BOARD OF ISLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES OF MEETING- NOVEMBER 17, 2003
The Board of Island County Commissioners (including
Diking Improvement District #4) met in Regular Session on November 17, 2003 at
9:30 a.m. in the Island County
Courthouse Annex, Hearing Room, 1 N. E. 6th Street, Coupeville,
Wa. Wm. L. McDowell, Chairman,
William J. Byrd, Member, and Mike Shelton, Member, were present. The meeting began with the Pledge of
Allegiance. By unanimous motion, the
Board approved the minutes from the November 10, 2003 meeting.
VOUCHERS
AND PAYMENT OF BILLS
The Board by unanimous motion approved the County
Payroll October 16-31, 2003, and the following
vouchers/warrants were approved for payment by
unanimous motion of the Board:
Voucher
(War.) #177102-177300 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .. . . . . .. $576,125.90
Hiring Requests & Personnel Actions
As presented by Dick Toft, Human Resources Director, the Board by
unanimous motion, approved the
following personnel action authorization (s):
Dept. PAA # Description/Position
# Action Eff. Date
Sheriff 091/03 Deputized Officer 4014.32 Replacement 11-17-03
Auditor 092/03 Dep. Aud/Aud Mgr.
206.00 Replacement 11-17-03
Health 093/03 PHN II .25 fte
2406.19 New
Position 1-1-04
[fee for service –
Agreement with Sheriff’s Office]
Health 094/03 Dept. Asst .63 fte 2423.03 Replacement 2-18-04
GSA 095/03 Asst. Director
1501.00 Replacement 2-19-03
Letter of Agreement 03-05-#1 - Island County & Local 1845
Letter of Agreement
03-05-#1 by and between Island County and Local 1845 was approved by unanimous motion of the Board correcting an
oversight in the most recent contract, and adds Article 12.8.4 relating to
employees pager pay and associated duties.
Letter of Agreement signed by James Trefry, Staff Representative,
Council 2.
Interlocal Cooperative Agreement ICA-2004-534
Between Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts and
Island County – Fiscal Year 2004 &
2005 Expanded Jury Source List Project
By unanimous motion, as
submitted by the Island County Superior Court Administrator, the Board by
unanimous motion approved Interlocal
Cooperative Agreement ICA-2004-534 between the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts and Island County for
Fiscal Year 2004 and 2005 Expanded Jury Source List Project
[RM-CENT-03-0059] at $950.00 per year.
The Board in Special Session on November 12, 2003, unanimously moved to
lift an Interim Official Control designating Division 1 and Division 2 of the
Plat of Thunder Ridge as a critical Drainage Area, with conditions: dedicate the current $5,000 cash bond to
final completion of issues in Division I of Thunder Ridge; In Division II
establish a signed agreement with TR Camano in terms of reversing the flow from
the west to the east; TR Camano to be responsible for reversing the existing
pipe and agree to work with the downhill property owners to get it completed [a
conveyance system from Thunder Ridge to East Camano Drive] in a reasonable
amount of time [time to be included in agreement].
As a follow-on to that action, an Agreement between Island County and TR Camano Inc. and David Platter, individually, and Robert Cole, individually, with regard to the Plat of Thunder Ridge, Division I and Division II was prepared and presented. With confirmation from Bill Oakes, Public Works Director, that the Agreement had not yet been signed by TR Camano, David Platter or Robert Cole, the Board pulled the Agreement from today’s agenda. Once the Agreement has been signed by the parties, Mr. Oakes was authorized to bring the Agreement back to the Board at a Staff Session or Regular Board meeting for action, along with a resolution lifting the interim official control.
Appointments/Re-appointments to Various Boards and Committees
The Board, by unanimous
motion, made the following appointment and reappointment:
Charles V. Peterson, Camano Island, appointment to the Island
County Planning Commission
Representing District #3 for an existing term to January 2,
2007.
Reappointed Wm. L. McDowell and William J. Byrd to serve as County Legislative Body representatives on the Island Transit Board of Directors commencing January 1, 2004.
