Clark County Council Meetings

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Clark County Council meetings are open to the public, in person or online. 
 

Council Meetings are held in a hybrid format. You can join in person, on the 6th floor of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street, Vancouver, WA 98666, or virtually. 

For meeting dates and times, please see the County Council Calendar or the Weekly Calendar on our Meeting Information page. 

If you would like to participate in public comment, you can come to the Public Service Center 6th floor Hearing Room, provide comment over the phone, or by logging into WebEx.

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Date Agendas & Minutes Related Documents Audio/Video
11/15/2022

6:00pm

Agenda

Minutes

Minutes (Verbatim: Traffic Impact Fees)

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Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation

Proclamation: Native American Heritage Month

NUSA (Neighborhoods USA) 2022 Neighborhood of the Year Award
    -Third Place Winner: Clark Neighbors Food Project, Building Community & Sharing Food One Bag at a time (About Clark Food Project; Why it matters)

Public Comment on Consent & Separate Business Items

Consent:
1. Warrants:
    -10/24 – 10/28/2022
2. Minutes approved for:
    -Nov. 1, 2022
3. Appointments and Letters of Acceptance for:
    -Marie Coffey appointed to the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Board in Position 4 representing Clark County, effective Jan. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2030
4. Ad Valorem / Budget related documentation received:
    -FY2022 amended operating budget – East County Fire & Rescue
5. Plats (for notice only):
    -North Haven Phase 4A
    -Wirf-Lewis River Home
6. Approval to repurpose Community Development and Fire Marshal Controllable Services Budget to Capital Budget.
7. Approval to repurpose Facilities Capital Budget to the Supplies Controllable budget.
8. Approval of a Notice to Contractors to request bids for the 2022 Preservation ADA Improvements – Groups 2A & 3 Project: CRP No. 301422 / PRJ0000818.
9. Approval authorizing the County Manager to sign an Interlocal Agreement with Clark Public Utilities for the relocation of poles, electrical lines, and other facilities necessary to construct the NE 68th Street Sidewalk project.
10. Request approval authorizing the County Manager to sign a grant amendment from the Washington State Department of Ecology to award $61,354.00 in additional construction funds to Clark County Public Works for the NE Hazel Dell Avenue (Cougar Creek to 94th Street) stormwater retrofit project.
11. Approval to repurpose 2022 baseline controllable budget for division to purchase a spray apparatus and a large format plotter.

Separate Business:
1. Request approval of 3J Consulting, Inc. 2nd contract amendment to extend and increase the budget for the Housing Options Study and Action Plan.
2. Approval of an interlocal agreement adjusting the water services boundaries between Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County (dba Clark Public Utilities) and the City of Battle Ground.
3. Request approval of $25,730,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and General Fund funding to complete space planning efforts for the Downtown Campus.
4. Request approval of an extension of the Professional Services Agreement for two (2) months with NaphCare, Inc., to provide inmate medical services at the Clark County Law Enforcement Center Jail, Jail Work Center, and Juvenile Justice Center Detention Facility.
5. Approval of the Fourth Lease Amendment with Harmony Sports Association.
6. Request approval of a resolution adopting the 2023-2028 Stormwater Capital Plan.

Open Public Comment
    -Submitted Comment

Public Hearing: 2023 Transportation Improvement Program and 2023 Annual Construction Program

Public Hearing: Traffic Impact Fee Rate
    -Project Webpage

Councilor Communications
County Manager Report
Adjourn

Council Meeting
11/14/2022

Weekly Calendar
11/9/2022

Work Session- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx
Work session will begin at the conclusion of Board of Health

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Work Session: Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan Update - *CANCELLED

*Work Session canceled

8:30am

Agenda

Minutes

Board of Health- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx

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Board of Health
-Pledge of Allegiance
-Minutes from Oct. 26th, 2022
-Director's Report
    -Respiratory Illnesses: COVID-19, Influenza, RSV
-Public Health In Action
    -Dr. Jack Stump and Lisa Stump Recognition
-Open Public Comment
-Comments from the Board
-Adjourn

