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Council Committee of the Whole
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Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
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Committee Minutes - Final
VIRTUAL MEETING - ENDS NO LATER THAN 2:45 P.M.; AGENDA
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
1:45 PM
Virtual Meeting
COUNCILMEMBERS
Rud Browne
Barry Buchanan
Tyler Byrd
Todd Donovan
Ben Elenbaas
Carol Frazey
Kathy Kershner
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council Committee of the Whole Committee Minutes - Final February 9, 2021
Call To Order
Roll Call
Council Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 1:45 p.m. in a
virtual meeting.
Present: 7 - Rud Browne, Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, Todd Donovan, Carol Frazey, Ben
Elenbaas and Kathy Kershner
Absent: None
Committee Discussion
1. AB2020-219 Discussion and update on strategies and other items related to COVID-19 (Council
and Health Board)
Erika Lautenbach, Health Department Director updated the
Councilmembers on the following:
• There are 34 enrolled provider sites for vaccine in Whatcom County
• 3,275 doses of vaccine were received this week after a letter sent to
I
he Governor as compared to last week's 700
• One hundred doses will go to the Health Department for vulnerable
populations
• Plans for a large-scale vaccination clinic
• Movement toward opening businesses
She answered questions about future receipt of vaccine and whether there
was a response about the imbalance of supply of the vaccine to different
counties.
Donovan spoke about edits made to the letter the Council sent to the
Governor about moving to Phase 2 and stated that what was approved was
not what was actually sent to the Governor.
Councilmembers talked about whether they should discuss a process for
sending letters.
Dana Brown -Davis, Clerk of the Council, explained the rules for sending
letters from the Council and what took place with this letter.
Kershner moved that the Council accept the letter as written and sent with
the scrivener's error fixed. There was no second to the motion.
Councilmembers and Brown -Davis continued to discuss how to proceed and
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adding a handwritten note to the letter which shows what the language
should have been via the motion the Council meant to make and putting that
in the file and in the Chair's correspondence for the record.
This agenda item was DISCUSSED.
2. AB2021-102 Discussion of Council appointment of Jeffrey Callender to the Business and
Commerce Advisory Committee
This agenda item was WITHDRAWN.
Items Added by Revision
Other Business
Adiournment
There were no agenda items added by revision.
Councilmembers discussed when to begin the next committee meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 2:09 p.m.
The County Council approved these minutes on February 23, 2021.
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