Resolution
#C-112-03 Proclaiming December 7th
of Each Year as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
By unanimous motion, the Board adopted Resolution
#C-112-03 proclaiming December 7th as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
BEFORE THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF ISLAND
COUNTY, WASHINGTON
IN
THE MATTER OF PROCLAIMING )
DECEMBER
7TH OF EACH YEAR AS ) RESOLUTION NO. C-112-03
PEARL
HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY )
WHEREAS, on December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese
Navy and Air Force attacked units of the armed forces of the United States
stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, more than 2,000
citizens of the United States were killed and more than 1,000 citizens of the
United States were wounded in the attack on Pearl Harbor; and
WHEREAS, the attack on Pearl
Harbor marked the entry of the United States into World War II; and
WHEREAS, the veterans of World
War II and all other people of the United States commemorate December 7th in
remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor; and
WHEREAS, commemoration of the
attack on Pearl Harbor will instill in all people of Island County a greater
understanding and appreciation of the selfless sacrifice of the individuals who
served in the armed forces of the United States during World War II; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the
Board of County Commissioners of Island County, Washington, concur and join
with action by the One Hundred and Third Congress of the United States of
America in proclaiming December 7th of each year as “Pearl Harbor Remembrance
Day” in Island County, and that this Board of Commissioners calls on all
citizens, groups and organization of the County to observe the day with
appropriate ceremonies and activities, and urge all individuals and agencies to
fly the flag of the United States at half-staff each December 7th in honor of
the individuals who gave their lives at Pearl Harbor for the betterment of the
lives of all Americans.
ADOPTED this 17
day of November, 2003.
BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ISLAND
COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Wm.
L. "Mac" McDowell, Chairman
William
J. Byrd, Member
ATTEST: Mike
Shelton , Member
Elaine
Marlow, Clerk of the Board
Resolution #C-113-03 Conditionally Approving the Clinton Water District's Comprehensive Sewer Plan
Mike Helland, Manager, Clinton Water District, and a
number of Clinton residents/citizens were present interested in the Resolution
before the Board with regard to conditionally approving the Clinton Water
District’s Comprehensive Sewer Plan, and interested in commenting on the
item. Bill Oakes, Public Works
Director, also attended.
Norman G. Brocard, 6569 Simmons Drive, Clinton,
Vice-Chair, Citizen’s Advisory Board
appointed by the Clinton Water District, submitted a letter into the record
[filed with the Clerk of the Board]. Noting
that the Citizens Advisory Board
was appointed to help with all aspects
of the development and implementation
of wastewater management planning.
Clinton residents became
concerned about the draft Comprehensive
Sewer Plan dated January 2003 prepared
by CHS Engineers, Inc. in that the plan and the previous plan by R. W.
Beck March, 1995, did almost no definitive work to determine and to quantify
problems caused by sewage disposal in Clinton. The supposition that sewers are needed was based on examination of
inadequate, poorly-organized data
collected by the Island County Health Department. Concerned Citizens of Clinton
circulated a petition easily collecting about 150 signatures of Clinton
residents who disapprove of the sewer plan [copy of one page of the petition
submitted and placed on file with the Clerk of the Board]. He requested the
plan not be approved until the conditional statement from the Island County
Planning and Community Development is stricken from the record inasmuch as it
is unfounded statement “A sewer system
is needed in order to protect basic public health in Clinton”. He also asked that approval be deferred
until proper public hearings can be held.
Doug Brand, 6357 S. Wilson Pl. Clinton, urged that
the Board vote no on the resolution for the reasons stated in his e-mail [copy
on file]:
1. It is possible to less expensively and more
efficiently accommodate build-out
demands of the RAID designations without implementation of a centralized sewer
system
2. The comprehensive plan is in conflict
with the Growth Management Act.
The plan calls for
sewer infrastructure in rural areas within the proposed sewer district [reference Section
3.3 of the plan titled Land use, zoning and service area; and Table 3-4 and Figure 3-1 of the
plan]. There are no
currently-documented health, safety, or environmental
problems in these areas. This is in direct conflict with RCW 36.70A.110.4.
3. A sewer
system is not necessarily needed to
protect basic public health in Clinton.
Basic public health and safety can be protected just as well if not
better with decentralized systems while
still preserving desired quality of life.
4. Petition
signed by approximately 150 citizens of Clinton indicating significant
opposition to the development of a plan
to build a centralized sewer system and for the formation of a ULID for
the purpose of building a centralized
sewer system. No significant public hearings were ever conducted to adequately
assess the sentiment of the citizens of
Clinton regarding a centralized sewer system.
