Clallam board to mull stop signs on drives

The work session will begin at 9 a.m. in Port Angeles … and other meetings.

  • Peninsula Daily News
  • Sunday, August 14, 2016 1:30am
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Clallam County commissioners will discuss a repeated request from the Solmar development for stop signs on McDonald, El Camino and Madera drives Monday.

The work session will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 160 at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

Other discussion items include:

• A status update on the McDonald Creek bridge replacement project.

• An annual report from human resources and risk management.

• A Chemical Dependency/Mental Health Fund Advisory Board funding recommendation for intervention services in public schools.

• Contracts with Pierce, Jones and Associates, Morningside and Concerned Citizens for the provision of individual-supported employment, individual technical assistance, community access, community information and education and county millage.

• A request to reject bids for the Clallam County Courthouse boiler replacement project.

• A grant application for a paving project on Carlsborg Road.

• An Agricultural Commission request for $4,000 for facilitation by PIMG Consulting and associated expenses including meeting space rental, food and beverage.

Commissioners will hold their weekly business meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Items set for board action include:

• A change order increasing the contract amount for improvements to the floral barn structural at the Clallam County Courthouse.

• An agreement with San Juan County for the use of juvenile corrections bed days and services.

• An agreement with the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy Community Services and Housing Division to provide funding that strengthens victim and witness assistance program activities.

• An agreement with the Peninsula Daily News for printing legal publications through June 2017.

• An agreement with the city of Sequim to provide services and facilities to the other on an as-needed basis.

• Rejection of bids for the courthouse grounding project.

• Notice that supplemental appropriations will be adopted by resolution Aug. 30.

• A call for an Aug. 30 hearing for consideration of debatable budget emergencies.

• A resolution granting approval authority for emergency warrants as allowed by state law.

Port Angeles city

The Port Angeles City Council will consider providing the Clallam County Economic Development Corp. with $10,000 when it meets Tuesday.

The council will meet at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St.

EDC funding, which historically had been $15,000 annually, had been eliminated from the 2016 budget after the city priority-setting process. In February, the council voted 4-3 to provide $10,000 with quarterly reports.

The council will consider appointing Ken Williams, a former judge, to a board of ethics charged with investigating a complaint against council members Sissi Bruch, Brad Collins, Michael Merideth and Lee Whetham. Grant Meiner, a former judge who had been appointed to the panel, has said he will not be able to serve because of a conflict of interest.

The council also will consider an amendment to the 2016 budget to reflect changes in the capital facilities plan and conduct a continued public hearing on its electric utility resource plan.

Port of Port Angeles

Port of Port Angeles commissioners will hear a Marine Trades Industrial Park tenant interview synopsis when they meet Monday.

The special meeting will begin at 9 a.m. at port headquarters at 338 W. First St.

Commissioner Colleen McAleer will attend remotely.

They also will discuss port property as public property and a modification of a Navy Boat Haven moorage lease.

They will review the lease template.

Clallam PUD

Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners will gather in Forks on Monday to review the district’s resource plan.

The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the state Department of Natural Resources building, 411 Tillicum Lane, Forks.

The staff will review the district’s 2016 Resource Plan, which will be submitted to the Department of Commerce.

Clallam Transit

The Clallam Transit Board will conduct a public hearing on the 2015-21 Transit Development Plan on Monday.

The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the Clallam Transit administration building, 830 W. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.

The transit board will consider adopting the development plan after the hearing.

Other agenda items include an agreement with the Quillayute Valley School District, commendation to transit operators Jamie Elmore and Paul Cousineau, and retirement recognition for former lead dispatcher Claudia Girard and dispatcher Linda Stern.

Board of Health

The Clallam County Board of Health will hear a report on the risk of tick-borne illnesses on the Olympic Peninsula when it meets in Forks on Tuesday.

The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Forks Community Hospital Conference Room, 530 Bogachiel Way.

Other agenda items include a briefing on the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors, a 2017 budget update and the recruitment of an environmental health director.

Planning commission

The Clallam County Planning Commission will discuss lodging facilities and the size, height and/or intensity of allowed structures and uses in rural and urban residential zoning districts Wednesday.

The work session will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Room 160 of the Clallam County Courthouse.

Olympic Medical Center

Olympic Medical Center commissioners will consider a professional services agreement with Swedish Heath Services when they meet Wednesday.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in Linkletter Hall in the basement of the hospital at 939 E. Caroline St., Port Angeles.

Commissioners also will consider bylaw revisions and hear an operations and advocacy update.

Sequim schools

The Sequim School Board will conduct a public hearing on the 2017-18 operating budget when it meets Monday.

The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. at 503 N. Sequim Ave. The regular meeting will be preceded by a workshop on Educational Programs &Operations levies with Tim Garchow, executive director of the Washington State School Directors Association board.

The board will consider accepting the resignation of Brian Lewis, director of finance.

It will consider policies on student conduct, classroom management and absences.

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