2021-08-10-minutes-solid-waste-and-maintenance

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KITTITAS COUNTY SOLID WASTE AND MAINTENANCE MINUTES BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM, 205 WEST 5TH ROOM 108 - ELLENSBURG Regular Meeting TUESDAY 2:00 PM Angus 10, 2021 Board members present: Brett Wachsmith, Chairman, Laura Osiadacz, Vice -Chairman and Commissioner Cory Wright. Others: Doug Mitchell, Neil Caulkins, Patti Stacey, Mandy Buchholz, and Lisa Lawrence Meeting called to order at 2:00 p.m. Bowling Alley Committee discussion and decision - 1 (One) members from each of the Commissioner Districts; 1 (one) member from the City of Ellensburg; the Event Center Director, the Maintenance, Director and, the Chair, who will be a member of the Board of County Commissioners. The Committee will be staffed by the consultant. Mandy went over the applications received stating there was only one application for District 1 and District 2 and one for the City of Ellensburg. Commissioner Wright made a motion to appoint Scott Carlson for District 1, Jerald Dougherty for District 2, Frederick Springsteen for District 3, and Bruce Tabb for the City of Ellensburg. Commissioner Osiadacz seconded the motion. Commissioner Wright amended the motion to include Commissioner Wachsmith as Chair of the Committee. Commissioner Wachsmith seconded the motion. Motion passed 3-0. Update on new Transfer Station. Patti informed the Board that the project is moving along except because of Covid and weather issues the Contractor is having trouble getting the electrical conduit needed and that the costs have double/tripled since they originally ordered it. Discussion was held on the 5000 feet of conduit needed, the cost per foot going up from 3.22 per foot to 6.40 per foot, holding up the project, and not being able to finalize the Short Plat. The Board directed Patti to move forward with the project. Update on Paradigm/Accepting Credit Cards at Transfer Stations. Lisa gave the Board an update on accepting credit cards at the Transfer Stations that she has sent the requested information that the Paradigm software is a pass through to IT and is waiting to hear back from them on the next steps. Discussion on Hours/ days of week transfer station is open. Discussion was held on hours of operation at the Cle Elum Transfer Station including the number of customers vs the number of customers in Ellensburg, that it is getting busier and time to start looking at opening an 2021-08-10 MINUTES 1