The City of Ferndale is now hiring a Deputy City Clerk. This is a full-time position offering competitive wages and benefits. For a complete job description, click here. For an employment application, click here.
Closing Date: May 1, 2019
The City of Ferndale is an Equal Opportunity Employer
4/6/19 – 3:40pm Update: Boil Advisory is lifted. Test results came back satisfactory – all clear for Ferndale Water.
4/5/18 – 8:40pm Update: Crews are working to restore service within the hour however the boil advisory will remain in effect through tomorrow (Sat. April 6th) as samples are tested for potential issues.
During an inspection this morning, public works staff identified a leak in the water main that services the north Portal Way area. The Public Works crew mobilized on site, identified the source of the leak to be a cracked 12-inch valve and began work to repair the line.
Starting at 3pm and continuing through till 8pm, customers
in the area will experience disruptions in their water service.
As a result of this work, the City is issuing a boil water advisory as a precautionary
measure. An advisory does not mean that the drinking water is contaminated, but
rather that it could be contaminated, so precautions should be taken until
drinking water quality testing can be completed to confirm that no bacterial
contamination is present.
Under a boil water advisory, customers in the affected area
(see map) should follow these guidelines:
Boil all drinking water. Tap water should be
boiled vigorously for three minutes before using it to drink, cook, or prepare
food. Let the water cool sufficiently before drinking.
Ice made with un-boiled tap water should not be
used for drinking purposes.
Dishes and food contact surfaces may be
disinfected using tap water that contains one teaspoon of household bleach per
gallon.
The tap water is safe for other purposes such as
bathing; however, small children should be discouraged from swallowing bath
water.
Water boiled for drinking and cooking purposes
may be used for brushing teeth.
Thanks to careful monitoring and strict safeguards, it is
unlikely that drinking water quality would be compromised, this is simply a
precautionary measure. The City will issue updates via our website and social
media when this advisory is lifted.
For more information, please contact Chief Plant Operator
Mike Olinger at (360) 384-4607 or mikeolinger@cityofferndale.org
Washington State Department of Transportation will be conducting their annual inspection of Pioneer Bridge (our main bridge over the Nooksack River) Weds. April 3rd, starting at 11:30am and should be completed by 4pm.
During this work, traffic will be reduced to alternating, single lane traffic over the bridge. Public Works crew will be directing vehicles through the area.
Drivers are urged to obey all traffic direction and utilize alternate routes if possible. For more information, please contact Ferndale Public Works at (360) 384-4006.
Calling All Artists! Thornton Project Needs a Logo
The City of Ferndale is preparing to break ground on the new Thornton Street Overpass Project late summer/early fall 2019. This will be the largest public project since we built a bridge across the Nooksack.
You can be part of this major event! The City needs a logo to represent the project – something bold and uniquely Ferndale. The artist who designs the logo for this project will be invited to wield a golden shovel at the groundbreaking.
If you have an artistic eye or just a few ideas for a
potential logo, send in your sketch, digital graphic or back of the napkin
doodle to Communication Officer Riley Sweeney at rileysweeney@cityofferndale.org.
Submissions are due by April 30h, 2019.
After several years of heavy snowfall, the City of Ferndale opened negotiations with Elsa and Mr. Freeze in an attempt to secure a milder winter for Ferndale.
“While we may have received a frosty reception in the past, I believe now icy a path forward,” said Mayor Jon Mutchler at the recent council meeting.
Though the glacial pace of negotiations may chill enthusiasm for this measure, the City believes tensions are thawing. When reached for comment, the delegation agreed that they had given Ferndale the “cold shoulder” but are ready to “let it go.”
Whether or not an agreement can be reached, the City will continue to prepare for inclement weather. Click the links below to learn more about what to do in a flood, snow or ice weather incident.
Garden Plots Available at Ferndale Friendship Community Garden
The Ferndale Friendship Community Garden has garden plots available to rent for gardening season 2019.The garden is located behind Pioneer Park, near Star Park and the baseball fields. Yearly plot fees are sliding scale of $10 to $20, plus a $10 cleaning deposit, participation in two work days and helping maintain the garden.
In your own garden plot you can:
·
Grow
nutritious fresh food for your family
·
Learn
about organic gardening
·
Reduce
your food budget
·
Have
fun and garden with your family
For information about obtaining a plot, contact Gloria J. Perez at 360- 223-3836 orrainglo@comcast.net.
The City of Ferndale
(pursuant to RCW 39.80) is soliciting statements of qualifications and
performance data from engineering and/or architectural firms for providing
general engineering and survey services for municipal applications including
but not limited to sanitary sewer systems, storm drainage, water distribution
systems, streets, geotechnical investigations and studies, and traffic
engineering for the remainder of the 2019 calendar year. These qualifications and performance data
will be placed on file and will be used as a source from which to select one or
more qualified firms from whom a detailed proposal will be requested for any
specific project.
Those firms who
wish to submit shall provide one (1), Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) with a
cover letter for each discipline of work they wish to be considered. The discipline of work needs to be stated in
the cover letter.
Include SOQ
point-of-contact information with e-mail address on each cover letter. The format of the SOQ is left to the
discretion of the submitter. Submittals
should not exceed (10) ten pages.
Those firms that
have statements currently on file will need to resubmit to be included in the
remainder of the 2019 calendar year. All SOQ’s will be placed on file and will
be used to select qualified consultants for each particular project, as the
need arises. Due to the ongoing nature
of the projects throughout the year consultants not selected will not be notified.
Failure to follow the format outlined
above may result in disqualification and/or removal from the Consultant Roster.
Please submit Statements
of Qualifications to the City of Ferndale Public Works Department, by mail;
attention: Public Works Department, P.O. Box 936, Ferndale, WA 98248 or emailed
to public-works@cityofferndale.org.
The City of Ferndale encourages minority and women owned consultant
firms to respond.
Ferndale High School and Ferndale Police Department, “Threat Not Credible”
At approximately 8:10 AM on Wednesday, March
13th, a Ferndale High School student found and reported a note that
contained a threat directed at the Ferndale High School Campus.
Ferndale High School Administrators
began working with the Ferndale Police Department immediately and it is the
opinion of law enforcement and school administration that the note does not
pose a credible threat.
Any further investigation will focus
on the origin of the note. Ferndale High School Administrators will continue
working with the Ferndale Police Department to determine who may have authored
the note.
The Ferndale School District would like to thank the student who reported the note and the team at the Ferndale Police Department for their assistance.
March 11th-16th is Sunshine Week, where journalists celebrate the public’s access to government information. Here at the City of Ferndale, we embrace the spirit of transparency because we believe that the public has every right to see and understand the work we do on their behalf.
That’s why we upload as many public documents as possible to our website so that you can access them when and where you need them. This week, we will be featuring a different type of public record or information available from the City of Ferndale on our social media pages. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to join in.
If there is a type of public document that you would like to see on the City website but can’t find it, please give Communications Officer Riley Sweeney a call (360-685-2353) or an email at rileysweeney@cityofferndale.org.
The Parks, Recreation and Trails Advisory Board (PRTAB) meeting, which is usually held on the third Thursday of every month has been rescheduled for March for the second Thursday – in this case, March 14th due to staffing availaibility.