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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF KITTITAS STATE OF WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 2022 - _____ RESOLUTION TO DISSOLVE THE CURRENT KITTITAS COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY ADVISORY BOARD AND TO ESTABLISH THE KITTITAS COUNTY 1/10 of 1% MENTAL HEALTH AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TAX ADVISORY BOARD WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) established the Behavioral Health and Recovery Advisory Board (BHRAB) via Resolution No. 2016-063; and WHEREAS, the BOCC established BHRAB pursuant to RCW 71A.14.020, chapter 71.24 RCW, and RCW 70.96A.300 in order to make recommendations to the BOCC about alcohol and substance abuse issues as well as issues relating to mental health; and WHEREAS, the BOCC established a mental health tax via Ordinance No. 2021-017; and WHEREAS, the proceeds generated from the Mental Health Tax imposed pursuant to RCW 82.14.460, are to be to used to fund programs related to chemical dependency, mental health treatment, or therapeutic courts; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2021-017 charges the Behavioral Health and Recovery Advisory Board with developing goals, objectives, and metrics for the use of the funds including soliciting and collecting proposals and making recommendations for the expenditure of such funds to the BOCC for the year in which the funds merely accrue; and WHEREAS, the task of developing the process for the expenditure of funds is not yet complete and deserves considerable focused efforts to ensure a sound process created so that eligible funds are spent in a manner most beneficial to the county; and WHEREAS, the BOCC desires to create a Board with its primary focus being the development and management of mental health tax fund expenditures that extends beyond the first year of the mental health tax imposition; and WHEREAS, the BOCC desires that the newly established Board also serve as the advisory board in matters related to alcohol and substance abuse and mental health; and WHEREAS, to reflect the primary focus of the new Board the new Board shall be named, the Kittitas County 1/10 of 1% Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Tax Advisory Board;