PORT ANGELES — A 1977 ambulance and other surplus vehicles will be sold at a Clallam County auction next month.
County commissioners Tuesday declared the Chevrolet ambulance, a 1990 Toyota pickup and a 2000 Ford Expedition as surplus and ordered them to be sold in an online auction beginning April 11.
The sheriff’s office vehicles will be auctioned through the online services section of the Clallam County website, www.clallam.net.
Each of the vehicles has a $500 minimum bid price.
No public comment was given in a hearing that preceded the unanimous board vote.
Alice Hoffman, chief civil deputy in the sheriff’s office, said the ambulance has been used for search and rescue operations.
“It’s been disabled in the shop for a very, very long time,” Hoffman told Board Chairman Mike Chapman.
3-0 to amend rules
After a second public hearing, commissioners voted 3-0 to amend rules and regulations for parks and fairgrounds.
Most of the changes were minor, county Parks, Fair and Facilities Director Joel Winborn said.
Recently-acquired Thompson Road and Eagle Point properties were added to the parks inventory, Winborn told commissioners.
Jesse Cook Scriven park was removed from the list because it is now under the purview of the county road department.
A section was added to the code to require visitors to pay a camping fee to occupy a campsite for overnight camping or a temporary purpose such as electric car charging, picnicking or resting.
“The issue there is we had people pulling into camping spots and they weren’t paid for,” Winborn told commissioners.
“People would come to rent those spots, and there were issues trying to find people to get their vehicles out.”
On county-approved horse trails, riders are now required to slow their horse to a walk upon meeting other trail users.
At the Clallam County Fairgrounds, horses must be led with a halter or a bridle from the horse barn to the arenas.
A section was added to the code to prohibit the feeding of indigenous wildlife in county parks.
Chapman agreed with a concern raised by citizen Ed Bowen over the regulation of children or their parents throwing bread crumbs.
“I don’t think that tearing a corner off a sandwich from a 2-year-old to a deer or a raccoon or a squirrel is probably going to lead to
an overpopulation,” Chapman said.
“We all know is we’re not supposed to do it. There’s signs in every park. But honestly, you show me a parent that hasn’t experienced that moment with their kid, and I’ll show you a parent that hasn’t taken their kid to the out of doors.”
Winborn said the intent of the rule is to prevent widespread scattering of seeds and other foods that can attract unwanted animals and produce noxious weeds and wildflowers.
He said the parks department will not restrict people from throwing bread crumbs at seagulls at Dungeness Landing County Park, for example.
“We’re not going to stop all that,” Winborn said.
“We’re not trying to.”
SARC request
Commissioners added to their meeting agenda a notice of a March 29 hearing on a request from the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center, known as SARC, to fund a new air handler for the pool area.
The $731,705 grant would come from the county’s Opportunity Fund for infrastructure projects.
The hearing will be at 10:30 a.m. March 29 in Room 160 at the Clallam County courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St. Port Angeles.
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