The Port Angeles City Council will consider one of seven measures to prevent a downgrade of the city’s fire insurance rating and subsequent rise in insurance premiums for city residents when it meets Tuesday.
The council will meet at 6 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St.
The Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau recently informed the city that the fire insurance rating likely would be downgraded from 4 to 5, according to a staff memo.
The organization agreed that if a seven-point plan were carried out before Jan. 1, the downgrade would not take effect, the memo said.
The council will consider Tuesday an interlocal agreement with the Sequim Fire District that would enable Port Angeles to have access to a reserve fire ladder truck.
The council also will continue a public hearing on updating municipal code pertaining to its stormwater permit.
It also will consider an amendment to the short plat subdivision regulations, as well as adopting an amendment to the 2016 budget.
It will consider priorities to be sent to the state Legislature.
Clallam County
The three Clallam County commissioners will hear an update on public records Monday.
The work session will begin at 9 a.m. in the commissioners’ meeting room, Room 160, at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St. Port Angeles.
County officials have been working this year to address public records training and how to govern records, specifically how public records are managed and requests are processed.
The Monday update will include the work of public records subgroups, a report on recent public records training and consideration of content management software.
Other discussion items include a treasurer’s briefing on the annual foreclosure process.
Commissioners will conduct their regular business meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Action items include:
• Proclamations recognizing Forks Mayor Bryon Monohon and Dr. Jeanette Stehr-Green for their service on the Clallam County Board of Health.
• An agreement with K&H Printers for printing and mailing of 2017 February special election ballots.
• An easement purchase for the Carlsborg sewer project.
• An easement purchase for the Olympic Discovery Trail between Freshwater Bay and Camp Hayden roads.
• An agreement with the state Department of Transportation for the Old Olympic Highway McDonald Creek bridge replacement project.
• An agreement with the state Military Department for an Operation Stonegarden Grant to increase border security patrol overtime, mobile data computers, radios and other equipment.
• An agreement with the state Department of Commerce for a STOP Violence Against Women grant to increase the safety of victims and hold offenders accountable.
• A contract extension request with Bullard Law from Dec. 31 through February 2017.
• A resolution re-establishing membership categories of the Solid Waste Advisory Committee.
• Resolutions appointing or reappointing members to the Solid Waste Advisory Committee, Animal Issues Advisory Committee, Carlsborg Community Advisory Council and Chemical Dependency/Mental Health Program Fund Advisory Board.
• A resolution establishing a new section of the intersection of Sequim-Dungeness Way and 3 Crabs Road.
• A public hearing on an ordinance amending the county’s building and construction code.
Planning commission
The Clallam County Planning Commission will hold a continued work session Wednesday to discuss development standards and restrictions for bed-and-breakfasts in single-family dwellings.
The work session will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Room 160 at the Clallam County Courthouse.
Board of Health
The Clallam County Board of Health will hear an update on a three-county opioid response project Tuesday.
The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. in Room 160 at the Clallam County Courthouse.
Other agenda items include an update on a 2017 community health assessment, board of health recruitment and a continued discussion on health board priorities.
Olympic Medical Center
Olympic Medical Center commissioners will consider tumor registry software 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 revisions to the Quality Management System Manual, operating room surgical tables, change orders for the medical office building project and the endoscopy medical gas routing project.
Clallam Transit
The Clallam Transit board will consider approving a 2017 budget Monday.
The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the Clallam Transit System main office, 830 W. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Other action items include an amendment to the six-year transit development plan, a salary and wage scale for non-represented employees and recognition of United Way of Clallam County and designation of December as United Way campaign month.
The board will also present memorandums of commendation, elect officers for 2017 and hear a series of status updates and staff reports.
Public utility district
Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners will consider establishing the district’s electric system rate schedules to account for a change in the Green Power, or Watts Green, rate.
The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Lake Crescent boardroom of the PUD Main Office in Carlsborg, located at 104 Hooker Road.
Other agenda items include a resolution authorizing the disposal of surplus property, contract completion for new facilities construction, customary business and an executive session to discuss litigation or potential litigation.
Quillayute School Board
The Quillayute Valley School Board will consider approval of a collective bargaining agreement with the Forks Education Association when it meets Tuesday.
The board will meet at 6 p.m. in the library at Forks High School, 261 S. Spartan Ave.
It also will be given an update on December enrollment.
Marine resources committee
The Clallam County Marine Resources Committee will discuss educational outreach ideas Monday.
The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Downriggers restaurant at The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave., Port Angeles.
Committee members will score educational outreach efforts that should be done first next year and discuss how to carry out the three efforts that receive the most votes.
A member holiday party will be held after the meeting at 6:20 p.m. Spouses and partners are welcome.
