Clallam County commissioners will be presented with a preliminary 2020 budget at a meeting that will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
The meeting will be in the commissioners’ board room (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Other agenda items for the business meeting include:
• A resolution declaring intent to authorize the redirection of existing sales and use tax revenues for affordable and supportive housing in accordance with Substitute House Bill 1406.
• An agreement with Clallam Conservation District to extend a subcontract to Sept. 30 for a pollution identification and correction grant.
• An agreement with Kitsap Public Health District for youth marijuana and tobacco prevention programs.
• Notice that supplemental appropriations will be adopted Sept. 24.
• A call for Sept. 24 hearing for consideration of debatable budget emergencies.
Commissioners will conduct their weekly work session beginning at 7:30 a.m. Monday.
Discussion items include:
• Establishing priorities and performance measures for the Board of County Commissioners.
• An agreement with K&H Printers for printing and mailing of 2019 general election ballots.
• An agreement with cities of Port Townsend and Sequim, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, State Patrol, U.S. Border Patrol, National Park Service and Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine and Homeland Security Investigations for the operation of the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team (OPNET).
• A right-of-way agreement for a Olympic Discovery Trail segment between Freshwater Bay and Thompson roads.
• An agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation for funding the Olympic Discovery Trail.
• An amended agreement with the state Department of Ecology for funding the Clallam County Marine Resources Committee.
• A discussion on conservation futures.
Public Utility District
Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners will consider adopting a district travel policy at 1:30 p.m. Monday.
The meeting will be in the Lake Crescent Boardroom at the Carlsborg main office at 104 Hooker Road.
Other agenda items include contract completion with Nordland Construction for trenching along U.S. Highway 101 near the Elwha River bridge, a resolution adopting a charge card policy and the authorization to dispose a damaged copier/scanner with no value.
Sequim city
The Sequim City Council will discuss possible questions for a survey on the Jamestown S’Klallam’s proposed medication-assisted clinic when it meets at 5 p.m. Monday.
The council will meet at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St.
It also will consider an ordinance providing for the appointment of a hearing examiner as well as an ordinance adopting a new Sequim Municipal Code chapter on code enforcement.
It will consider awarding a bid for a pavement preservation project.
It will hear an update on a project to install a photovoltaic system on the Guy Cole Event Center.
The council plans to present a certificate of appreciation to Sgt. Mike Hill for action taken in regard to a medical incident and will declare October to be Resilience Awareness Month in Sequim.
Sequim schools
The Sequim School Board will hear a report on the first day of school when it meets in regular session at 6 p.m. Monday.
The board will meet at 503 N. Sequim Ave. A workshop will precede the regular meeting at 5 p.m.
It will discuss legislative priorities and consider action on several policies.
Forks city
The Forks City Council will conduct a public hearing on a Forks Urban Growth Area comprehensive plan update at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
The meeting will be at Forks City Hall, 500 E. Division St.
Other agenda items include Parker/Broadview annexation proceedings.
Conservation District
The Clallam Conservation District board will consider a contract with Aqua Terra Cultural Resource Consultants for onsite septic system projects at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
The meeting will be in Suite H at Armory Square, 228 W. First St., Port Angeles.
Other agenda items include a well metering pilot project update, Washington Association of Conservation Districts meetings and cooperator and cost-share agreement.
Strait ERN
Education, planning, funding and upcoming action will be discussed by the Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network when it meets from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday.
The meeting of the Strait ERN will be at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Red Cedar Hall in the Community Center on Old Blyn Highway in Blyn.
The Strait ERN is one of the Puget Sound Partnership’s Local Integrating Organizations working to implement the Action Agenda for Puget Sound protection and recovery.
It includes all of the tribes and local jurisdictions, and most of the non-governmental organizations, educational institutions and key business groups with interest in the Strait Action Area, which extends from Cape Flattery near Neah Bay east to Point Wilson in Port Townsend, said coordinator John Cambalik.
For information on the Puget Sound Partnership and the Puget Sound Action Agenda, see www.psp.wa.gov. For more on the Strait ERN, see www.straiternlio.org. To contact Cambalik, email coordinator@straiternlio.org.
