HomeMy WebLinkAboutFinance February 13 20181 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
2 Finance and Administrative Services Committee
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4 February 13, 2018
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6 CALL TO ORDER
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8 Committee Chair Satpal Sidhu called the meeting to order at 11:15 a.m. in the
9 Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
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11 ROLL CALL
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13 Present: Rud Browne, Tyler Byrd, and Satpal Sidhu
14 Absent: None
15 Also Present: Tim Ballew, Barbara Brenner, Barry Buchanan, and Todd Donovan
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17 COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S REPORT
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19 Tyler Schroeder, County Executive's Office, submitted a handout (on file) and
20 reported on the emergency proclamation regarding threats to Truck Road from the
21 Nooksack River. He answered questions on the long -term prospect for the road.
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23 COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL
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25 1. RESOLUTION CANCELLING UNCOLLECTIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES
26 (AB2018 -060)
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28 Steve Oliver, County Treasurer, gave a staff report and answered questions about
29 why property is deleted from a personal property listing and the process for collecting taxes
30 from defunct business owners who have other assets in the community.
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32 Sidhdu moved to recommend approval to the full Council.
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34 The motion carried by the following vote:
35 Ayes: Browne, Byrd, and Sidhu (3)
36 Nays: None (0)
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38 2. EXECUTIVE LOUWS REQUESTS APPROVAL OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
39 INVESTMENT (EDI) BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING AS
40 PRESENTED IN THE ATTACHED EDI FUND APPLICATIONS AND APPROVAL OF
41 THE HOUSING AFFORDABLE FOR THE WORKFORCE GUIDELINES (AB2018-
42 061)
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44 Browne moved to recommend approval to the full Council.
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46 Tyler Schroeder, County Executive's Office, gave a staff report and described the
47 application from the Northwest Washington Fair. He answered questions on who gets the
48 money.
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50 The following people spoke in support of the project and answered questions on the
51 project timeline:
52 . Jim Baron, Northwest Washington Fair Manager
53 0 Brad Rader, Rader Farms
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2 Schroeder submitted and read from a handout (on file) and gave a staff report on
3 the Housing Affordable for the Workforce project. He answered questions on project
4 funding, the balance in the economic development investment (EDI) fund, and amending
5 the priority and scoring system.
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7 Paul Schissler thanked the committee for its support.
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9 The motion carried by the following vote:
10 Ayes: Browne, Byrd, and Sidhu (3)
11 Nays: None (0)
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13 3. PRESENTATION AND APPROVAL OF REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY
14 EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY AND
15 IMAGETREND, INC. FOR SOFTWARE LICENSES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES,
16 AND ANNUAL FEES TO IMPLEMENT A REGIONAL ELECTRONIC PATIENT CARE
17 REPORTING SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, IN
18 THE AMOUNT OF $143,134.20 (AB2018 -064)
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20 Tyler Schroeder, County Executive's Office, introduced the vendor representative.
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22 Joe Robinson, ImageTrend, submitted and read from a presentation (on file) and
23 submitted handouts (on file). He answered questions about savings to the County,
24 safeguards in case the system goes offline because of a natural disaster, how much labor
25 savings there would be, whether a cost analysis has been done, whether there is way to
26 compare how one district is doing in relation to other districts in the area, what ongoing
27 costs include, and the difference in efficiency in the patient care process between this
28 software and the current way of data collection.
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30 Schroeder described how the system operates now.
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32 Staff and councilmembers discussed going ahead with projects without a cost - benefit
33 analysis and the timeline for implementation.
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35 Browne moved to recommend approval to the full Council.
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37 The motion carried by the following vote:
38 Ayes: Browne and Sidhu (2)
39 Nays: Byrd (1)
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41 COUNCIL "CONSENT AGENDA" ITEMS
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43 1. REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A
44 CONTRACT AMENDMENT BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE CITY OF
45 BELLINGHAM TO PROVIDE FOR JOINT USAGE OF THE VACTOR WASTE SITE
46 FACILITY FROM JANUARY 1, 2018, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2018, DUE TO
47 THE RATE INCREASE FROM $54.36/TON TO $147.56/TON (AB2018 -062)
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49 Byrd moved to recommend approval to the full Council.
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51 The motion carried by the following vote:
52 Ayes: Browne, Byrd, and Sidhu (3)
53 Nays: None (0)
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2. REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY AND NORTH SOUND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
PROGRAM AND TO SUPPORT REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES,
IN THE AMOUNT OF $957,459 (AB2018 -063)
Browne moved to recommend approval to the full Council.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Browne, Byrd, and Sidhu (3)
Nays: None (0)
3. REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A
LEASE AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY AND
CORNWALL CENTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING THE EXPIRATION
DATE TO DECEMBER 31, 2018, FOR LEASING RAW LAND AT THE CIVIC
CENTER BUILDING SITE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,778.96, FOR A TOTAL
AMENDED LEASE AMOUNT OF $41,411.25 (AB2018 -065)
Byrd moved to recommend approval to the full Council.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Browne, Byrd, and Sidhu (3)
Nays: None (0)
OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
ADJOURN
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Satpal Sidhu, C mmittee Chair
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