County County Work session on Monday has some highlight items that are noteworthy:
Proposed revisions to Fee Schedule 205-A for fees related to the County Parks facilities
Rate fees increases are proposed, see item for details: http://clallam.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=18&meta_id=4473
Agreement with Johan Van Nimwegen for an easement for the Carlsborg Sewer System project
item details: http://clallam.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=18&meta_id=4477
Agreement with Michael J. and Suzann L. Traband for an easement for the Carlsborg Sewer System Project
Item details: http://clallam.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=18&meta_id=4479
Notice of hearing for Ordinance amending Clallam County Code, Chapter 21.01 – Building and Construction Code (4a)*
NOTICE IS HEREBY GMN that the Clallam County Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, December 20,20L6 at 10:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as possible in theCommíssioners' Meeting Room of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 East4ú Street! Room 160, Port Angeles, Washington. The purpose of the public hearing is to consider an ordinance amending Chapter 2I.0L, the text of which is being published in summary and in compliance with RCW 65.16.160 and Clallam County Charter Section 3.L0. (NOTE: The full text wt:ll be mailed without charge upon request - see "Proponent" þelow for the address and/or telephone number.) All proposed ordinances are available.
SECTION.BY.SECTION SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES:
Section .O10, Adopts certain appendices of the 2015 International Building Code, 2015 International Fire Code, 2015 International Mechanical Code and 2015 Uniform Plumbing Code
Section .O40, Adopts Appendices C - Agricultural Buildíngs, Appendix G - Flood -Resistant Construction, and Appendix I - Patio Covers of the 2015 International Building Code
Section .O5Q Adopt Appendix D - Sizing Storm DraÍnage Systems and Appendix E Manufactured/Mobile Home and Recreational Vehicle Park, of the 2015 Uniform Plumbing Code
Section .060, Adopt Appendix A - Combustion Air Openings and Chimney Connector Pass-Through of the 2015 International Mechanical Code
Section .O7Q Adopt Appendix E - Hazard Categoríes and Appendix F, Hazard Ranking of the 2015 International Fire code
See item for futher details: http://clallam.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=18&meta_id=4483
See full agenda: http://clallam.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=18
During their regular session on Tuesday the County will hold their 2017 budget hearings at 10AM, and 6PM on Tuesday as the summary states:
The 20t7 Proposed Budget is hereby presented for Public Hearing on December 6,2016, and thus continues the budget process that will result in an adopted budget no later than December 13, 2016. After approving the great majority of Departmental "ask" and several new spending proposals that come with grant revenues, the General Fund shows Revenues of $36,667,867, which includes increases in Sales Taxes (reflecting an uptick in large construction projects in the
unincorporated county), increases in Sale of County Timber (due to DNR catching up prior year's cutting shortfall) and some increased Grant Revenues from the State. In addition, we are budgeting for the automatic, ínflationary increase in property taxes (.953o/o as allowed by law) together with an increase in new construction coming on to the booþ which will increase our total property tax collections. On the expenditure side, General Fund Expenditures are budgeted at 938,956,258, resulting in a $2,288,391 use of reserves that would leave $8,311,609 (2t.3o/o of expenditures) as the year-end Reserve Balance. This number is $363,796 more than the minimum Reserve Balance required by Policy ($7,947,8L3), and the BOCC
is very concerned that it will not be sufficient for the County to weather another recession (like we had during 2009-20t2), nor will it provide us any cushion to deal with the potential for significant cuts in State Contracts / Grants that may be implemented as the Legislature deals with the implications of fully funding basic education (the Mcleary decision), forcing us to make significant cuts in personnel and levels of service that would be detrimental to all the citizens of Clallam County.
To that end, the board is committed to reduce the use of Reserves, during 2017, by 91,500,000, working with the entire
leadership team to identify potential restructuring of staffing levels due to attrition (we are expecting more than 50 people to retire during the year), to look for savings in budgeted spending (due to increased efficiency) at every possible opportunity, as well as to look hard at any new revenue opportunities that can be implemented to improve (or at least save) county-wide services, all year long.
See item for details: http://clallam.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=123&meta_id=4544
See full agenda: http://clallam.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=123
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