Resolution Amending the Kittitas County Water Conservancy Board Bylaws

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3.3 The Water Board Commissioners shall serve without compensation but are entitled to be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 and costs incident to training. 3.4 No Water Board Commissioner may participate in Water Board decisions taking action on proposed water transfers until he or she has successfully completed the necessary training related to water translers within the state. Minimum training requirements will be defined by the Washington State Department of Ecology. 3.5 A Water Board Commissioner who has an ownership interest in a water right subject to an application for transfer before the Water Board shall not participate in the review process or the Water Board's certification decision as a commissioner but shall recuse him or herself. A recused commissioner may participate and testify as a witness. A Water Board Commissioner, who is an employee of a public or private water purveyor which has ownership interest in a water right subject to an application for transfer before the Water Board, shall not participate in the review process or the Water Board's certification decision, as a commissioner, but shall recuse him or herself. A recused commissioner may participate and testify as a witness. 3.6 The Water Board constitutes an independently funded entity possessing those powers provided by law; including those powers enumerated in RCW 90.80.060 and shall provide for its own funding as determined by the Water Board Commissioners. Each applicant or a water right transfer shall reimburse the Water Board for all reasonable and necessary costs associated with investigation and approval of the proposed application; provided, however, that neither the applicant nor the Water Board shall be responsible for any third-party costs. Reimbursement of staff costs shall be based on the hourly salary of the staff assigned to the Water Board and shall be billed in quarter hour increments. The Water Board also may accept grants or stipends, and it may adopt fees for processing applications for transfers of water rights; or provide for funding under other lawful means, as approved by the Water Board. The Water Board may not impose taxes or acquire properfy by the exercise of eminent domain. All financial transactions, including funding for Water Board operations, will be approved during a board meeting, and carried out by the Water Board or its designees. Section 4.0 Water Board Operations 4.1 The Water Board will determine a schedule for meetings and the conduct of business, with public notice of meetings published on the Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Water Conservancy Board webpage; Water Board activities are subject to the open public meeting act under Trtle 42 RCW. Water Board meetings will be recorded, and the minutes made available to the public upon request. The Water Board may acquire, purchase, hold, lease, manage, occupy, and sell real and personal property or interest therein, and enter into and perform all necessary contracts; it may enter into contracts with or appoint necessary agents for professional services, or perlorm lawful acts required to carry out its management obligations; and the Water Board may sue or be sued. Kittitas