{
 "as_of": "2026 adopted budget + 2021 ACFR notes",
 "nodes": [
  {
   "id": "bellingham",
   "name": "City of Bellingham",
   "type": "city",
   "note": "First-class charter city, mayor-council. 1,120.4 budgeted FTE (2026); $544.3M all-funds budget."
  },
  {
   "id": "whatcom-county",
   "name": "Whatcom County",
   "type": "county",
   "note": "Overlapping general government: superior court, jail, health dept, elections, assessor; EMS sales tax collector."
  },
  {
   "id": "bsd501",
   "name": "Bellingham School District 501",
   "type": "school-district",
   "note": "Independent taxing district, ~12,000 students; 4th-largest employer in county. Separate payroll entity."
  },
  {
   "id": "port",
   "name": "Port of Bellingham",
   "type": "port-district",
   "note": "Independent port district: airport, marinas, waterfront redevelopment."
  },
  {
   "id": "wta",
   "name": "Whatcom Transportation Authority",
   "type": "transit-authority",
   "note": "Countywide transit PTBA; Bellingham is primary service area. City has no transit FTEs."
  },
  {
   "id": "pud1",
   "name": "PUD No. 1 of Whatcom County",
   "type": "pud",
   "note": "Minor player: industrial water. Electricity in city is Puget Sound Energy (investor-owned)."
  },
  {
   "id": "fd8",
   "name": "Whatcom County Fire District 8",
   "type": "fire-district",
   "note": "Distinct municipal entity; city provides fire/EMS service under ILA 2016-0336. RFA consolidation planned (ballot target 2027)."
  },
  {
   "id": "pfd",
   "name": "Bellingham-Whatcom Public Facilities District",
   "type": "component-unit",
   "note": "City's one discrete component unit (RCW 35.57, est. 2002); budgeted as fund 965."
  },
  {
   "id": "lwwsd",
   "name": "Lake Whatcom Water & Sewer District",
   "type": "water-district",
   "note": "Partner in Lake Whatcom Management Program (drinking-water watershed)."
  },
  {
   "id": "dispatch-members",
   "name": "What-Comm / Prospect member agencies",
   "type": "member-pool",
   "note": "County + cities + fire districts paying into the two dispatch centers the city operates (police: What-Comm; fire/EMS: Prospect)."
  },
  {
   "id": "state-wa",
   "name": "State of Washington",
   "type": "state",
   "note": "Gas tax, shared revenues, grants (Ecology, TIB, Commerce); Dept of Ecology co-funds remediation."
  },
  {
   "id": "federal",
   "name": "Federal government",
   "type": "federal",
   "note": "HUD CDBG/HOME entitlements, transportation grants, equitable-share forfeitures."
  },
  {
   "id": "wcog",
   "name": "Whatcom Council of Governments",
   "type": "regional-council",
   "note": "MPO/regional transportation planning; city is member jurisdiction."
  },
  {
   "id": "wcls",
   "name": "Whatcom County Library System",
   "type": "library-district",
   "note": "County library district surrounding the CITY-run Bellingham Public Library (a city department) \u2014 reciprocal borrowing."
  }
 ],
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  {
   "from": "whatcom-county",
   "to": "bellingham",
   "type": "service-contract",
   "service": "Medic One ambulance service (city provides county-wide EMS transport)",
   "dollars_2026": 14073661,
   "direction": "money-in",
   "source": "ACFR note 15; fund 470 charges for services"
  },
  {
   "from": "dispatch-members",
   "to": "bellingham",
   "type": "member-contributions",
   "service": "911 dispatch: What-Comm (police) + Prospect (fire/EMS), operated by city staff",
   "dollars_2026": 10917222,
   "direction": "money-in",
   "source": "ACFR note 15; fund 160 (charges + intergovernmental)"
  },
  {
   "from": "fd8",
   "to": "bellingham",
   "type": "service-contract",
   "service": "Fire and EMS service to District 8 under ILA 2016-0336",
   "dollars_2021": 1242019,
   "direction": "money-in",
   "source": "ACFR note 15 (2021 actual; RFA consolidation contemplated)"
  },
  {
   "from": "bellingham",
   "to": "pfd",
   "type": "component-unit",
   "service": "Discretely presented component unit; city budget includes PFD fund 965",
   "dollars_2026": 3563542,
   "direction": "money-out",
   "source": "ACFR reporting-entity note; fund 965"
  },
  {
   "from": "bellingham",
   "to": "port",
   "type": "joint-plan",
   "service": "Waterfront District redevelopment: sub-area plan, development agreement, facilities ILA (2013)",
   "direction": "joint",
   "source": "ACFR note 15"
  },
  {
   "from": "bellingham",
   "to": "whatcom-county",
   "type": "joint-program",
   "service": "Lake Whatcom Management Program w/ county + LWWSD ($60.1M 2020-24 workplan); AIS prevention",
   "direction": "joint",
   "source": "ACFR note 15"
  },
  {
   "from": "lwwsd",
   "to": "bellingham",
   "type": "joint-program",
   "service": "Lake Whatcom Management Program / AIS cost sharing",
   "direction": "joint",
   "source": "ACFR note 15"
  },
  {
   "from": "state-wa",
   "to": "bellingham",
   "type": "grants-shared-revenue",
   "service": "Street/transportation grants + remediation (Ecology) + shared revenues",
   "dollars_2026": 48783365,
   "direction": "money-in",
   "source": "funds 111/136/430 intergovernmental (state+federal mixed)"
  },
  {
   "from": "federal",
   "to": "bellingham",
   "type": "entitlement-grants",
   "service": "HUD CDBG/HOME entitlements",
   "dollars_2026": 5837133,
   "direction": "money-in",
   "source": "fund 190 intergovernmental"
  },
  {
   "from": "whatcom-county",
   "to": "bellingham",
   "type": "shared-revenue",
   "service": "General Fund intergovernmental (county/state shared, liquor, criminal justice)",
   "dollars_2026": 5189076,
   "direction": "money-in",
   "source": "fund 001 intergovernmental (mixed sources)"
  },
  {
   "from": "bellingham",
   "to": "wcog",
   "type": "membership",
   "service": "Regional transportation planning (MPO)",
   "direction": "joint",
   "source": "recon"
  },
  {
   "from": "bsd501",
   "to": "bellingham",
   "type": "overlapping-jurisdiction",
   "service": "Same geography, independent budget/payroll; SRO and facility-use agreements typical",
   "direction": "none",
   "source": "recon"
  },
  {
   "from": "wta",
   "to": "bellingham",
   "type": "overlapping-jurisdiction",
   "service": "Transit service inside city; no city transit workforce",
   "direction": "none",
   "source": "recon"
  },
  {
   "from": "pud1",
   "to": "bellingham",
   "type": "overlapping-jurisdiction",
   "service": "Industrial water supply",
   "direction": "none",
   "source": "recon"
  },
  {
   "from": "wcls",
   "to": "bellingham",
   "type": "reciprocal-service",
   "service": "Reciprocal borrowing with city-run library",
   "direction": "none",
   "source": "recon"
  }
 ]
}