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Council (Special)
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
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Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
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Minutes - Final
Monday, August 2, 2021
1PM
Virtual Meeting
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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 (Special) Minutes - Final August 2, 2021
Call To Order
Roll Call
Council Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 1:02 p.m. in a
virtual meeting.
Present: 6 - Rud Browne, Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, Todd Donovan, Carol Frazey, and
Kathy Kershner
Absent: 1 - Ben Elenbaas
Announcements
Council Action
1. A132021-4 73 Appointment of members to serve on committees that will prepare Whatcom County
Voters' Guide statements for two ballot measures, one to amend the County Charter
and the other to establish a Birch Bay Library Capital Facility Area
Dana Brown -Davis answered a question about process for this item.
Browne moved and Donovan seconded that the following applicants for the
PRO statement for Proposal 1 (Charter) be nominated and appointed:
• Andrew Reding
• Cindy Madigan
The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 6 - Browne, Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Frazey, Kershner
Nay: 0
Absent: 1 - Elenbaas
Donovan moved and Frazey seconded that the following applicants for the
PRO statement for Proposal 2 (Library) be nominated and appointed:
• Ruth Higgins
• Doralee Booth
• Keith Alesse
The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 6 - Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Frazey, Kershner, and Browne
Nay: 0
Absent: 1 - Elenbaas
This agenda item was NOMINATED AND APPOINTED.
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Introduction
1. AB202t-1415- Ordinance repealing Ordinance 2021-029, which imposed an interim moratorium on
the acceptance and processing of applicatons for new or expanded facilities in the
Cherry Point Urban Growth Area, the primary purpose of which would be the
shipment of unrefined fossil fuels not to be processed at Cherry Point
Kershner moved and Browne seconded that the Ordinance be
INTRODUCED.
Councilmembers and Dana Brown -Davis, Clerk of the Council, discussed
whether the amendments that were passed last week have taken effect and
whether there is time for this to go into effect before that. This item will be
considered on August 16, 2021.
Kershner's motion that the Ordinance be INTRODUCED carried by the
following vote:
Aye: 6 - Browne, Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Frazey, and Kershner
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Absent: I - Elenbaas
Other Business
Adjournment
Enactment No: ORD 2021-052
There was no other business.
The meeting adjourned at 1:08 p.m.
The County Council approved these minutes on August 10, 2021.
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