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Clallam County shifts $500,000 in affordable‑housing sales‑tax funds to support 24‑unit Eklund & Gales project
Summary
The board approved multiple budget revisions including a $500,000 shift from affordable‑housing sales tax to the Peninsula Housing Authority’s Eklund & Gales 24‑unit project in Port Angeles, and additional reallocations totaling several hundred thousand dollars across public health, parks and code enforcement.
Clallam County commissioners voted unanimously May 26 to adopt a package of budget revisions that together move funding among restricted and operational accounts to support housing, public health and code enforcement needs.
Key changes include a $500,000 allocation from the county’s affordable‑housing sales‑tax fund to the Peninsula Housing Authority for the Eklund & Gales 24‑unit multifamily development at 7th and Gales in Port Angeles. County staff said the recommendation came from the county’s Housing Solutions Committee and described the allocation as restricted by statute to affordable housing projects.
Other adopted changes included $101,000 in hotel‑motel fund adjustments tied to the second LTAC round (covered in a separate emergency action), $10,000 reallocation within parks & facilities capital projects, $71,000 moved from foundational public health services into Health and Human Services operations for outreach, emergency planning, and facility improvements (blood‑pressure kiosks, outreach materials, and parking lot safety work), and $6,510 shifted to increase a part‑time code enforcement field officer from 24 to 30 hours per week to respond to rising complaints.
Commissioners framed the $71,000 FPHS shift as a conservative approach to grant‑fund fluctuations: rather than hiring staff they said the county is using one‑time purchases to avoid future layoffs if grant funding declines. The resolution adopting these budget revisions passed by voice vote.
Next steps: the county will execute the transfers and program teams will implement the funded work items; the housing authority will move forward with project planning for the Eklund & Gales site.
