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Kittitas County <br />Board of County Commissioners <br /> <br />Agenda Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Agenda Date: <br />December 21, 2021 <br /> <br />Action Requested: <br /> <br />Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the closing of accounts in fund 110 EIS Trust and transfer to <br />Fund 402 Community Development Services – Planning Division <br /> <br /> <br />Background: <br />Resolution 97-64 was approved by the Board of County Commissioners on May 7, 1997, <br />creating fund 621 to allow developers to deposit funds into an account then allowing the <br />County to draw down on these funds for payments to consultants, permits and staff time. <br />Resolution 2001-177 was adopted by the Board to change the fund from 621 to 111 due <br />to GASB 34 requirements. <br /> <br />We currently have open accounts in the fund for the following <br /> <br />Project Established <br />Suncadia 2004 <br />Desert Wind-Enxco 2003 <br />Zilkha-Sagebrush Power 2009 <br />Wind North America 2009 <br />Horizon Wind 2010 <br /> <br />The account balance in these accounts is the same now as when their projects closed <br />and are currently <br /> <br />Project Final Project Close Balance <br />Suncadia 2006 281.58 <br />Desert Wind-Enxco 2006 7,763.40 <br />Zilkha-Sagebrush Power 2008 .02 <br />Wind North America 2010 45,499.05 <br />Horizon Wind 2012 38,188.03 <br /> <br />In a lot of research on these balances, the Budget & Finance Manager working with Dan <br />Carlson and Mike Flory, indicates the actual staff time was billed to the developers but <br />not charged to the project; the General Fund paid for staff time and the fund 110 <br />received the funds for payment. <br /> <br />In the years of the projects Community Development Services was in the General fund <br />in 2013 moved into an Enterprise Fund, it is recommended these funds be transferred to <br />Community Development Services – Planning division and the accounts closed. <br /> <br />