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Watching Government
December 2025
Bellingham City Council
Action Taken at September 29, 2025 Meeting Shall the council: 193. Authorize the mayor to retain outside counsel to represent the city in litigation challenging FEMA grant conditions? (Discussed in Executive Session.) Motion carried 6-0, Hollie Huthman excused. 194. Authorize … Continue reading
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December 2025
Whatcom County Council
Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at September 23, 2025 Meeting Shall the council: 220. Authorize the executive to accept a two-year $542,845 state grant to collect and properly manage household hazardous waste? Solid waste disposal activities have been funded … Continue reading
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December 2025
Port of Bellingham Commission
Action Taken at September 23, 2025 Meeting Shall the commission: 96. Authorize the interim executive director to sign a proof of loss statement for costs incurred due to winter storm damage? In January 2024, a prolonged period of cold caused … Continue reading
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October/November 2025
Bellingham City Council
Action Taken at August 11, 2025 Meeting Shall the council: 153. Authorize the mayor to spend $310,000 to purchase 5.92 acres on Toad Lake Road from property owners Robert Cessaro and Christa Russell? The Lake Whatcom Watershed property has one … Continue reading
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October/November 2025
Port of Bellingham Commission
Action Taken at August 12, 2025 Meeting Shall the commission: 82. Create phase 1 of the Blaine boatyard project? The 2025 budget will be adjusted; $50,000 will be moved from infrastructure-unallocated leaving $10,245 in that budget. The interim boatyard will … Continue reading
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October/November 2025
Whatcom County Council
Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at August 6, 2025 Meeting Shall the council: 184. Fill the forest product manager vacancy on the Forest Advisory Committee? The committee provides review and makes recommendations to the Whatcom County Council on issues … Continue reading
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September 2025
Bellingham City Council
Action Taken at July 7, 2025 Meeting Shall the council: 135. Authorize outside counsel to sign an agreement to settle a worker’s compensation appeal? The Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals is settled for $21,422. (Discussed in Executive Session.) Motion carried … Continue reading
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September 2025
Port of Bellingham Commission
Action Taken at July 15, 2025 Meeting Shall the commission: 73. Place on the 2025 general election ballot, a proposition to increase the number of port commissioners from three to five? If the proposition is passed, the commission will increase … Continue reading
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September 2025
Whatcom County Council
Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at July 8, 2025 Meeting Shall the council: 163. Adopt the Justice Project Stakeholder Group Charters? This document provides a framework that will guide how each group contributes to and engages with the design … Continue reading
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August 2025
Bellingham City Council
Action Taken at June 9, 2025 Meeting Mayor’s report 106. The mayor reappointed Kendra Bradford to her third term on the Sehome Hill Arboretum Board of Governors. The arboretum site is 175.5 acres; the city owns 137.5 acres and Western … Continue reading
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