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Council (Special)
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
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Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
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Minutes - Final
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
9:30 AM
Hybrid Meeting
2023-2024 WHATCOM COUNTY BUDGET REVIEW WORK SESSION
COUNCILMEMBERS
Barry Buchanan
Tyler Byrd
Todd Donovan
Ben Elenbaas
Carol Frazey
Kaylee Galloway
Kathy Kershner
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council (Special) Minutes - Final November 1, 2022
Call To Order
Roll Call
Barry Buchanan, Council Vice Chair, called the meeting to order at 9:30
a.m. in a hybrid meeting.
Clerk's note: Council Chair Todd Donovan chaired the meeting from this
point on.
Present: 7 - Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, Todd Donovan, Ben Elenbaas, Carol Frazey,
Kaylee Galloway, and Kathy Kershner
Absent: None
Announcements
Discussion
A32022 -634 Discussion of the County Executive's recommended 2023-2024 Biennium Budget
The following people briefed the Councilmembers on the respective
department budgets and answered questions:
Auditor
Approximate Video Timestamp: 00:01:23
• Diana Bradrick, County Auditor
• Satpal Sidhu, County Executive
Treasurer
Approximate Video Timestamp: 00:28:34
• Steve Oliver, County Treasurer
• Tyler Schroeder, Director of Administrative Services
• Brad Bennett, Administrative Services Department Finance
WSU Extension
Approximate Video Timestamp: 00:46:35
• Shawna Besse, WSU Extension Director
• Tyler Schroeder, Director of Administrative Services
Planning and Development Services
Approximate Video Timestamp: 00:53:02
• Mark Personius, Planning and Development Services Department
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Director
• Tyler Schroeder, Director of Administrative Services
• Satpal Sidhu, County Executive
Council
Approximate Video Timestampe 01:33:03
• Dana Brown -Davis, Clerk of the Council
Break
Public Defender
Approximate Video Timestamp; 01:39:44
• Stark Follis, Public Defender
• Tyler Schroeder, Director of Administrative Services
Assessor
Approximate Video Timestampa 02:00:03
• Rebecca Xczar, County Assessor
• Tyler Schroeder, Director of Administrative Services
District Court/District Court Probation
Approximate Video Tiniestampe 02:10:00
• Bruce Van Glubt, District Court Administrator
Health Department
Approximate Video Timestarnpo 02:23:28
• Erika Lautenbach, Health Department Director
• Kathleen Roy, Health Department
• Malora Christensen, Health Department
• Ann Beck, Health Department
• Cindy Hollinsworth, Health Department
• Sue Sullivan, Health Department
• Greg Thompson, Co -Health Officer
• Tyler Schroeder, Director of Administrative Services
Councilmembers discussed the requests presented.
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Approximate Video Timestamp: 03.14:53
The following people answered questions:
• Satpal Sidhu, County Executive
• Tyler Schroeder, Director of Administrative Services
• Brad Bennett, Administrative Services Department Finance
They answered whether they are confident that the County financial system
can absorb the impacts of a record number and dollar amount of Additional
Service Requests (ASRs), why Public Works Department is not represented
on the "General Fund Summary" page of the "Proposed Budget Volume l,"
whether these ASR requests are essentially building in what the Council
would maybe see next cycle as budget supplemental requests for
inflationary things (like postage, paper, fuel, and reclassification of staff for
retention), whether there are any pending labor negotiations that have not
been built in to the numbers they have here, how they figure the fund
minimum balance threshold, what percent of the previous year's revenue the
fund balance would be in 2024, what funds banked capacity can be used for,
and what sources of revenue they can look to when they are looking to fund
ASRs that are not currently budgeted.
This agenda item was PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED.
Items Added by Revision
Other Business
Adiournment
There were no agenda items added by revision.
There was no other business.
The meeting adjourned at 2:54 p.m.
The County Council approved these minutes on November 22, 2022.
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DanaBrown Dayrs,, Council Clerk
Todd Donovan, Council Chair
Kristi Felbinger, Minutes Transcription
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