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Clallam County schedules Jan. 28 hearing on $5 million Opportunity Fund reallocation and multiple supplemental appropriations
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners set a public hearing for Jan. 28 to consider a $5,000,000 reallocation from the Opportunity Fund and a package of supplemental appropriations and "debatable emergencies" covering court grants, parks, public safety and other county programs.
Clallam County commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 14 to publish notices for a Jan. 28 public hearing on a $5,000,000 Opportunity Fund budget revision and to seek final adoption of several supplemental appropriations and nine debatable emergencies.
The county will consider reallocating $5,000,000 from an Opportunity Fund line item called "unanticipated services" to approved projects recommended by the Opportunity Fund Advisory Committee. The board approved publishing notice that the revision will be considered for adoption at the Jan. 28 meeting.
Why it matters: the Opportunity Fund is the county's discretionary capital pool used for housing and infrastructure projects; shifting $5 million affects which local housing and infrastructure projects will receive county seed funding.
The Opportunity Fund revision would fund projects recommended by the advisory board, including Habitat for Humanity, the Peninsula Housing Authority, the City of Sequim, the City of Port Angeles, the Port of Port Angeles and a sewer project at Cloud ACQ (details as presented in work session). The board described the action as net neutral inside the Opportunity Fund because it reallocates existing budgeted dollars rather than creating new spending.
In a related action, commissioners approved publication of a notice that several supplemental appropriations will be considered on Jan. 28. The supplemental items described in the notice were: - Superior Court (Salish behavioral health/recovery support services): $6,106 - Parks, Fair and Facilities capital projects (roof replacement at fairgrounds dog barn): $92,216 - WSU Extension (two grants, Ecology and EPA-related work): $25,888 - BOCC Recompete (strategy/economic development grant carryover and contract services): $262,000 - Non-departmental (WSDA food assistance grant carried over to local food bank): $48,938 - Sheriff emergency services (USDA community wildfire defense grant carryover): $125,000 - Sheriff operations (Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission award for deputy wellness): $20,000
Commissioners also approved publishing notice of a resolution to hold a Jan. 28 hearing on nine debatable emergencies (items carried forward from 2024 into 2025 or unexpected costs). The board and staff discussed the package during the work session. The debatable emergencies listed in the notice included: - Non-departmental (charter review historical costs): $82,100 - Hotel/Motel tax awards adjustments: $946,300 (net total reflecting awards approved after the 2025 budget and line-item adjustments) - Non-departmental indigent defense (Commonwealth Defender adjustments, conflict-attorney rate changes and court-appointed attorney budget correction): $521,860 - Non-departmental ARPA (timing for a coroner gurney purchase): $7,000 - Public Works ER&R (two trucks delayed into 2025; corrected amount): $40,000 - Law library payroll carryover: $754 - HR risk management (formula correction, IT software): $1,000 - Noxious weeds reimbursement to WSU Extension (Master Gardener roadside team): $13,343 - GIS projects rollover to complete work by May 31, 2025: $48,822
The board approved notices and called the Jan. 28 public hearing for 10:30 a.m. Votes on the notices and the resolution were unanimous.
The next step: the Jan. 28 meeting will include final adoption votes for the Opportunity Fund reallocation, the supplemental appropriations and the debatable emergencies. Members of the public may comment at that hearing.
