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BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2023 - <br />REMOVING REFERENCES IN COUNTY CODE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS <br />DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE <br />AIRPORT DEPARTMENT AND CREATING THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT <br />WHEREAS: The Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) has acted combining Community <br />Development Services Department and the Airport Department into the Public <br />Works Department; and <br />WHEREAS: References to the three county departments appear throughout county code; and <br />WHEREAS: The BoCC did conduct a public hearing on October 17, 2023, receiving <br />testimony on staff's proposal recognizing department consolidations into a new <br />Public Services Department; and <br />WHEREAS: The proposed department consolidation creates operational and economic <br />efficiencies in the conduct of county business; and <br />WHEREAS: Staff have provided the Information Technology Department with a redline and <br />clean copy of the amended county code eliminating code references to the Public <br />Works Department, Community Development Services Department, along with <br />the Airport Department; replacing said department references with the Public <br />Services Department. <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED that the BoCC does hereby order county code be <br />revised eliminating references to the Public Works Department, Community <br />Development Services Department, the Airport Department and said departments <br />now be recognized as the Public Services Department. <br />ADOPTED this 7th day of November 2023, at Ellensburg, Washington. <br />Attest: <br />❑ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik <br />❑ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz <br />BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASfHNGTON <br />Cory Wright, Chairman <br />Brett Wachsmith, Vice -Chairman <br />Laura Osiadacz, Commissioner <br />