Board of Health

Agenda

Minutes

Council Time- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx 
Council Time will begin at the conclusion of the Board of Health

Participate in the following ways:

1. Public Comment - on agenda items only   
2. Old Business
    2.1 Minutes for November 2, 2022
    2.2 Jail Update
3. New Business:
    3.1 Native American Heritage Month Proclamation (for Nov. 15, 2022)
    3.2 Request for Interim Ordinance to allow Sales of Fireworks between Dec. 27th and Dec. 31st 
4. Councilor Reports:
5. Work Session Requests: None
6. Report on Policy Issues:
7. Executive Sessions:
    7.1 Per RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) - 20 minutes
    7.2 Potential Litigation RCW 42.30.110)1)(i) - 15 minutes

Council Time
11/7/2022

Weekly Calendar
11/2/2022

9:00am

Agenda

Minutes

Council Time- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx 

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1. Public Comment - on agenda items only  
2. Old Business
    2.1 Minutes for October 26, 2022
    2.2 Cowlitz Tribe Contract
          A:  101922 Offer Cowlitz Indian Tribe
          B:  CCSO Jail Cowlitz Reservation and Casino Totals
          C:  18-19 Indigent Defense Annual Invoice Cowlitz Indian Tribe Agreement
          D:  Indigent Defense Cowlitz 2018-19
          E:  Cowlitz Indian Tribe MEO Service Memo
          F:  PA Cowlitz Indian Tribe Cases
          G: Cowlitz Indian Tribe Payment in Lieu of Taxes  
    2.3 Public Safety Sales Tax
    2.4 Jail Update
3. New Business: None
4. Councilor Reports:
5. Work Session Requests: None
6. Report on Policy Issues:
7. Executive Sessions:
    7.1 Per RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) - 60 minutes

Council Time
11/1/2022

10:00am

Agenda

Minutes

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Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation
Proclamations:
    -Veterans Day
    -National Family Caregivers Month
Public Comment on Consent & Separate Business Items

Consent:
1. Warrants:
    -09/19 – 09/23/2022
    -09/26 – 09/30/2022
2. Minutes:
    -Oct. 18, 2022
3. Appointments and Letters of Acceptance for:
    -Jeff Mori, Chief of Police, City of Vancouver, appointed to the Public Health Advisory Council, effective immediately to Sep. 30, 2025.
    -Robin Sells Pursley appointed to the Clark County Law & Justice Council.
4. Plats (for notice only):
    -Halme Short Plat
    -Lalonde Park Subdivision Phase 1
5. Request approval to create Fund 1043: Opioid and Overdose Response Fund for the collection of revenue due to the Opioid and Overdose Response Plan settlement.
6. Request approval to set public hearings for December 5, 6, and 7, 2022 for the purpose of presenting, discussing, and approving the 2023 annual budget.
7. Request approval of a Joint Resolution of the Clark County Council and Klickitat and Skamania Boards of County Commissioners to appoint Marie Coffey as Clark County’s designee, Position No. 4, on the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Board of Trustee’s, effective Jan. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2030.
*8. Request approval of a Collective Bargaining Agreement between Clark County, Clark County Sheriff’s Office, and the Clark County Deputy Sheriffs’ Guild. *item removed
9. Request approval of a resolution for temporary road closures of Northwest 11th Avenue between Northwest 149th Street and approximately 1,300 feet north of Northwest 164th Street, not to exceed 180 calendar days, for the construction of a sanitary sewer line by a contractor.

Separate Business:
1. Request approval to adopt a formal fund balance policy for Fund 5006: Elections Fund.
2. Request approval of a resolution expressing the Council’s opposition to tolling the I-5 Bridge replacement, and the I-5 and I-205 corridors in the Portland metropolitan area.
3. Request approval of Supplemental Agreement No. 1 (Agreement No. SCN00001872) with PBS Engineering & Environmental for the development of a Traffic Control Management Plan associated with the Delfel Road Realignment Project. No additional funding is required.

