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Home My WebLink About2021/10/25 - Briefing BOARD OF MASON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS'BRIEFING MINUTES Mason County Commission Chambers,411 North 5th Street,Shelton,WA Week of October 25,2021 of-Adbcr 25,2021 9:00 A.M. Support Services—Frank Pinter Commissioners Neatherlin, Shutty and Trask were in attendance via Zoom. • Jennifer Beierle presented the 2022 Take Home Vehicle assignment for Kelly Frazier,Cynthia Brewer,Jeremy Seymour,Rod LaRue,Grant Dishon,Pete Medcalf, and Michael Leeberg. Approved to move forward. • Jennifer shared the 2022 Out of Class/Lead/Special Pay for Todd Cannon,Josh Luck,Genie McFarland,Grace Miller,and Anna Smith. Approved to move forward. • Jennifer reviewed the 2022 Proposed Budget 31d Draft. The original receivable amount to non-departmental corrected to$1,638,656. Total revenue for the General Fund for 2022 is$53,532,558. Expenditures$22 million. Salaries and Benefits is $29,689,632 and Operating is$13,085,579. Policy Level Requests(PLRs)will be gone over during a separate Budget meeting. Public Works provided their Roads Equipment list totaling$1.89 million. The prioritized list would be about$980k. ER&R rates are still being worked on. For Sales&Use Tax,the Economic Development Council(EDC)requested$90k and Belfair Sewer requested$450k. Fire Marshall in Community Services$40k,Commission requested salary comparisons. This item has$1 Ok in maintenance level but expends more each year. The Veteran's contract is being drafted with Crossroad's Housing. Commission would like the verbiage"up to a 10%administration fee". For the North Mason contract,American Rescue Plan Act(ARPA)funds will be given upfront. A Resolution will be brought forward for Non-Union and across the board wage increase. The beginning revenue amount for Current Expense$40,394,906;total revenue$61,894,906. Electronic funds transfer payments through Accounts Payable (AP)is being added. • Nichole Wilston discussed increasing the Non-Represented medical contributions by $52 per month from$1,362 to$1,414 per RCW 36.16.070. This will be factored into the next budget workshop. Approved to move forward. • Todd Cannon discussed purchasing off-site backup cloud storage for$63,376 for a three-year contract. It is recommended to purchase through the current backup vendor Unitrends to best fully integrate into the system and prevent compromise of the County backup during a ransomware attack. Approved to move forward. • Frank discussed the purchase of the Public Utility District No.3 (PUD3)and rescinding Resolution#2021-054. The back third of the property is potential wetland due to a stream running through the property and would not be usable as a potential site for the jail expansion project. Parcel may have other potential. Approved to move forward to rescind the Resolution. • Frank shared the Human Resources recommendation to move forward with the reclassifying the current District Court Administrator to a Chief District Court Administrator. Annual impact for the reclass is$15,140. Commission would like this brought forward at the next Briefing. • Frank shared the amendments to the subrecipient agreements related to the Community Development Block Grant(CDBG)contract# 18-62210-039 with the Department of Commerce for Microenterprise Building Connections-Strengthening Businesses in Mason County Project. The contract amendments are with Enterprise for Equity,Washington State University Extension Division of Governmental Studies and Services,Economic Development Council of Mason County,and the North Mason Chamber of Commerce. Approved to move forward. • Diane Zoren discussed the addition of James Erwin to the Foothills Park Host contract with Lara Nelson. Approved to move forward. • Cmmr. Shutty shared adding Juneteenth as a holiday and having this brought forward at the next Briefing. • Cmmr.Trask shared a letter to the Honorable Governor Jay Inslee asking him to include the Counties in his conversations and decision making and sharing concerns of the community. Move forward with Cmmr.Trask's signature. 9:30 A.M. Community Services—Dave Windom Commissioners Neatherlin, Shutty and Trask were in attendance via Zoom. • Alex Paysse shared the 2022 Environmental Health Fee Schedule. Per Resolution# 70-13,the Consumer Price Index Unit(CPIU)fees can be raised up to 5%. Fees are also round down to the nearest$5. This would go into effect January 1,2022. Approved to move forward. • Marissa Watson shared a Public Hearing for December 7,2021 at 9:15 a.m.to consider the rezone of an approximately 3.22-acre parcel#32232-34-90014 from Rural Residential 5 (RR5)to Rural Commercial 2(RC2). Approved to move forward. 10:00 A.M. Public Works—Loretta Swanson Utilities&Waste Management Commissioners Neatherlin, Shutty and Trask were in attendance via Zoom. • Loretta shared a Resolution for County Road Project(CRP)2031 —Mason Lake Road Improvement Project from milepost 5.23 to milepost 6.23 to resurface the roadway and upgrade the shoulder. Approved to move forward. • Loretta shared a sole-source purchase for a John Deere 360 Compaction Clamshell Pin on 360 Rotate(Grapple)attachment. Approved to move forward. • Loretta gave a reminder for tomorrow's Public Hearing for establishing a speed limit on Boyer Road and the Orchard Beach Franchise agreement. November 9,2021 will be the Public Hearing for the 2022 Annual Construction Program and the 2022-2027 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program. • Richard Dickinson requested to advertise and fill a Water/Sewer Utility Operator position. 10:15 A.M. Sheriffs Office—Sheryl Hilt Commissioners Neatherlin, Shutty and Trask were in attendance via Zoom. • Sheryl shared a sole-source purchase of Getac,Inc.interview room video recording system software. Funding would be from Senate Bill 5092. Commission would like to see items such as this go through the IT Steering Committee in the future. Approved to move forward. 10:30 A.M. Auditor's Office—Paddy McGuire Commissioners Neatherlin,Shutty and Trask were in attendance via Zoom. • Paddy shared that the Redistricting Citizens Advisory Committee recommended to keep the existing boundary lines. The committee consulted with the Skokomish Nation Tribal Council and the leaders of the Squaxin Island Tribe. Approved to move forward. 11:00 A.M. Closed Session—RCW 42.30.140(4)—Labor Discussion Commissioners Neatherlin, Shutty and Trask were in attendance via Zoom from 10:40 a.m.to 10:50 a.m. Frank Pinter and Loretta Swanson were also in attendance. 11:15 A.M. Executive Session—RCW 42.30.110(1)(g)—Review Performance of an Employee Commissioners Neatherlin, Shutty and Trask were in attendance via Zoom from 10:50 a.m.to 11:05 a.m. Frank Pinter and Loretta Swanson were also in attendance. Respectfully submitted, McKenzie Smith,Clerk of the Board BOARD OF MASON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Rand eathe Chair Commissioner Commissioner