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Clallam County schedules Feb. 24 public hearing on eight supplemental appropriations and four ‘debatable emergencies’
Summary
At its Feb. 10 meeting the Clallam County commission voted to notice eight supplemental appropriations and to set a Feb. 24 public hearing on four debatable emergencies, including $80,000 for juvenile-center controls and $10,000 to outfit a coroner transport van.
The Clallam County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 10 voted to publish notice of eight supplemental appropriations to be considered at a public meeting on Feb. 24 and approved a resolution calling for a Feb. 24 hearing on four items classified as debatable emergencies.
Staff said the supplemental appropriations to be considered include: $47,877 for professional services to subcontract with Tyler Software Consultants for health-module work; $94,299 for a Tyler Health Module and on-site septic projects funded by a Puget Sound Partnership grant; $44,000 in lodging-tax funds for a segment of the Olympic Discovery Trail; $38,685 to cover welfare/defender plan reimbursements that spilled into 2026; $19,497 to cover a fingerprint-machine purchase reimbursed late; $75,000 for a delayed quarterly policing contract payment; $178,289 for e911 dispatch equipment (pass-through to PenComm); and $8,200 to reauthorize unused noxious-weed funding.
Separately, staff requested the board call a public hearing at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 24 to consider four debatable emergencies: $10,000 to outfit a repurposed county van for coroner transport (gurney and loading deck); $4,925 to support a two‑day spay/neuter clinic organized by Center Valley Animal Rescue and Spay to Save; $80,000 of REET funding to finish juvenile-center training-system upgrades (a project that staff said has evolved from earlier budget estimates and now requires additional contingency); and $73,757 to reappropriate funds originally budgeted but unspent in 2025 to the courthouse security/safety assessment project.
Commissioners asked clarifying questions about vehicle assignment and usage (the coroner transport van vs. a county pickup), the scope and contingency that drove the juvenile-center estimate higher, and whether the county should seek legal advice before pursuing interest assertions on federally held lands. After discussion the board moved, seconded and approved (voice vote) the resolution to notice the hearing and the supplemental-appropriation consideration.
Staff said the coroner van investments have already contributed to a reported $50,000–$60,000 drop in coroner transport costs in 2025 and characterized the $10,000 request as finishing the outfitting of a vehicle that will support in‑county and out‑of‑county transports. The juvenile-center project description emphasized replacing end-of-life control and HVAC systems and creating redundancy between control rooms at the juvenile center and courthouse.
The public hearing on the supplemental appropriations and the four debatable emergencies is scheduled for Feb. 24 at 10:30 a.m.