Open Public Comment
    -Submitted Comments

Public Hearing: 2022 Fall Biannual Code Amendments *continued to Jan. 17, 2023, 6pm

Public Hearing: 2022 Fall Budget Supplemental Appropriation
    -Presentation
    -Reports
    -Resolution

Public Hearing: Medical Examiner's Office Fee Schedule

Public Hearing: Home Investment Partnerships-American Rescue Plan
    -Presentation

Councilor Communications
County Manager Report
Adjourn

Council Meeting
10/31/2022

Weekly Calendar
10/26/2022

8:30am

Agenda

Minutes

Board of Health- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx

Participate in the following ways:

Board of Health
-Pledge of Allegiance
-Minutes from Sept. 28, 2022
-Director's Report
     -COVID-19 Update & Monkeypox
-Public Health in Action
     -Community Health Assessment, Community Health Improvement Plan, Strategic Plan
     -Racism as a Public Health Crisis
     -Presentation
-Open Public Comment
     -Submitted Comments
-Public Hearing: Environmental Public Health Fees
     -Submitted Comments
-Comments from the Board
-Adjourn

Work Session- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx
Work session will begin at the conclusion of Board of Health

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Work Session: 2023-2028 Stormwater Capital Plan

Work Session

Agenda

Minutes

Council Time- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx 
Council Time will begin at the conclusion of the Work Session

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1. Public Comment - on agenda items only
    -Submitted Comments
2. Old Business
    2.1 Minutes for October 19, 2022
    2.2 Tolling Staff Report, Resolution and White Paper
3. New Business: 
    3.1 Proclamation request by the Commission on Aging "National Family Caregivers Month" (for Nov. 1)
    3.2 Proclamation request by the Veterans Advisory Board "Veterans Day" (for Nov. 1)
    3.3 ARPA Funding Small Project - Law Library
    3.4 Staff Report and Resolution for temporary road closures of a section of NE 99th Street
    3.5 Title 9 Code Update Discussion - Noise Ordinance
4. Councilor Reports:
5. Work Session Requests: None
6. Report on Policy Issues:
7. Executive Sessions:
    7.1 Per RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) - 10 minutes
    7.2 Potential Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - 15 minutes
    7.3 Pending Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - 15 minutes

Council Time
10/24/2022

Weekly Calendar
10/19/2022

9:00am

Work Session- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx

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Work Session: 
- 2022 Fall Budget Supplemental Presentation
- 2022 Fall Budget Supplemental Reports - County Manager Recommendations

Work Session

Agenda

Minutes

Council Time- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx 
Council Time will begin at the conclusion of the Work Session

Participate in the following ways:

1. Public Comment - on agenda items only
2. Old Business
    2.1 Minutes for October 12, 2022
    2.2 Tolling Resolution and White Paper
3. New Business: None
4. Councilor Reports:
5. Work Session Requests: None
6. Report on Policy Issues:
7. Executive Sessions:
    7.1 Per RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) - 30 minutes

Council Time
10/18/2022

6:30pm
*please note time change*

Agenda

Minutes

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Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation
Declaration of Emergency *add on item
Public Comment on Consent & Separate Business Items
    -Submitted Comments

