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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee
May 22, 2018
CALL TO ORDER
Committee Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. in the
Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
ROLL CALL
Present: Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, and Satpal Sidhu
Absent: None
Also Present: Barbara Brenner, Rud Browne, and Todd Donovan
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION
1. UPDATE ON JAIL ALTERNATIVES FROM CITY OF BELLINGHAM COURT
ADMINISTRATOR DARLENE PETERSON (AB2018 -161)
Darlene Peterson, City of Bellingham Municipal Court Administrator, submitted and
read from a handout (on file) and described the toolkit of electronic home monitoring
programs that the City is using with its misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors. She
answered questions and the councilmembers discussed the types of alcohol - related crimes
that are misdemeanors; using probation for pretrial defendants; the reason for sending
inmates to Yakima instead of the county jail; and the screening process for electronic home
monitoring.
2. DISCUSSION OF OPTIONS FOR CONDUCTING A STATISTICALLY
SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY SURVEY (AB2018 -087)
Byrd gave a staff report on creating a community survey regarding jail issues. The
cost proposal is just for the software.
Councilmembers discussed the cost of designing survey questions and analyzing the
results, expert versus councilmember design of the questions and analysis of the results,
removing councilmember bias from the survey, finding a good representative sample, and
choosing respondents.
Jack Louws, County Executive, stated he encourages the Council to follow the
County's purchasing policy.
Councilmembers discussed creating a survey with a clear objective, that is an
accurate sample size, verifies the respondents are Whatcom County residents, follows the
County purchasing policy, and is not biased. Councilmembers also discussed how to write a
request for proposals or qualifications for the service, if necessary.
Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, 5/22/2018, Page 1
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OTHER BUSINESS
Buchanan reported on the MacArthur grant opportunity.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 2:05 p.m,
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