The Clallam County Board of Commissioners on July 29 unanimously approved a series of resolutions, agreements and budget actions, including appointments to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee, a set of intergovernmental grants and the creation of a clinical shared-services budget for health and jail medical operations.

The board voted unanimously to: adopt the consent agenda; approve a resolution appointing Troy Jarmoth and reappointing Diane Chung to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board; approve multiple intergovernmental grant agreements; adopt two budget reductions that moved juvenile services and jail medical budgets into a new clinical shared services department; adopt two short-term “debatable emergencies”; and adopt several supplemental appropriations.

Key approved items and outcomes

- Consent agenda: Approved (unanimous). Items included voucher approvals for the week of July 21; minutes for the week of July 21; a letter to the Washington Forest Practices Board about non-fish perennial streams; a letter to the Department of Ecology regarding the Rainier Mill cleanup; and a call for hearing regarding Title 3 allocations under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. The board had earlier separated item 1C for separate discussion.

- Appointments to Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (item 1C): Approved (unanimous). The resolution appointed Troy Jarmoth (term ending June 30, 2027) and reappointed Diane Chung (term ending June 30, 2031). The vote followed discussion and public comment about a remaining open seat; commissioners said they would continue conversations before filling the final position.

- Grants and agreements: Approved (unanimous). Notable approvals included an agreement with the Washington State Department of Ecology for solid-waste planning and implementation (grant with total eligible amount presented in the packet), an agreement with the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts to support the Family and Juvenile Court Improvement Plan, and a victim-witness assistance grant agreement with the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy (award reduced from the requested amount during state allocation).

- Charter Review committee form (for/against committee registration): Approved (unanimous). The board approved the form that will be used to register committees for and against the proposed charter amendments forwarded by the Charter Review Commission.

- Budget reductions (item 4A): Approved (unanimous). The board adopted two budget reductions that move existing juvenile services and sheriff jail medical revenue and expenditures into a newly established Clinical Shared Services department. The motion recorded the reductions as juvenile services $1,726,000 and sheriff jail medical $1,898,369.

- Debatable emergencies (public hearing and vote, item 5A): Approved (unanimous). The board approved two short-term budget adjustments presented as “debatable emergencies”: District Court 2 (salary appropriation increase for judicial officers) in the amount of $3,650, and Health and Human Services operations in the amount of $50,000 to backfill harm-reduction supplies after state funding was cut.

- Supplemental appropriations (item 4C): Approved (unanimous). Major supplemental appropriations included creation/funding of the new clinical shared services department ($4,983,869); sheriff operations (Operation Stonegarden FY2023 funding, $45,000); Calawah/Clallam Bay-Crescent (Calam Bay CQ) sewer repairs (Opportunity Fund support, $470,000); Bowman Bay water system Department of Health grant ($403,219); and additional Developmental Disabilities funding from DSHS ($694,364).

What the votes mean

The combined actions reorganize several public-safety and health-related budgets into a single clinical shared services structure and move one-time grant advances and reimbursements through the county’s operating budget and reserves. The supplemental appropriations add grant-funded projects for water and sewer infrastructure and expand grant-funded direct service dollars for developmental disabilities.

The board recorded votes as unanimous on all motions during the meeting; no roll-call vote breakdown by individual commissioner was recorded in the public transcript. Several items had brief public comment before the votes, and commissioners said they will continue follow-up work on open items, including a remaining parks advisory appointment.

Ending

The board concluded the actions and moved into a public hearing and a longer budget presentation; commissioners indicated more work sessions and advisory-board consultations would follow on opioid-settlement spending and the clinical shared services rollout.