Dave Braathen, 4854 Gedney View Lane. Clinton,
submitted his letter into the record and
a copy of a letter dated May 28, 2002 he wrote to the Clinton Water
District Commissioners and a response from the District dated August 8, 2002 to
his concerns [copies placed on file]. As it pertains to his property he is half
in and half out of the District; his property is zoned Rural and outside of the
RAID. Sewer project boundaries
significantly exceed the Clinton R.A.I.D. area as designated in the Island
County Comprehensive Plan. The expanded area to the South and West of the
Clinton R.A.I.D does not have a health
or safety problem; the area is zoned rural.
The Growth Management Act
prohibits extending sewers to rural areas unless a health problem exists
that would be corrected by sewers. Authors of the Clinton Comprehensive Sewer Plan
were unable to document any health problems within the R.A.I.D. or rural
areas to include in the text of the Plan.
Therefore, extending sewers from the Clinton R.A.I.D. to the Rural areas
would be prohibited by State Law. He
asked that the Commissioners return the
sewer plan back to the Clinton Water District to re-write to include only property within the Clinton R.A.I.D.
Elisa Miller, 6569 Simmons Drive, Clinton, a customer of
the Clinton Water District and within
the boundary of the designated sewer district,
commented from her statement for the record also submitted by e-mail [copy on
file]. She strongly opposed the
direction the District took to contract
with an engineering firm to develop a
comprehensive sewer plan. At that time
the engineers focused on big pipe
technologies, and their report based on
an assumption of need, but no documentation.
The citizens group agreed to
help rewrite the Comprehensive Sewer
Plan, and the new direction brings together five options for wastewater
management, and states the need at present it still indeterminate. With
no evidence of significant problems
supported by uniform evaluation criteria,
and only isolated problems reported in the records of the Island County
Department of Health, she believes the
plan with five options can meet needs as they are identified. They have found no documented evidence to
support the statement from Planning & Community Development
Department. The Comprehensive Sewer
Plan is an open document, allowing full
discussion of various methods of wastewater management. Having revised the plan toward a new direction, there has of yet been no public airing of
the plan and she asked that before giving approval to the plan, that the
Commissioners allow further review by County departments and citizens of
Clinton, requesting a public hearing.
Gloria Chou, Clinton resident located within the
boundaries of Clinton Water District, expressed her personal views. She was
gratified when the plan went
from a single focus of a water sewage treatment plant into five options
and likes having a choice and options available if the need is
proven and supported. Sewage
treatment was only one of the options. She
encouraged the Board defer approval of the document until people in general who will be paying
the consequences of the proposal have an opportunity to express their opinions.
Mike Helland, Manager, Clinton Water District,
indicated that the District in an
effort to develop a comprehensive plan
integrated a great deal of public participation as well as this meeting today n an effort to notice the public of the action being
proposed. He clarified that development
of the comprehensive plan was to
identify; a facilities plan is to construct. virtue of public participation that brought the plan to this
point and the additional options are very viable. He believed that what was
objected to today was a sentence in the letter from the Planning &
Community Development Department with regard to protection of basic public
health with a sewer system. This area
was identified by the Health Department as
being one of the hot spots in the Clinton area. Cascade View and Possession View are some of
the some of the most densely platted real estate in the Clinton area. That in
itself being identified I believe there are questions with re to serving that
area. In development of any further
consideration by the District to
provide sewer service in Clinton would entertain that, but in a comprehensive
plan it is not required other than acknowledging that. He and the District are aware of the issue
of serving rural properties. As far
as public participation, public part is appropriate once there is a plan to
consider. Option 1 is a very viable
option and We have that option in the
plan as a direct result of the process that has been considered. With re to public having opportunity to view the plan I answer all phone calls
come in office with re to any consideration of the plan’s development and the draft plan has been posted on CWD
web site and available for public view and comment. He received only a couple of comments, none that preclude
adoption. The current direction of the
District as it pertains to the development
of the comprehensive sewer plan has been pointed out. The District implemented
a wastewater task force comprised of
members of the community living within the proposed service area boundary and
are working with the Health Department and the development of a uniform
platform to assess current data known and identify what appropriate as a fix. He saw no evidence of the District taking
action not supported by statistical evidence
the Health Department and waste water task force identified. He thought
the plan represented cutting edge of
what could be developed as a waste water management program for the community and that it would be up to the in
developing anything further as far as financing and payment for anything
proposed.
