City Council - Public Health, Safety, Justice, and Equity Committee
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · February 28, 2022
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Public Health, Safety, and Justice Committee Minutes
February 28, 2022, 10:30 AM
Mayor: Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8100, mayorsoffice@cob.org
Council Members: Daniel Hammill, Chair Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Hollie Huthman, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams https://cob.org/council
Legislative Assistant: Nalini Margaitis All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order
Roll Call
Present:
Council Member Hollie Huthman, Second Ward
Council Member Edwin H. “Skip” Williams, Fourth Ward
Council Member Michael Lilliquist, Sixth Ward (standing in)
Excused:
Daniel Hammill (Chaired by Hollie Huthman)
Council Standing Committee Meetings
Open to the public to attend. Note: there is generally no public comment period for Committee
sessions. Standing Committee Members receive reports and information, ask questions and,
when appropriate, vote on a recommended action for consideration by the full Council at the
Regular Meeting. The notice of Committee Meetings identified below also serves as notice of
Special Meetings of the City Council at the times identified as Council Members who are not
members of the committee routinely attend and participate in the Committee Meetings.
Committee Chairs give a report of the Committee Meeting at the Regular Meeting in the
evening prior to deliberation and formal vote in the order shown below:
Public Health, Safety, and Justice
Daniel Hammill, Chair
Hollie Huthman, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams
Dan Hammill excused (Chaired by Huthman)
23273 1. Presentation on Street Drugs Encountered by Fire Department p. 3
Personnel
Captain Joe Frank, from the Fire Department's Community Paramedic program,
provided an overview of street drugs and related issues that they are
encountering on the streets.
Information Only.
Public Health, Safety, and Justice Committee Minutes Page 1
February 28, 2022
23274 2. Fire Department Review of 2021 p. 12
Fire Chief Bill Hewett, provided Council with a review of 2021 call volume data,
challenges, budget update and a look forward at what is happening in 2022.
Information Only.
Adjournment
Public Health, Safety, and Justice Committee Minutes Page 2
February 28, 2022
Agenda
City of Bellingham
Public Health, Safety, and Justice Committee Agenda
February 28, 2022, 10:30 AM
Mayor: Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8100, mayorsoffice@cob.org
Council Members: Daniel Hammill, Chair Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Hollie Huthman, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams https://cob.org/council
Legislative Assistant: Nalini Margaitis All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted.
Council members will participate in this meeting remotely through an online web-based
meeting platform. Per Washington State Proclamation 20-28, in-person attendance at meetings
is not required at this time.
Council meetings are streamed live via the City’s website at https://cob.org/meetings and on
the City’s YouTube channel at https://cob.org/btv. Meetings are also broadcast in high
definition on BTV on Comcast channel 321, and in standard definition on Comcast channel 10.
Members of the public who do not have cable or Internet access may listen to the meeting via
telephone. Members of the public who would like to listen by phone can do so using any of the
following phone numbers:
(253) 215-8782
(346) 248-7799
(669) 900-6833
(301) 715-8592
(312) 626-6799
(929) 205-6099
Meeting ID: 933 2687 3296
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Call to Order
Council Standing Committee Meetings
Open to the public to attend. Note: there is generally no public comment period for Committee
sessions. Standing Committee Members receive reports and information, ask questions and,
when appropriate, vote on a recommended action for consideration by the full Council at the
Regular Meeting. The notice of Committee Meetings identified below also serves as notice of
Special Meetings of the City Council at the times identified as Council Members who are not
members of the committee routinely attend and participate in the Committee Meetings.
Committee Chairs give a report of the Committee Meeting at the Regular Meeting in the
evening prior to deliberation and formal vote in the order shown below:
Public Health, Safety, and Justice
Daniel Hammill, Chair
Hollie Huthman, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams
23273 1. Presentation on Street Drugs Encountered by Fire Department p. 3
Personnel
23274 2. Fire Department Review of 2021 p. 12
Adjournment
Agenda Information:
Council Committee and Regular Meeting agendas and agenda packets, which contain the
supporting documentation for agenda items, are available to the public Wednesday afternoon
prior to the meeting. They are posted at https://cob.org/meetings. Meetings are streamed live
at https://cob.org/btv on the internet as they occur.
Accessibility:
The Council Chambers is fully accessible. Elevator access to the second floor is available at City
Hall’s west entrance. Hearing assistance is available, and a receiver may be checked out
through the Deputy City Clerk prior to the evening session. For additional accommodations,
contact the Legislative Assistant at 778-8200 in advance of the meeting. Thank you.
Next City Council Committee Meetings
Monday, March 14, 2022
Deadline to submit material for any public hearing for inclusion in the published agenda
packet is 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday prior to the meeting.
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