Laserfiche WebLink
2023-10-31 MINUTES 1 <br /> <br />KITTITAS COUNTY <br />BUDGET MEETING MINUTES <br />BOCC AUDITORIUM ROOM, 205 WEST 5TH ROOM 215 - ELLENSBURG <br /> <br /> <br />Tuesday 1:30 PM October 31, 2023 <br /> <br />Board members present: Cory Wright, Brett Wachsmith, Laura Osiadacz <br />Others: Brian Carlson, Bryan Elliot, Zack DeHaven, Andrew Yoder, Chris Whitsett, Mark <br />Cook, Cody Cupp, Patti Stacy, Kady Porterfield, Sarah Keith, Barb Demory, <br />Call to order: 1:30pm <br />1. Citizen Comments (1 min. time limit): None <br /> <br />2. Declaration of Emergency Event Center <br />Ms. Poterfield explained the extent of the current fire system failure necessitating a <br />declaration of emergency. A sprinkler head in the fire suppression system failed causing <br />etensive water damage to multiple areas of the event center. To compound the issue dirt <br />and debri were disloged by the flow adding further difficulty to the repair efforts. Until <br />the system is repaired it must remain dry and unable serve in a fire supression function. <br />The emergency has been submitted to the county insurance provider for review. <br /> <br />3. Mr. Carlson oriented the board with the current methodology for project evaluation. <br />The roster presented includeds all projects and capital equpments requests omitting <br />public works. Several large scale projects were removed from the analysis as they <br />warrant stand alone consideration. The projects included in the mulitple listings were <br />presented in tiers of criticallity. Projects scoring a one are health and safety issues given <br />the highest criticallity score and projects scored as a three are less of an immediate <br />concern. <br /> <br />The first grouping presented were jail maintenance and repair projects to be funded by <br />the 1/10th Jails reserve tax. The commissioners unanimously approved this list. <br />