Commissioner Shelton was aware that under state law if ever there were to be a sewer system in Clinton the only entity in
place that would be able to implement that is the CWD. People have expressed their desire not to have a coordinated sewer system in Clinton and he assured
that without their support that
would never be accomplished since it would require a vote for an LID in order to fund
any sewer treatment options people of Clinton ultimately want to have. The CWD commissioned writing of a sewer plan but that plan does not mean anything other than there is a
plan in place if at some future point the CWD
Commissioners in conjunction
with residents of the District vote to install some type of sewer treatment
facility. The Clinton Water District
Commissioners are driving this not the Board of County Commissioners. As provided in State law, the local
district sent the plan to the local
legislative authority for approval. And based upon the three county departments
who reviewed and commented on the plan, Planning & Community Development,
Health Department and Public
Works/County Engineer, all indicated the plan worthy of approval. While acknowledging that the comments from
Planning about public health would possibly
more appropriately come from the public health department, that letter recommending approval is not a part of the plan itself. His opinion was that if there were public
hearings that occur in the Clinton area
regarding the sewer plan, to be more
meaningful should be held by the CWD.
In relation to the GM issues, if
the boundary needs to be adjusted because of the RAID designation there would
be no question but that would happen because sewers cannot be extended out into
the rural area.
Commissioner Byrd greatly appreciated fact you came
in and state comments. Note that
the RCW’s are the governing laws and in this case County staff
in the appropriate departments
reviewed and recommended approval of the plan forwarded by the CWD.
Chairman McDowell mentioned to the folks attending
that the Oak Harbor area in which he
resides currently is going through the
process to form a sewer LID. He is aware
that the comprehensive sewer plan for Clinton is nowhere near the LID stage
which then would actually discuss the need or lack of need to be sewered. Before a
sewer would ever be built a much
more in depth process is necessary to
determine which parcels will be
sewered, and included in that is the
cost. The Board of County
Commissioners are being asked to
approve a comprehensive plan if
it meets State law which it does; it is
not a plan to address individual properties.
Again, the County departments indicate the plan meets state law. As to the comment about zoning, the Chair
noted this in no way was a precursor to change county density; he was not aware
of anyone wanting to change it nor has the Board received a request to change
zoning. As far as statements made about
providing sewers in a rural area, the answer is only under certain limited
conditions. This is a comprehensive
plan and the proposed action before the Board it to approve or deny it based on
state law.
Commissioner Shelton made the observation that the
County had 90 days from receipt of the adopted plan from the District which
was August 13, 2003; if the County does not act within that time State law
provides it is automatically approved
by the County.
Commissioner Shelton moved approval of
Resolution #C-113-03, Resolution
Conditionally Approving the Clinton Water District’s Comprehensive Sewer
Plan. Motion, seconded by Commissioner
Byrd, carried unanimously.
Elissa Miller maintained that the comments received from the Planning
Department were erroneous. Commissioner
Shelton agreed that if in fact there were a
public health issue those public
health issues would more appropriately come from the Health Department.
Commissioner Byrd pointed out that the Island County Health Department
supported approval of the comprehensive
sewer plan, as did the State Department of
Ecology.
Doug Brand
referenced a letter the Board received from a member of the task force,
Gail Madden [copy on file] who asked the Board to remand the plan back to the
CWD until the task force can do its work over the course of the next year. One of the concerns is that there is not a
perfected plan in place reflecting total
sentiment of the community.
Consensus of the County Commissioners was that the
group has the ability to do exactly what commissioned to do by the CWD because
there is a relatively broad
framework. Framework wide enough to
perfect the plan within that framework.
Commissioner Shelton pointed out that a few years
back State grant money was available to assess
areas the Health Department believed were high risk areas [R. W. Beck
study] and the two areas selected were Clinton and Juniper Beach. The Health Department has for a long period of time recognized
Clinton as an area of some significant susceptibility in terms of on-site.
Chairman McDowell noted that part of the
comprehensive plan is the first step.
With regard to comments about public health, he clarified that the statement does not refer in any way to a specific site that has
to have sewer because of public health issues; rather, it states that
before you could ever serve rural areas
there has to be a public health need.
