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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee
February 26, 2019
CALL TO ORDER
Committee Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. in the
Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
ROLL CALL
Present: Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, and Carol Frazey
Absent: None
Also Present: Barbara Brenner, Rud Browne, Satpal Sidhu, and Todd Donovan
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION
1. AB2019-043 DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE REPEALING AND
REPLACING WHATCOM COUNTY CODE 1.28, STANDARDS FOR
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Jeff Parks and Wendy Jones, Sheriff's Office, gave a staff report on items in the
current County Code versus the existing state law and current policies and procedures. He
answered questions.
Councilmembers and staff discussed the best process for having policies and
procedures available to the public; using the code as an index for the different section of the
policies and procedures; how a member of the public can access department policies and
procedures; periodic review of policies and procedures; how this section of the code
originated; old rules about testing for tuberculosis; the roles of the Council and the Sheriff's
office in determining policies and standards; following the international building codes for
building standards; and the resources that would be necessary to keep updated policies and
procedures available to the public on the County website.
Buchanan stated this item will be held in committee. Councilmembers can send
questions to Mr. Parks and Ms. Jones.
OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
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