EYE ON JEFFERSON: Port Townsend City Council to hear update on water supply Monday

The Port Townsend City Council will hear an update on the city water supply when it meets Monday.

The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at historic City Hall, 540 Water St.

The council also will discuss the SpeakUp Port Townsend website, capital projects status and library agreements between the school district, the Library Foundation and Friends of the Library.

Council office hours, during which members of the public can discuss any topic with a member of the City Council, take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday in the mayor’s office at historic City Hall.

Also meeting this week is the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday in the third-floor conference room at City Hall, 250 Madison St.

County commissioners

The three Jefferson County commissioners will hold an executive session concerning attorney-client privilege and the open meetings act when they meet Monday.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in chambers, 1820 Jefferson St.

The executive session will be at 10 a.m.

Items on the consent agenda include:

â–  Approval of an agreement for Jefferson County Public Health to use $82,402, a grant from the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, for the Early Intervention Program.

â–  Approval of a $53,680 contract with Ryfield Properties Inc. for a supply of riprap to be stockpiled in Quilcene for emergency road repair.

â–  Approval of a $32,970 contract with Lakeside Industries Inc. for paving repair at Milepost 3.9 on Upper Hoh Road. The contract is funded by the Federal Highway Administration.

■ Approval of an agreement to allocate $375 per case per quarter for the Children’s Representation Program.

â–  Approval of a $2,499 contract with Northwest Weed Management for roadside weed control.

â–  Acceptance of $77,208 in state money for expansion of evidence-based treatment and training programs for juvenile court services.

Port Townsend schools

The Port Townsend School Board will conduct a retreat, a public hearing on the proposed 2015-16 budget and consider a board vacancy when it meets Monday.

The retreat, public hearing and regular meeting will be in Room S-11 at 1610 Blaine St.

The retreat will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The public hearing will be at 5 p.m., and the regular meeting will begin at 6 p.m.

During the retreat, the board will review its role, team-building, strategic goals and ethics of board service, and will outline an action plan.

The public hearing on the proposed budget will provide details on the general fund, enrollment, revenue and expenses, among other items.

At the regular meeting, the board will consider approval of a 2015-16 budget and consider filling the vacancy created when Holley Carlson resigned.

They are expected to promote Scott B. Wilson to high school assistant girls basketball coach.

They will consider approval of high school graduation requirements, a policy on nondiscrimination and an amendment to the superintendent’s contract.

They will conduct a second review of a proposed transgender policy.

Board of Health

The Jefferson County Board of Health will conduct a public hearing on the environmental health fee when it meets Thursday.

The board will meet at 2:30 p.m. at Jefferson County Public Health, 615 Sheridan St.

The board will discuss 2014 performance measures concerning maternal child health, targeted clinical health services and solid waste, as well as possible readoption of a Jefferson County public health civil enforcement code.

The board will hear an update on the access to naloxone as a heroin overdose treatment.

Jefferson Healthcare

The Jefferson Healthcare Board of Commissioners will hear administrative and financial reports at a meeting Wednesday.

The meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Jefferson Healthcare Conference Room at 2500 W. Sims Way, Suite 302, Port Townsend.

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