Bellingham City Council

Action Taken at June 7, 2021 Meeting Mayor’s Report The Bellingham library remodel is complete; it opened on June 7 with limited in-person services and 50 percent capacity limitation. The Port of Bellingham in partnership with the Bellingham Chamber of Commerce will host a fireworks display, Blast on the Bay, [Read More...]

By |2021-08-31T07:10:31-07:00August 31, 2021|Watching Government|

Bellingham City Council

Action Taken at May 10, 2021 Meeting Update on COVID-19 Response Erika Lautenbach, Whatcom County Health Department Director, provided an update on Washington state’s Roadmap to Recovery. She explained that as a whole, Whatcom County is not seeing a slowing in the Covid-19 case count. In the past two weeks, [Read More...]

By |2021-07-30T16:23:44-07:00July 30, 2021|Watching Government|

Whatcom County Council

Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at May 4, 2021 Meeting Shall the council: 107. Authorize the executive to a sign a $240,000 four-month contract (amendment #3) with G6 Hospitality Property? The county leases Motel 6 at 3701 Byron Ave. in Bellingham for the purposes of providing Covid-19-related quarantine and [Read More...]

By |2022-03-09T16:23:13-08:00July 30, 2021|Watching Government|

Port of Bellingham Commission

Compiled by Bill McCallum Action Taken at May 4, 2021 Meeting Shall the commission: 56. Add certain administrative powers and duties to the executive director position? At the 1/19/2021 meeting, vote # 11, the commission authorized the executive director to manage all personnel matters for port employees and staff, which [Read More...]

By |2022-03-09T16:24:02-08:00July 30, 2021|Watching Government|

Bellingham City Council

Action Taken at April 12, 2021 Meeting Mayor’s Report Mayor Fleetwood announced that the city has hired Elizabeth Monahan as the new human resources director. He welcomed her to the city, and thanked Deputy Administrator Brian Heinrich for his many years of service in that role. The city is in [Read More...]

By |2021-06-27T13:27:46-07:00June 27, 2021|Watching Government|

Port of Bellingham Commission

Compiled by Bill McCallum Action Taken at March 30, 2021 Special Meeting Shall the commission: 34. Transfer the land lease and project development agreement from All American Marine to RGM Holdings of Austin, Texas, for property located at 1010 Hilton Avenue? RGM Holdings has purchased All American Marine. Bryton Marine [Read More...]

By |2022-03-09T17:15:41-08:00June 27, 2021|Watching Government|

Whatcom County Council

Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at April 6, 2021 Meeting Shall the council: 81. Authorize the executive to sign a $253,034 contract (amendment #23) with Washington State University? The original contract — dated 9/22/1999 — was approved for mutual benefits and to jointly share costs for faculty positions and [Read More...]

By |2022-03-09T17:16:21-08:00June 27, 2021|Watching Government|

Bellingham City Council

Action Taken at March 8, 2021 Meeting Mayor’s Report The mayor reappointed Joan Drinkwin to a second term on the Sehome Hill Arboretum Board of Governors. The arboretum site is 175.5-acres; the university owns 38 acres and the city 137.5 acres. The initial agreement between the city and Western Washington [Read More...]

By |2021-05-30T08:17:55-07:00May 30, 2021|Watching Government|

Whatcom County Council

Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at March 9, 2021 Meeting Shall the council: 62. Authorize the executive to sign a $210,600 contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers? (Council acting as the flood control district board of supervisors.) High flows on the Nooksack River in 2017 resulted in [Read More...]

By |2022-03-09T18:20:01-08:00May 30, 2021|Watching Government|

Port of Bellingham Commission

Compiled by Bill McCallum Action Taken at February 18, 2021 Meeting Shall the commission: 19. Authorize the executive director to implement the Air Service Incentive Program at the Bellingham airport? The incentive program was first passed at the 6/19/2018 meeting, vote #92, and it expired on 12/31/2020. In recent years, [Read More...]

By |2022-03-09T18:20:56-08:00May 30, 2021|Watching Government|