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Whatcom County Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
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**Immediate Actions (May 27 Council Meeting):** - Introduction of Verizon easement sale resolution (AB2025-378) with corrected address - Introduction of flood control zone budget amendment (AB2025-384) - Final action on budget amendment (AB2025-337) and road fund loan (AB2025-355) **Upcoming Committee Discussions:** - Behavioral health fund review to be scheduled in either Finance Committee or Public Works and Health Committee - Monthly check-in proposed for June to review April sales tax collections - Future discussion of opioid settlement spending plan from Health Department **Pending Contract Actions:** - Water rights legal services contract amendment coming June 10th alongside budget authorization - Various consent contracts moving to full council for final authorization **Monitoring Requirements:** - Sales tax revenue tracking with March decline of $166,000 requiring close attention - Behavioral health fund balance analysis before additional contract commitments - Road fund performance under new loan authorization with service reduction impacts - Implementation of enhanced real-time financial monitoring tools **Budget Planning Timeline:** - Mid-biennium budget discussions scheduled before July - Departments working on cost absorption strategies for 2026 - Water rights cost allocation to specific funds as research progresses - Grant fund expenditure deadline of June 30th for foundational public health money #
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