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Agenda Bill Master Report
File Number: AB2025-162
File ID: AB2025-162 Version: 1 Status: Adopted
File Created: 02/04/2025 Entered by: MMiterko@co.whatcom.wa.us
Department: Finance Division File Type: Ordinance
Assigned to: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee Final Action: 02/25/2025
Agenda Date: 02/25/2025 Enactment #: ORD 2025-009
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Primary Contact Email: atan@co.whatcom.wa.us
TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
Ordinance amending the project budget for the new Public Health, Safety and Justice Facility, request
no. 7
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
Requests appropriation of $1,000,000 to fund critical upcoming consultant contracts including but not
limited to owner's representative services, wetland mitigation consulting, geotechnical engineering, and
traffic analysis for a total project budget of $10,816,280.
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE FILE
Date: Acting Body: Action: Sent To:
02/11/2025 Council
Aye: 7
Nay: 0
02/25/2025 Council Finance and Administrative
Services Committee
Aye: 3
Nay: 0
INTRODUCED Council Finance and
Administrative Services
Committee
Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Elenbaas, Galloway, Scanlon, and Stremler
RECOMMENDEDFOR
ADOPTION
Byrd, Donovan, and Buchanan
02/25/2025 Council ADOPTED
Aye: 7 Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Elenbaas, Galloway, Scanlon, and Stremler
Nay: 0
Whatcom County Page 1 Printed on 212612025
Agenda Bill Master Report Continued (AB2025-162)
Attachments: Staff Memo, Proposed Ordinance, Supplemental Request, Notice of Action Proposed on 2.11.2025
Whatcom County Page 2 Printed on 2/26/2025
PROPOSED BY: Executive
INTRODUCTION DATE: 02/11/25
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-009
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PROJECT BUDGET FOR THE
NEW PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND JUSTICE FACILITY, REQUEST NO. 7
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2013-003 established the project budget for a new public health,
safety and justice facility construction project, and
WHEREAS, voters approved the referendum necessary to fund a new facility proposed in
Ordinance 2023-039, and
WHEREAS; funds were spent on site acquisition and related consulting contracts, as well
as cultivating community input and collaboration, permitting and predesign work, and
WHEREAS, the project requires additional contracted services, including but not limited
to, justice facility construction project consulting, wetland mitigation consulting, geotechnical
engineering, and traffic analysis, and
WHEREAS, funding will be provided for the additional contracted services by the
Whatcom County Special Purpose Tax, and the interlocal agreement with the cities of
Bellingham, Blaine, Everson, Ferndale, Lynden, Nooksack, and Sumas, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that Ordinance
2013-003 is hereby amended by adding $1,000,000 of expenditure authority, to the current
amended project expenditure budget of $9,816,280, for a total amended project expenditure
budget of $10,816,280, as described in Exhibit A.
AD\%IME['fl W .� Pday of February , 2025.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
ATT • % ° WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Cato. Hal'ka, Coyntext 't"leik," Kaylee GWIloway, Chair of the Coun it
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APPR&VED AS°TO,F`ORM Appro ed O Den d
Approved by email/B Waldron/A Tan
Civil Deputy Prosecutor Satpal Sidhu, C my Executive
Date: -Z - Zs . Z 5
NEW HEALTH, SAFETY AND JUSTICE FACILITY FUND 3502
Account Description
Expenditures
6190 Direct Billing Rate
6630 Professional Services
7210 Intergov Professional Services
7320 Land
8597 Operating Transfer Out
Revenues
8397 Operating Transfer In - Gen Fund
8397 Op Trf In - Gen Fund (Not Budgeted)
8397 Operating Transfer In - Jail Fund
8397 Operating Transfer In - REET I
EXHIBIT A
Current
Amended Amendment #7 Total Amended
Project Budget
to Ord. 2013-003
Project Budget
$200,000
$500,000
$700,000
$2,585,789
$500,000
$3,085,789
$10,000
$0
$10, 000
$6,093,491
$0
$6,093,491
$927,000
$0
$927,000
$9,816,280
$1,000,000
$10,816,280
$2,093,491
$0
$2,093,491
$3,000,000
$0
$3,000,000
$2,700,000
$0
$2,700,000
$2,300,000
$0
$2,300,000
$10,093,491
$0
$10,093,491