Consent:
1. Warrants:
    -09/23 – 10/11/22
2. Minutes for Oct. 4, 2022
3. Appointments and Letters of Acceptance for:
    -Vikram Kotwani appointed to the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Board, effective immediately to Dec. 31, 2025.
    -Diana Perez appointed to the Clark County Community Action Advisory Board, effective immediately to Dec. 31, 2024.
4. Plats (for notice only):
    -North Haven Phase 1a/2a
5. Approval to schedule a public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at 10 a.m., for the purpose of presenting, discussing, and approving the 2022 Fall Budget Supplemental appropriation.
6. Approval to accept a Washington Traffic Safety Commission grant in the amount of $150,000 for Electronic Home Monitoring for probation and pretrial and expand budget capacity for related expenses until budget appropriation can be formally adopted during the 2023 Fall Budget Supplemental. Also, request approval authorizing the County Manager to sign contracts related to the grant.
7. Approval to accept a Washington Traffic Safety Commission grant in the amount of $50,000 for Electronic Home Monitoring for Therapeutic and Specialty Courts and expand budget capacity for related expenses until budget appropriation can be formally adopted during the 2023 Fall Budget Supplemental. Also, request approval authorizing the County Manager to sign contracts related to the grant.
8. Approval to amend a previously approved staff report to allocate funding of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for a county-wide Retention Incentive for all represented and unrepresented regular employees. This amendment is to request an additional $200,000 to cover the full financial impact, due to the benefits portion of the incentive being more than originally estimated.
9. Approval of a new series of classifications: Internal Auditor with salary assignment of the classification to existing pay range M2.822, Internal Auditor, Senior assigned to existing pay range M2.824 and Internal Auditor, Principal assigned to existing pay range M2.827. Also, request that the County Manager approve the position change (P000170) from Management Analyst, Sr. to Internal Auditor, Senior and the position change (P000150) to Internal Auditor, Principal.
10. Approval to add a new classification of Manager of Jail Services (update title only).
11. Approval of a Collective Bargaining Agreement between Clark County and Local 1432.

Separate Business:
1. Approval of a resolution endorsing establishment of a regional Criminal Justice Training Center in Clark County.
2. Approval to amend the previously approved ARPA request in COM-06-22AD for supplies for the Community Development Permit Center to buy similar supplies for Code Enforcement. This would enhance Code Enforcement’s ability to work remotely. This budget amendment would move $5000 from Permit Center CC187 to Code Enforcement CC184.
3. Approval to place an advanced order for the 2023 replacement vehicles in order to accommodate for manufacturer’s long lead times and ordering deadlines.
4. Approval authorizing the County Manager to execute a Public Works contract with Summit Signal, Inc., for the repair of railroad signal grade crossing equipment at three locations in an amount not to exceed $250,000.

Open Public Comment
    -Submitted Comments

Public Hearing: 2023 Capital Improvement Plan
    -Staff Report & Resolution
    -Submitted Comments

Councilor Communications
County Manager Report
Adjourn

Council Meeting
10/17/2022

Weekly Calendar
10/12/2022

9:00am

Work Session- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx

Participate in the following ways:

Work Session:  Capital Improvement Plan Update

Work Session

Agenda

Minutes

Council Time- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx 
Council Time will begin at the conclusion of the Work Session

Participate in the following ways:

1. Public Comment - on agenda items only
2. Old Business
    2.1 Minutes for October 5, 2022
    2.2 Financial Quarterly Update
    2.3 Criminal Justice Training Center Letter and Resolution
    2.4 Jail Update
    2.5 Blake Cases OPD 
3. New Business: 
    3.1 Senate Bill 4295 and Letter
    3.2 Tolling White Paper & Resolution
4. Councilor Reports:
5. Work Session Requests: None
6. Report on Policy Issues:
7. Executive Sessions:
    7.1 Per RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) - 25 minutes
    7.2 Collective Bargaining - 20 minutes

Council Time
10/10/2022

Weekly Calendar
10/5/2022

9:00am

Work Session- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx

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Work Session: 2023 Annual Construction Program & 2023-2028 Transportation Improvement Plan

Work Session: Floodplain Ordinance Update

Work Session: ACP & TIP

Work Session: Floodplain

Agenda

Minutes

Council Time- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx 
Council Time will begin at the conclusion of the Work Session

Participate in the following ways:

