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Council (Special)
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
311 Grand Avenue, Ste #105
Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
(360) 778-5010
Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
2PM
Hybrid Meeting
HYBRID MEETING (PARTICIPATE IN -PERSON IN COUNCIL OFFICE
CONFERENCE ROOM, SEE REMOTE JOIN INSTRUCTIONS AT
www.whatcomcounty.us/joinvirtualcouncil, OR CALL 360.778.5010)
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) Meeting Agenda July 19, 2022
Call To Order
Roll Call
Announcements
Individuals who require special assistance to participate in the Council's meetings are asked to contact
the Council Office at 360.778.5010 at least 96 hours in advance.
Committee Discussion
1. AB2022-414 Discussion and approval of Council Office budget items to include with 2023-2024
budget proposal
Items Added by Revision
Other Business
Adiournment
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File ID:
AB2022-414
File Created:
07/15/2022
Department:
Council Office
Assigned to:
Council (Special)
Agenda Date:
07/19/2022
Whatcom County
Agenda Bill Report
File Number: AB2022-414
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
311 Grand Avenue, Ste #105
Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
(360)778-5010
Version: 1 Status: Discussed
Entered by: DBrown@co.whatcom.wa.us
File Type: Discussion
Primary Contact Email: DBrown@hotmail.com
TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
Final Action: 07/19/2022
Enactment #:
Discussion and approval of Council Office budget items to include with 2023-2024 budget proposal
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
Councilmembers and Council staff to discuss councilmember-proposed additional services requests to
submit with the Council Office 2023-2024 proposed budget.
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE FILE
Date: Acting Body:
07/19/2022 Council (Special)
Action:
DISCUSSED
Attachments: PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AS OF JULY 15
Sent To:
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PROPOSALS SUMITTED AS OF JULY 15, 2022:
Council Office
1 FTE for Council Office to specialize in Communications/PIO, additional capacity for
budget and policy analyzing
Information Technology (IT) Needs
o Option for Councilmember work phones
o OneDrive/OneNote/Teams
• Funding for paid internship program in the Council Office — pilot program for rest of county?
Climate Action Program
Funding for 2 FTE supervised by the Climate Action Manager:
1. Data Analyst (GHG emission assessment, manage GIS, and climate data dashboard) and
2. Climate Action Planner (work across our existing plans/frameworks such as for comp
plan, floods, infrastructure, etc. housed under PW, but have an ability to work with PDS).
The need for budget authority to allow for project funding and grant matching for CAP
implementation - —$500,000
Broadband
• Staff capacity, equipment, and materials for dig once implementation/broadband deployment
Forestry
• Funds to contract services for forest management plans for Canyon Lake Community Forest
and Stewart Mountain Community Forest (these in addition to the Lake Whatcom Park forest
management plan RFP already lined up in finance)
Housing
• Establishing seed funding for land bank to help acquire property for affordable housing
o Explore Local Improvement District as possible model
County Fleet Transition/Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
Funding to install 20 electric vehicle charging stations across county facilities and parks
Estimated $1 Ok-$15k per charger (waiting for confirmation from Rob Ney)
Whatcom Racial Equity Commission
•—$100,000 -modelled off DV Commission funding, matched by City of Bellingham —to
support staff, member compensation, and other operational costs.
Immigration Resource Center
• Matching funds to help support the City of Bellingham's potential efforts to stand up an
Immigrant Resource Center to expand services for immigrant communities.
Public Safety/Criminal Justice Reform
• Progress/status update on 2017 VERA Institute of Justice Report (accomplishments to -
date, remaining items and recommendation.
• IPRTF/SAC support for reports/needs assessments.
Requests of Administration
• Increase county funding for the Commission on Sexual and Domestic Violence by
$50,000.