Role of Committee
The role of the committee is to draft the regional fire protection service authority plan. The plan will outline what services the RFA will provide, how the RFA will be governed, and how the RFA will be financed. Once the Planning Committee drafts the plan, each of the governing bodies (the Bellingham City Council and the Board of Fire Commissioners for Fire District 8) would go through a process to put the plan on the ballot for the voters to decide on.
Committee Members
State law requires the planning committee be made up of three elected officials from each government agency involved. In our case the planning committee includes:
Fire District 8
- Commissioner Roger Buswell
- Commissioner Rob Neher
- Commissioner David Lehmann
City of Bellingham
- Mayor Kelli Linville
- Councilmember Terry Bornemann
- Councilmember Michael Lilliquist
Meeting Materials
- 4 Feb 2019 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 30 Apr 2018 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 19 Mar 2018 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 16 Feb 2018 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 16 Feb 2018 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 5 Feb 2018 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 5 Feb 2018 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 5 Feb 2018 Meeting Jurisdictional Boundaries (PDF)
- 29 Jan 2018 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 29 Jan 2018 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 29 Jan 2018 Meeting Draft Section 8 (PDF)
- 29 Jan 2018 Meeting Updated Section 5 (PDF)
- 19 Jan 2018 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 19 Jan 2018 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 19 Jan 2018 Meeting Ward Scenario 1 (PDF)
- 19 Jan 2018 Meeting Ward Scenario 2 (PDF)
- 19 Jan 2018 Meeting Ward Scenario 3 (PDF)
- 19 Jan 2018 Meeting Property List (PDF)
- 18 Dec 2017 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 18 Dec 2017 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 18 Dec 2017 Meeting Ward Scenario 1 (PDF)
- 18 Dec 2017 Meeting Ward Scenario 2 (PDF)
- 18 Dec 2017 Meeting Section 4 Jurisdictional Boundaries (PDF)
- 18 Dec 2017 Meeting Section 3 Formation Authority (PDF)
- 18 Dec 2017 Meeting Organizational Chart (PDF)
- 18 Dec 2017 Meeting Acknowledgment (PDF)
- 18 Dec 2017 Meeting Needs Statement (PDF)
- 27 Nov 2017 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 27 Nov 2017 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 27 Nov 2017 Meeting Definitions Example Language (PDF)
- 27 Nov 2017 Meeting Governance Example Language (PDF)
- 27 Nov 2017 Meeting Internal Services Example Language (PDF)
- 27 Nov 2017 Meeting Needs Statement Example Language (PDF)
- 20 Nov 2017 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 20 Nov 2017 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 20 Nov 2017 Meeting RFA Service & Sustainability Improvements (PDF)
- 20 Nov 2017 Meeting Discussion of Internal Services and RFA (PDF)
- 20 Nov 2017 Meeting Discussion of Levels of Service and RFA (PDF)
- 20 Nov 2017 Meeting Fire Benefit Charge Examples (PDF)
- 16 Oct 2017 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 16 Oct 2017 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 16 Oct 2017 Meeting Issue Paper 4 (PDF)
- 16 Oct 2017 Meeting Renton RFA Plan (PDF)
- 02 Oct 2017 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 02 Oct 2017 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 18 Sep 2017 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 18 Sep 2017 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 18 Sep 2017 Meeting Issue Paper 1 (PDF)
- 18 Sep 2017 Meeting Issue Paper 2 (PDF)
- 18 Sep 2017 Meeting Issue Paper 3 (PDF)
- 18 Sep 2017 Meeting Issue Paper 4 (PDF)
- 18 Sep 2017 Meeting Issue Paper 5 (PDF)
- 18 Sep 2017 Meeting Issue Paper 10 (PDF)
- 08 Aug 2017 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 08 Aug 2017 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 08 Aug 2017 Meeting Presentation (PDF)
- 17 Jul 2017 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 17 Jul 2017 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 17 Jul 2017 Meeting Draft Charter for Planning Committee (PDF)
- 17 Jul 2017 Meeting Current Conditions (PDF)
- 26 Jun 2017 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 26 Jun 2017 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- 26 Jun 2017 Meeting Presentation (PDF)