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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />EC STUDY SESSION MINUTES <br />BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM, 205 WEST 5TH ROOM 108 - ELLENSBURG <br />Special Meeting <br />MONDAY 10:00 AM November 20, 2023 <br />Board members present: Chairman Cory Wright, Vice -Chairman Brett Wachsmith, <br />Commissioner Laura Osiadacz <br />Others: Kady Porterfield (Event Center Director), Carl Jensvold (Ellensburg Rodeo Board <br />President) <br />1. Call to Order: 10:00AM by Vice -Chairman Wachsmith. <br />2. Citizen Comments (1 min. time limit): None <br />3. Grandstands Project Updates: Kady opened a discussion about what work is currently <br />being done on the Rodeo Grandstands project. Carl shared where the Rodeo Board stands <br />with motivation to help see the project completed and keeping this on the forefront as a <br />priority. Vice -Chairman Wachsmith shared some of financing options he has been <br />researching on how to effectively utilize our joint funds between the County, the Rodeo, and <br />the City. Carl would like to meet to work with Kady and Patti Stacey (County Project <br />Manager) on talking to ALSC Architects about revising the design, if it's possible, based on <br />the committed funding at hand, and if or how we may have to phase to start using some of <br />the project funds. Kady suggested she look into updating the project scope on some of the <br />state grant funding to work with ALSC on design updates. Chairman Wright said he would <br />also work with Kady on looking into any possible options for funding through CERB <br />(Community Economic Revitalization Board). Kady continued that currently all Federal <br />funding avenues and resources that have been shared with her are not a fit for this project or <br />our entity at this time. <br />4. Fire System Project Updates and Budget Amendment: Kady shared that the insurance <br />will not cover the repairs to the fire suppression system other than what was damaged <br />because of the freeze. Therefore, the restoration of the flooded rooms will be fully covered, <br />but the repairs to get the majority of the fire suppression system back up and running and to <br />ensure it won't fail again due to the age of the system, will not be covered by insurance. <br />Kady continued that she is also working to get needed updates done to the Expo Hall systems <br />as quickly as possible, but not sure if it will affect this year's budget or next year's budget. <br />2023-11-20 MINUTES <br />