HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Works Sep 13 2022Whatcom County
Council Public Works & Health Committee
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
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Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
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Committee Minutes - Final
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
1:30 PM
Hybrid Meeting
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COUNCILMEMBERS
Barry Buchanan
Kaylee Galloway
Kathy Kershner
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council Public Works & Health Committee Minutes - Final September 13, 2022
Committee
Call To Order
Roll Call
Committee Chair Kathy Kershner called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m.
in a hybrid meeting.
Present: 3 - Barry Buchanan, Kaylee Galloway, and Kathy Kershner
Absent: None
Also Present: Todd Donovan, Ben Elenbaas, and Carol Frazey
Announcements
Special Presentation
1. AB2022 105 Presentation of final report for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Review project
Cathy Halka, Council Legislative Analyst, introduced the item and the
following people presented:
• Brian Murphy, BERK
• Katherine Goetz, BERK
The speakers answered what they meant by the question "Can Board
positions be consistently filled?" under the Health Board recommendation
criteria on page 16 of the presentation ("AB2022-105 - Whatcom County
Sept CC Presentation") slides, whether (reading from page 15 of the Final
Report) they received all the documents they requested from Whatcom
County and whether getting one or two examples rather than a wider breadth
of reports hindered their ability to process the information they were trying
to process.
Kershner stated the next step is to present this to the Executive and the
Sheriff..
Buchanan moved to forward the report to the Executive's Office and the
Sheriff s Office.
The motion carried by the following vote (and will be forwarded to
Council):
Aye: 3 - Buchanan, Galloway, and Kershner
Nay: 0
This agenda item was FORWARDED TO COUNCIL WITH
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RECOMMENDED MOTION(S).
Motion approved to forward the report to the Executive's Office and the Sheriffs Office.
2. AB2022-46< Report from the Public Works Department
Jon Hutchings, Public Works Department Director, spoke about the
following topics:
• Flood recovery and preparedness
• Flood budget
• Challenges with service to Point Roberts
• The apprenticeship program Ordinance and why AB2022-379 was
withdrawn from the agenda tonight
He answered whether they are considering things like notification of the
communities effected in a flood event to give as much time as possible to
evacuate, whether flood gates going up on various roads would impede
rescues, whether channel scalping would flood farmlands and what the plan
is in that regard to then remove the water, whether he has had any
conversations with our Congressional Delegation about working with the
Canadian government on exemptions for crossing the border to get to Point
Roberts, whether Public Works is still using the ferry to get up to Point
Roberts, whether Full Time Equivalent (FTEs) to manage the apprenticeship
program will be in the budget, what our forthcoming Public Works projects
are that would require the utilization requirements, and whether he has had
the opportunity to connect with Snohomish County officials and learn from
them what some of their best practices are for implementing these
requirements.
This agenda item was REPORTED.
Items Added by Revision
Other Business
Adjournment
There were no agenda items added by revision.
There was no other business.
The meeting adjourned at 2:32 p.m.
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