a presentation (on file). She answered questions about the SBDC budget, the process
41 of working with each client who comes to the SBDC with questions and concerns about their
42 business, defining the top needs of SBDC clients within each industry, the return on
43 investment (ROI) in relation to wages, the demand of SBDC services and whether the SBDC
44 could do more to help businesses if it had a bigger budget, and whether the SBDC works in
45 Skagit County.
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48 COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL
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50 1. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2016 WHATCOM COUNTY BUDGET, EIGHTH
51 REQUEST, IN THE AMOUNT OF $234,633 (AB2016 -143)
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53 Sidhu moved to recommend adoption to the full Council.
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The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Browne, Mann, and Sidhu (3)
Nays: None (0)
2. RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 2016 FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT AND
SUBZONE BUDGETS, SECOND REQUEST, IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000
(AB2016 -144)
Sidhu moved to recommend approval to the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone
District Board of Supervisors.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Browne, Mann, and Sidhu (3)
Nays: None (0)
3. RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 2016 FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT AND
SUBZONE BUDGETS, THIRD REQUEST, IN THE AMOUNT OF $85,000 (AB2016-
145)
Sidhu moved to recommend approval to the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone
District Board of Supervisors.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Browne, Mann, and Sidhu (3)
Nays: None (0)
4. ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2014 -083 ESTABLISHING THE
CEDAR HILLS /EUCLID STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS FUND AND
ESTABLISHING A PROJECT BASED BUDGET FOR CEDAR HILLS /EUCLID STORM
WATER IMPROVEMENTS (AB2016 -146)
Mann moved to recommend adoption to the full Council.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Browne, Mann, and Sidhu (3)
Nays: None (0)
S. REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT AMENDMENT BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL
ZONE DISTRICT AND THE WHATCOM CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO PROVIDE
OUTREACH TO THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY IN POLLUTION
IDENTIFICATION AND CORRECTION (PIC) FOCUS AREAS IN THE AMOUNT OF
$45,000 (AB2016 -153)
Mann moved to recommend approval to the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone
District Board of Supervisors.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Mann and Sidhu (2)
Nays: None (0)
Abstains: Browne (1)
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1 6. RESOLUTION OF THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL UPDATING THE APPENDIX
2 OF THE 2015 COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
3 (AB2016 -154)
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5 Sidhu moved to recommend approval to the full Council.
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7 Jack Louws, County Executive, gave a staff report and answered questions on how
8 these projects are economic development projects versus public infrastructure projects, new
9 costs versus total costs, specific County projects, and how to remove projects from the list.
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11 The motion carried by the following vote:
12 Ayes: Browne, Mann, and Sidhu (3)
13 Nays: None (0)
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16 COUNCIL "CONSENT AGENDA" ITEMS
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18 1. REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A
19 COST -SHARE AGREEMENT BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY AND NORTHWEST
20 PIPELINE, LLC TO COVER THE COST OF EMERGENCY MEASURES TO STABILIZE
21 THE BANK OF THE NORTH FORK NOOKSACK RIVER NEAR RUTSATZ ROAD AND
22 ASSOCIATED MITIGATION MEASURES IN THE AMOUNT OF $700,000
23 (AB2016 -155)
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25 Mann moved to recommend approval to the full Council.
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27 The motion carried by the following vote:
28 Ayes: Browne, Mann, and Sidhu (3)
29 Nays: None (0)
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31 2. REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A
32 CONTRACT FOR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY AND
33 WHATCOM LAND TRUST FOR MONITORING AND EASEMENT ENFORCEMENT OF
34 PROPERTIES IN THE PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS PROGRAM IN
35 PERPETUITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,000 PER EASEMENT OR A 50/o FEE ON
36 THE EASEMENT PRICE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, NOT TO EXCEED $24,000
37 PER EASEMENT (AB2016 -156)
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39 Sidhu moved to recommend approval to the full Council.
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41 Karin Beringer, Planning and Development Services Department, answered questions
42 about how the program is funded, how the program is administered in perpetuity, and
43 whether the County can legally enter into contracts in perpetuity.
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45 The motion carried by the following vote:
46 Ayes: Browne, Mann, and Sidhu (3)
47 Nays: None (0)
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50 OTHER BUSINESS
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52 There was no other business.
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ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 12:25 p.m.
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Jill Nixon, Minutes Transcription
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