Historical - Justice Committee - Merged with Public Safety in 2020
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · December 4, 2017
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Justice Committee Meeting Minutes
12/04/2017, 1:00 PM
Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members April Barker, Chair www.cob.org/council
Pinky Vargas, Terry Bornemann All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order
Roll Call
April Barker, Chair
Terry Bornemann
Pinky Vargas
Council Standing Committee Meetings:
Justice
21788 1. Discussion on Draft Resolution of Guiding Principles for Justice and
Justice Related Systems
Committee discussion. Since there has been a lot of public comment and interest in
this matter, the Committee members will continue to accept feedback then bring this
item back at a later Committee meeting for further honing.
21798 2. Request to Convene Jail Stakeholders
April Barker moved to direct the Mayor to work with Sheriff Elfo to convene a short-
term working group, with make-up akin to the Jail Stakeholders Work Group, to
develop principles on jail capacity and alternatives to incarceration.
MOTION CARRIED 3-0
21799 3. Criminal Justice and Public Safety Impacts to the City Budget
INFORMATION ONLY
Adjournment
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Agenda
City of Bellingham
Justice Committee Meeting Agenda
12/04/2017, 1:00 PM
Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members April Barker, Chair www.cob.org/council
Pinky Vargas, Terry Bornemann All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted.
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:
Justice
April Barker Chair
Pinky Vargas; Terry Bornemann
21788 1. Discussion on Draft Resolution of Guiding Principles for p. 1
Justice and Justice Related Systems
21798 2. Request to Convene Jail Stakeholders p. 4
21799 3. Criminal Justice and Public Safety Impacts to the City Budget p. 7
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
www.cob.org/meetings. Meetings are streamed live on the internet as they occur.
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at City Hall’s west entrance. Hearing assistance is available and a receiver may be
checked out through the 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 Meeting
12/11/2017
Deadline to submit material for any public hearing for inclusion in the published
agenda packet is 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday prior to the meeting.
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