EYE ON JEFFERSON: County to consider lodging tax recommendations

Government meetings set for this week

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider funding recommendations from the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee when they meet at 9 a.m. Monday.

To join the meeting go to https://zoom.us/j/9377 7841705.

To view the meeting live go to www.co.jefferson.wa.us and follow the links under “Quick Links: Videos of Meetings-Streaming Live.”

To listen only call 1-253-215-8782 and enter access code 937-7784-1705#.

Public comments emailed to publiccomment @co.jefferson.wa.us will be included in the minutes, but no longer read aloud during the meeting; comments may still be made via Zoom or telephone.

The commissioners also will discuss the Port of Port Townsend’s request for the county to vacate the medium risk waste facility currently located in the Boat Haven during a workshop at 1:30 p.m.

Items on the consent agenda include:

• A notice for a hearing on 2022 ad valorem tax levies rescheduled for 11:15 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6.

• A notice for a hearing on an interim ordinance on the establishment of temporary homeless facilities in unincorporated Jefferson County scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 13.

• An extension of the deadline through summer 2022 for design work on the Port Hadlock sewer project.

• A grant agreement with the state Recreation and Conservation Office for the Olympic Discovery Trail/Anderson Lake connection project.

• Final approval of the McLuen Short Plat.

The full agenda can be viewed at www.co.jefferson.wa.us by following the link under “Quick Links: Videos of Meetings-Streaming Live.”

Other county meetings:

• The Conservation Futures Oversight Committee will meet at 4 p.m. Monday.

To join the meeting, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86064561699.

To listen only, call 253-215-8782 and enter meeting ID 860 6456 1699.

• The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

To join the meeting, visit https://global.goto meeting.com/join/6217 08893.

To listen only, call 312-757-3121 and enter access code 621-708-893.

Port Townsend city

The Port Townsend City Council will consider a water supply agreement with Port Townsend Paper Corp. when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

To view the meeting live, go to www.cityofpt.us/citycouncil/page/agendas minutesvideos. To join the meeting, go to www.join webinar.com and enter the webinar ID 578-066-435. To listen only, call 360-390-5064 and use access code 942-105-283#.

Written comments received at publiccomment @cityofpt.us more than two hours before the meeting will be attached to the council meeting record; public comments will not be read aloud during the meeting.

The meeting was originally set for Nov. 15 but was adjourned after storms hit the North Olympic Peninsula.

The council also will consider adopting the 2022 budget and a 1 percent tax levy increase.

It will conduct a public hearing related to the Reed Street land exchange; consider authorizing the purchase of a Taser certification bundle, which includes 16 Tasers, for $52,200; consider an update to the city’s comprehensive land use plan; and consider a contract with Financial Consulting Solutions Group, Inc. for $25,000 to update retail water rates.

The full agenda is posted at https://cityofpt.us/citycouncil/page/agendas minutesvideos.

Port of Port Townsend

Port of Port Townsend commissioners will hear a Quilcene report during a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

To access the meeting, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86269043651?pwd=MDlybTZHSmxaRW5BMW 1CajdOTUJHUT09.

To listen only, call 1-253-215-8782, then enter meeting ID is 862 6904 3651 and password 911887.

The commissioners also will hear IDD and capital project quarterly reports.

The consent agenda includes a resolution authorizing the submission of a community economic revitalization board grant and the ratification of a purchase and sale agreement.

Development authority

The Fort Worden Public Development Authority board will discuss the draft 2022 budget when it meets at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

To join the meeting, go to https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81980224292?pwd=YnZhWU5hZzZsY0pKUGw5Q zJ1UGNwUT09.

To listen only, call 1-253-215-8782 then enter the meeting ID 819 8022 4292 and password 665034.

Written comment on agenda topics can be submitted in advance to mvitale@fortworden.org.

The full agenda will be posted at https://fortworden .org/category/pda- documents.

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