The regularly-scheduled roundtable meeting of the Island County Board of Commissioners with county elected and appointed officials for August 2022.
Jill Johnson
Republican leaders on Whidbey Island have mixed feelings about a resolution adopted earlier this month by the Island County Republican Party that rejects the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The Island County Commissioners voted 2-1 to award $650,000 to the Whidbey Camano Land Trust to protect a 300-acre tract of forested land in Central Whidbey.
Commissioner Melanie Bacon proposed enacting a moratorium on the county’s current restrictions on using RVs as a place to live.
Island County Commissioners voted 2-1 to provide $1.5m to the Low Income Housing Institute to purchase the Harbor Inn in Freeland and convert it to “bridge housing”
During Wednesday’s work session for the Island County commissioners, officials from the Port of South Whidbey led a presentation about a project that would involve the building of new concession stands on the port-owned Whidbey Island Fairgrounds to include affordable housing units on the upper levels.
Island County commissioners elected to move forward with making a decision about a proposal to provide $1.5 million in matching funds to the Low Income Housing Institute for the purchase of Harbor Inn, which will be used for supportive and bridge housing.
The regularly-scheduled work session of the Island County Commissioners for the first Wednesday of July 2022.