For areas in the RAID before it could be developed at densities allowed
by the comprehensive plan a sewer is needed – that statement did not take an
opinion this area needs it or this area does not; it is a statement that public health issues have to
be there before serving in a rural
area.
Mr. Braathen was interested to find out if this were
an appealable issue because he
maintained it did not comply with Growth Management., and noted it illegal
to bring sewer systems to rural areas
and he did not
think it appropriate to plan it.
BEFORE THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF ISLAND
COUNTY, WASHINGTON
|
RESOLUTION CONDITIONALLY
APPROVING THE CLINTON WATER DISTRICT’S COMPREHENSIVE SEWER PLAN |
|
RESOLUTION NO. C-113-03 |
WHEREAS, the Clinton Water
District (District) submitted its Resolution 03-4, August 13, 2003, adopting
its Comprehensive Sewer Plan to this Board;
WHEREAS, RCW 57.16.010 requires
that the District’s Comprehensive Sewer Plan be submitted to an engineer
designated by the Board of County Commissioners and the County Director of
Health and, prior to becoming effective, must be approved in writing by the
engineer and Director of Health;
WHEREAS, the Board of County
Commissioners submitted the District’s Resolution 03-4 to William E. Oakes,
P.E., Island County Public Works Director, who conditionally approved the
District’s comprehensive sewer plan by his written letter of October 17, 2003;
WHEREAS, the Board of County
Commissioners submitted the District’s Resolution 03-4 to Tim McDonald,
Director, Island County Health Department, who approved the District’s
comprehensive sewer plan by his written memorandum of October 7, 2003;
WHEREAS, RCW 57.16.010 also
requires that before the District’s Comprehensive Sewer Plan becomes effective,
the comprehensive plan must be approved by resolution of the Board of County
Commissioners pursuant to the criteria set forth in RCW 57.02.040 and further
that the comprehensive plan does not provide for facilities that are
inconsistent with RCW 36.70A.110, the Growth Management Act provisions
restricting new urban facilities to urban growth areas; and
WHEREAS, the Island County
Director of Planning and Community Development reported and this Board finds
that the District’s Comprehensive Sewer Plan contained in its Resolution 03-4
is in compliance with the criteria set forth in RCW 57.02.040 as it complies
with Island County’s Growth Management Act Comprehensive Plan and Development
Regulations, and is not inconsistent with RCW 36.70A.110, the Growth Management
Act provisions restricting urban facilities to urban growth areas, because the Clinton
area is designated as a Rural Area of More Intensive Development (RAID) in the
County’s Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulations; NOW, THEREFORE,
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the
Clinton Water District’s Comprehensive Sewer Plan contained in the District’s
Resolution 03-4, August 13, 2003, is approved subject to the District’s
consideration of the comments, questions and conditions attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
DATED this 17 day of November,
2003.
BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ISLAND
COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Wm.
L. McDowell, Chairman
William
J. Byrd, Member
Mike
Shelton, Member
ATTEST:
Elaine
Marlow
Clerk
of the Board
[Exhibit A to Resolution No. C-113-03 placed on file with the Clerk of the Board]
Resolution #C-114-03/SW-05-03
In the Matter of Adopting Solid Waste and Septage Tipping Fees for the
Year 2004-2006.
On presentation by Bill Oakes and recommendation of approval, the Board
by unanimous motion, approved
Resolution #C-114-03/SW-05-03 In the Matter of Adopting Solid
Waste and Septage Tipping Fees for the Year 2004-2006.
BEFORE THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF ISLAND
COUNTY, WASHINGTON
IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTING )
SOLID WASTE AND SEPTAGE ) RESOLUTION NO. SW 05-03
TIPPING FEES FOR THE YEARS ) C-114-03
2004-2006
WHEREAS, a three-year Rate Study for the Island County Solid Waste
Program was recently completed which projected future revenues and operational
and capital expenditures; and
WHEREAS, the Rate Study determined that the fee for solid
waste (MSW) and Biosolids can remain at the current level for 3 years; and
WHEREAS, the Rate Study determined that the per-vehicle
recycling charge should increase by $0.48 or 8% to cover increased recycling
expenses; and
WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Advisory Committee unanimously
recommended adoption of the proposed rate schedule in their meeting of October
24, 2003.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS that the schedule for Island county Solid Waste & Septage
Fees attached as “Exhibit A,” shall be
in effect from January 1, 2004 through
December 31, 2006.
