EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Budget resolutions before county board

Govenment meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

The boards of local government agencies will meet next week on the North Olympic Peninsula. Fewer are meeting than usual because of the Memorial Day holiday.

Clallam County

The three Clallam County commissioners will discuss and conduct a public hearing regarding several budget resolutions during their weekly business meeting Tuesday.

The commissioners’ work session, at 9 a.m. Tuesday, will preview items set for action at their formal meeting, which starts at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

The hybrid meetings are in the county commissioners meeting room in the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

The meetings can be viewed online at https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/669/Live-Archived-Meetings-Online.

To participate via Zoom video, visit https://zoom.us/j/875561784.

To listen only, call 253-2125-8782 then enter meeting ID 875 561 7844 and passcode 12345.

Agenda items include:

• An update regarding congressional funding for a portion of the Dungeness off-channel reservoir project.

• Discussion regarding $161,267 of state funding for maintaining programs and investments funded through document recording fees.

• Consider verbal approval to proceed with the proposed beer garden at the county fair.

The meeting agendas are posted at https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/AgendaCenter.

Public comment may be sent to agores@co.clallam.wa.us.

Other Clallam County meetings:

• The Housing Solutions Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Friday.

The hybrid meeting is in room 160 of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

To join the meeting online, visit https://zoom.us/j/7312497453.

To listen only, call 253-215-8782 then enter meeting ID 731 249 7453 and passcode 08816.

Port of Port Angeles

Port of Port Angeles commissioners will discuss the performance of an employee in executive session during a special meeting at 8:30 a.m. Friday.

The hybrid meeting is at the port commission, 338 W. First St. Port Angeles.

To join the meeting online, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81916083224.

To listen only, call 1-253-215-8782 and enter webinar ID 819 1608 3224; no passcode is required.

Comments may be submitted until 8 a.m. Tuesday to braedib@portofpa.com or by calling 360 461-9515.

The meeting agenda is expected to be posted at https://www.portofpa.com/AgendaCenter.

Jefferson PUD

Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners will discuss pole attachment requests when they meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

The hybrid meeting is in the PUD offices at 310 Four Corners Road, Port Townsend.

To join the meeting, go to www.zoom.us/my/jeffcopud or call 833-548-0282, meeting ID 4359992575#.

The full agenda and meeting packet is posted at https://jeffpud.diligent.community/document/13023.

Port Townsend schools

The Port Townsend School Board will meet in a work/study session at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

The board also will meet at 4:30 p.m. in executive session to discuss the performance of a public employee.

The hybrid meetings are in the board room at district headquarters, 1610 Blaine St., Port Townsend

To attend the meetings online, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85243494888.

To listen only, call 1-253-215-8782 and enter meeting ID 852 4349 4888.

The full agenda is expected to be posted at https://go.boarddocs.com/wa/ptsd/Board.nsf/Public.

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