EYE ON CLALLAM: Clallam Bay-Sekiu water system repairs before PUD

Meetings across Clallam County.

Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners will consider declaring an emergency and authorizing emergency repair work for the Clallam Bay/Sekiu water system when they meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday.

To join the meeting, visit https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83474934310?pwd=SzZLMVoxV1krQjVUaUhMZ G9ZNTA4UT09.

To listen only, call 1-253-215-8782, then enter meeting ID 834 7493 4310 and passcode 523914.

Public comment may be submitted in advance to info@clallampud.net.

The commissioners also will hear a staff presentation on the 2022 strategic plan and consider authorizing the purchase of a 100-foot bucket truck for $496,649, plus state sales tax.

The full agenda is posted at https://clallam pud.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-22-21- WEB-Packet.pdf.

County commission

The three Clallam County commissioners will consider approving lodging tax grants totalling $1,248,500 in their weekly work session Monday/weekly business meeting Tuesday.

The grants under consideration are:

• Lincoln Park BMX Association, $100,000.

• Port Angeles Baseball, $60,000.

• Peninsula Adventure Sports, $9,000.

• Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts, $7,000.

• Clallam Bay/Sekiu Chamber of Commerce, $12,000.

• Clallam County Park, $60,000.

• Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau, $650,000.

• Clallam County Public Works Road Department, $250,000.

• Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival, $15,550.

• Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce — Winter lce Village, $60,000.

• Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce — Jazz in the Olympics, $25,000.

The meeting can be viewed on a live stream at http://www.clallam.net/ features/meetings.html. To participate via Zoom video, go to https://zoom.us/j/8755 61784, by Zoom audio only, call 253-2125-8782. The meeting ID is 875 561 7844 and the passcode is 12345.

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

Agenda items include:

• A resolution to transfer, by quitclaim, county interest in the portion of Fifth Avenue within Forks city limits.

• A resolution to dissolve the Carlsborg Community Advisory Committee.

• Resolutions to appoint or reappoint 54 citizens to 18 volunteer boards and commissions.

• A resolution to approve $2,000,000 in behavioral health funding for 2022-2023.

• Discussion of several budget-related measures that will be considered at the council’s Dec. 7 business meeting.

The meeting agendas are posted at www.clallam.net/features/meetings.html.

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

Port of Port Angeles

Port of Port Angeles commissioners will recess into executive session during a special meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

The agenda posted at https://www.portofpa.com/AgendaCenter says only that the commissioners will meet for purposes allowed under the Open Public Meetings Act, without specifying what they will discuss.

To join the virtual meeting, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84003734165.

To listen only, call 1-253-215-8782 and enter webinar ID 840 0373 4165; no passcode is required.

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

Forks city

The Forks City Council will conduct a budget hearing when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Participants can attend in person at 500 Division St. To join the meeting online, visit https://us06 web.zoom.us/j/8728234 5698?pwd=NG9tQXFCQjZRUDRxZXVnZndrVHVkdz09.

Listening and webcast options are to be posted on the city’s website at www.forkswashington.org.

The full agenda is posted at https://forks washington.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11Agenda _20211122.pdf.

Sequim city

The Sequim City Council will conduct its final public hearing on the 2022 capital budget at 6 p.m. Monday.

To join the meeting, visit https://zoom.us/j/91235464 249; to listen only, call 253-215-8782 and enter meeting ID 912 3546 4249.

Written public comment can be sent to smcmillon@sequimwa.gov and will be distributed to the council prior to the meeting.

The full agenda is posted at https://www.sequimwa.gov/Archive Center/ViewFile/Item/2520.

Crescent school

The Crescent School Board will consider several policies when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The board meets in the library at Crescent School, 50350 state Highway 112, Joyce.

To join the meeting, visit https://csd313-org.zoom.us/j/85361950272.

To listen only, call 253-215-8782 and enter meeting ID 853 6195 0272; no password in needed.

The full agenda is posted at https://go.board docs.com/wa/crescent/Board.nsf/goto?open& id=C8SPZE66BDA1

Quillayute Valley

The Quillayute Valley School board will appoint a new member for District 1 when it meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday.

The meeting will stream at https://youtu.be/GPgevz4JCVw.

The full agenda is posted at https://www.qvschools.org/Page/1745.

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