ADOPTED this 17 day of November, 2003.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ISLAND
COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Wm.
L. McDowell, Chairman
William J. Byrd,
Member
Mike
Shelton, Member
ATTEST: Elaine Marlow, Clerk of
the Board
[Exhibit A placed on file with the Clerk of the Board]
Resolution
#C-115-03/PLG-011-03 Amending the
Service Area for the Lost Lake Improvement Club Water System - Reducing Service Area
Phil Bakke, Planning & Community Development Director, presented for the Board’s approval Resolution Amending the Service Area for the Lost Lake Improvement Club Water System by reducing its service area to exclude parcels R23124-092-2330 and R23124-075-2330. These parcels are currently within the service area of the Lost Lake Improvement Club Water system. The owners of the parcel requested service from the Lost Lake Improvement Club Water System but were denied; therefore, the owners following the CWSP procedure request the parcels be removed from the boundary of the water system.
By unanimous motion, the Board approved Resolution #C-115-03/PLG-011-03 Amending the Service Area for the Lost Lake Improvement Club Water System by reducing its service area to exclude parcels R23124-092-2330 and R23124-075-2330.
BEFORE
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON
|
IN THE MATTER OF AMENDING
THE SERVICE AREA FOR THE LOST
LAKE IMPROVEMENT CLUB WATER SYSTEM BY REDUCING ITS
SERVICE AREA TO EXCLUDE PARCELS R23124-092-2330 AND
R23124-075-2330 |
) ) RESOLUTION C- 115 -03 ) PLG-011-03 ) ) ) ) ) ) |
WHEREAS,
parcels R23124-092-2330 and R23124-075-2330, are currently located within the
service area of the Lost Lake Improvement Club water system; and
WHEREAS,
parcels R23124-092-2330 and R23124-075-2330 are a 2.5 acre Rural Residential
parcels that allows for a density of 1 dwelling unit per 2.5 acres; and
WHEREAS, the
owner of the property has requested water service from the Lost Lake
Improvement Club; and
WHEREAS, on
June 9, 2003 the Lost Lake Property Owners Association indicated an inability
to provide water service to the owner of the subject lots, attached hereto as
Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to WAC 197-11-800(4)(b) appropriations of 2,250 gallons per minute or
less of ground water are exempt from SEPA review, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED
by the Board of Island County Commissioners that the service area of the Lost
Lake Improvement Club is amended to remove parcels R23124-092-2330 and
R23124-075-2330, attached hereto as Exhibit B, is hereby incorporated into the
Island County Coordinated Water System Plan.
APPROVED AND
ADOPTED this 17 day of November, 2003.
BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
ISLAND
COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Wm.
L. McDowell, Chairman
William
J. Byrd, Member
Mike
Shelton, Member
ATTEST:
Elaine
Marlow
Clerk
of the Board
[Exhibits A and B placed on file with the Clerk of the Board]
Auditor’s Financial Report
Suzanne Sinclair, Island County Auditor, provided the Auditor’s Financial Report for the period ending October 31, 2003, indicating revenues and expenditures close to budgeted percentages. Of
note with regard to revenue, Ms. Sinclair pointed out that Rural County Sales Tax was budgeted at $325,000 but collected to date $427,000. No cautions were apparent to be brought to the Board’s attention [copy on file] .
Treasurer’s Financial Report
Linda Riffe, Island County Treasurer, submitted the Treasurer’s Financial Report for the same period [copy on file] noting an increase in almost all revenue areas with the exception of interest earned and interest expense, an overall gain of approximately $454,000. Interest rates, however, continued to remain stagnate in October. Negative figure on line 53 for interest expense came about as a result of receiving Board of Equalization adjustments and re-evaluations late in the previous year. Quite a few property taxes were received after November 1 and therefore are not reflected in this report.
There being no further business to come before the Board at this time, the meeting adjourned at 10:50 a.m. The next regular meeting of the Board will be held on November 24, 2003, beginning at 11:30 a.m. with an Elected Officials Roundtable, followed by Regular Agenda Items at 1:30 p.m.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON
______________________________
Wm. L. McDowell, Chairman
_____________________________
William J. Byrd, Member
_____________________________
Mike Shelton, Member
ATTEST: _______________________
Elaine Marlow
Clerk of the Board