1. Public Comment - on agenda items only
2. Old Business
    2.1 Minutes for September 28, 2022
    2.2 Jail Update   
3. New Business: None
4. Councilor Reports:
5. Work Session Requests:
    5.1 Future of Electrification in Clark County
6. Report on Policy Issues:
7. Executive Sessions: None

Council Time
10/4/2022

10:00am

Agenda

Minutes

VLCFA Board minutes

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Convene as the Vancouver Library Capital Facility Area Board
Vancouver Library Capital Facility Area Board
    -Consider adoption of the 2023 Budget and levy certification
Adjourn


Convene as the County Council

Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation
Proclamation:
    -Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Public Comment on Consent & Separate Business Items

Consent:
1. Warrants:
    -09/12 – 09/16/2022
    -04/01 – 09/15/2022
2. Minutes:
    -Sept. 20, 2022
3. Plats (for notice only):
    -Martin Property Short Plat
4. Approval to receive Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF) revenue.
5. Approval to publish a Notice to Contractors requesting bids for the 2022 Preservation ADA Improvements – Group 2C Project; PRJ 0000818, CRP 301422.
6. Approval of two resolutions as follows: request #1, which would update the anticipated project completion date for the Resolution for Road Closure on the Strengthening Bridge Bundle #1 Project (previously approved and dated May 17, 2022; and request #2 which would approve a temporary road closure on Northeast 182nd Avenue at Morgan Bridge, as part of the Strengthening Bridge Bundle #2 Project; CRP 300522, PRJ 0000582.
7. Approval to submit a grant proposal to the Washington State Department of Ecology to fund a stormwater capital project for construction in 2025.
8. Approval of federal grant funding Local Agency Agreement and revised Project Prospectus for $1,700,000 of federal grant funds for the construction of NE 68th Street Sidewalk (Highway 99 – NE St. Johns Road) Project; CRP 372122.
9. Approval to carryforward the Budget Amendment for Fund 1032 authorizing the reappropriation of $25,000 from professional services to capital outlay for the Raspberry Fields Neighborhood Park Project.
10. Approval to confirm execution of the Third Amendment of Agreement for Services between Clark County and the Cowlitz Indian Tribe.

Separate Business:
1. Approval to create Fund 1042, for collection of revenue due to voter passage of Proposition 11 – Public Safety and General Sales Tax, per RCW 82.14.450.
2. Approval of a sole source contract with the Community Foundation of Southwest Washington to use their Social Justice Resiliency Fund to distribute $125,000 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Proviso, disabilities, and behavioral health funding to community organizations that serve historically oppressed and underserved populations in Clark County, effective from contract signing through June 30, 2023. Also, request authorization for the County Manager to sign related grant agreements, subcontracts, amendments, and required reports.
3. Approval of a resolution designating Kenneth A. Lader, P.E. as the County Engineer.
4. Approval of a resolution directing the County Engineer to review the petition to vacate a portion of Northwest Lancaster Road; PRJ 0001387.
5. Approval of a resolution directing the County Engineer to review the request to convert a portion of private road, Southeast 356th Avenue, to a public road.

Open Public Comment
    -Submitted Comments

Public Hearing: Clark County Code Chapter 3.12A, Sales and Use Tax - Public Safety Tax
    -Submitted Comments

Councilor Communications
County Manager Report
Adjourn

Council Meeting
10/3/2022

Weekly Calendar
9/28/2022

8:30am

Agenda

Minutes

Board of Health- Hybrid; join in person or WebEx

Participate in the following ways:

Board of Health
-Pledge of Allegiance
-Minutes from Sept. 14, 2022
-Director's Report:
    -COVID-19 Update
    -Monkeypox
    -Strategic Planning Process
-Public Health in Action
    -Recreational Water: Swim Beach Monitoring
-Open Public Comment
    -Submitted Comments
-Comments from the Board
-Adjourn

Board of Health