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Clallam County posts budget reduction notices and calls Nov. 25 hearing on multiple emergency appropriations
Summary
The board gave notice of human-services budget reductions and other revisions and approved a resolution calling for a Nov. 25 public hearing on several emergency supplemental appropriations, including a $263,517 request for sheriff operations.
At the Nov. 10 meeting, Clallam County staff gave multiple budget notices and the board voted to call a public hearing on a series of supplemental and emergency appropriations set for Nov. 25.
Key notices: Staff announced two proposed reductions in Human Services to be considered Nov. 25 — $20,025 tied to a state reduction in at‑risk youth funding (cited in the transcript as "chapter 3.382 a of the RCW") and $31,432 tied to the end of a Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative contract. The board moved and approved the notice for consideration on Nov. 25.
Budget revisions: Staff also notified commissioners of planned budget revisions including a $15,000 reallocation within Environmental Health to support homeowner septic repair incentives and a $50,000 transfer within the Prosecuting Attorney’s operations to fund contracted civil attorneys. The board approved noticing those revisions.
Supplementals and emergency items: Staff read four supplemental appropriations — $22,217 (parks restroom project funded by RCO grant), $3,000 (animal control/dangerous animal housing), $29,000 (Sheriff 911 training from grant revenue), and $10,350 (search and rescue equipment) — and described a set of debatable emergency appropriations that will be considered at a Nov. 25 hearing. The emergency list included a $263,517 request for Sheriff operations to implement a recently ratified patrol deputies labor contract, $8,000 for district court interpreter costs, $4,786 to repair an assessor vehicle, $20,000 for increased hearing-examiner planning case costs, $6,689 for an auditor HAVA election security grant appropriation, and $105,320 for non‑departmental emergency communications tax fund needs. The board voted to call the hearing Nov. 25 at 10:30 a.m.
Why it matters: The notices and hearing move routine budget adjustments into the public‑decision process and include a significant emergency request to implement labor contract obligations for the sheriff’s office. The Nov. 25 hearing will be the forum for formal consideration and potential adoption of the listed items.
What’s next: The board will consider adoption of noticed reductions and supplemental appropriations at the Nov. 25 meeting and will hold a public hearing on the emergency requests at 10:30 a.m. that day.
