EYE ON CLALLAM: Commissioners set to review transportation plan Monday

The three Clallam County commissioners will review a proposed Transportation Improvement Program for 2016-21 when they meet Monday.

The work session will begin at 9 a.m. in the commissioners’ boardroom (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

Commissioners also will preview items set for action at their formal meeting, which begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Agenda items for the formal business meeting include:

■ A resolution calling for a Nov. 10 hearing on the six-year Transportation Improvement Program.

■ An agreement with the state Department of Social and Health Services for outpatient chemical dependency treatment services.

■ An agreement with the Sequim School District for transition program training.

■ A memorandum of understanding with the North Olympic Salmon Coalition, North Olympic Land Trust, Dungeness Farms Inc. and Dungeness Habitat LLC for a habitat restoration project on Dungeness Bay.

■ Requests for proposals for mental health and substance abuse intervention services in public schools and housing and homelessness services.

■ A resolution adopting a policy amendment for classification, work hours and compensation.

■ A resolution initiating a county road project for the Olympic Discovery Trail from Gossett Road to the Bonneville Power Administration power line.

Board of Health

The Clallam County Board of Health will discuss its naloxone program and making opioid overdoses a notifiable condition during a meeting in Forks on Tuesday.

The meeting will start at 1:30 p.m. in the Rainforest Arts Center, 35 N. Forks Ave.

Naloxone temporarily counteracts an overdose of heroin or other opioid drugs, allowing time to seek further medical help.

Clallam County Health Officer Dr. Christopher Frank wants such overdoses reported to health authorities — similar to cases of measles and other communicable diseases — so they might be tracked quickly and accurately.

Other agenda items include:

■ A preview of the next influenza season.

■ A draft policy about inspection of on-site septic systems.

■ Middle school back-to-school events.

■ Children with special health care needs.

■ The Olympic Accountable Committee of Health that will coordinate state health programs in Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap counties.

Olympic Medical Center

Olympic Medical Center commissioners will consider endorsing the Sequim School District bond measure when they gather Wednesday.

Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. in Linkletter Hall in the basement of the hospital at 939 Caroline St., Port Angeles.

A $49.3 million construction bond for Sequim schools is on the Nov. 3 ballot.

Commissioners also will discuss hiring an orthopedist and a fill-in radiation oncologist.

They will mull hiring an outside consultant to study salaries for Olympic Medical Physicians doctors and midlevel professionals, purchasing new exam tables for two primary care clinics, buying new imaging archive servers and agreements for construction management and building preventive maintenance.

They will receive reports on operations from CEO Eric Lewis and on third-quarter finances from CFO Julie Rukstad.

Port Angeles city

Port Angeles City Council members will consider lifting water restrictions when they meet in regular session Tuesday.

The meeting will be at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St.

They also will discuss accepting a $408,540 Federal Lands Access Program grant for designing and engineering Race Street as a “complete street” that enables safe access for all users, including pedestrians and bicyclists.

A required $63,761 grant match from the city is included in the 2016 capital facilities plan.

Also on the agenda is a September building report and third-quarter report from the Clallam County Economic Development Corp.

Sequim School Board

The Sequim School Board will evaluate Superintendent Gary Neal when it meets Monday.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the district boardroom, 503 N. Sequim Ave.

Other agenda items are a data use agreement with the Washington Student Achievement Council and a report on the Sequim School District United Way Campaign.

Clallam Transit

The Clallam Transit board will consider an update of service change policy Monday.

The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. in the Clallam Transit System administration building, 830 W. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.

Other action items include authorization for the general manager for procurements related to the completion of the Owl Creek pedestrian underpass in Carlsborg and sales tax equalization funding.

The transit board also will present memorandums of commendation for customer service to paratransit operators Kim Myhres, Michael Mazzei and Tom Spradlin and paratransit customer service representatives Kyle Parrish and Grace Johnson.

Public library system

The North Olympic Library System board will conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2016 budget when it meets Thursday.

The board — which oversees public libraries in Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and Clallam Bay — will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library at 2210 S. Peabody St.

A second public hearing on the proposed budget is set at the same place and time Nov. 19.

Input from the public will be welcomed at both meetings and also can be shared by contacting Library Director Margaret Jakubcin at 360-417-8500, ext. 7714, or director@nols.org.

Planning Commission

The Clallam County Planning Commission meeting for Wednesday has been canceled.

The commission will reconvene Nov. 4.

Clallam PUD

The Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners’ meeting for Monday has been canceled.

The next meeting will be Oct. 26.

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