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08/20/2024 MINUTES 1 <br />COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />AUDITORIUM <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br /> <br />TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. AUGUST 20, 2024 <br /> <br />Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith and Commissioner <br />Cory Wright. Excused: Vice-Chairman Osiadacz. <br /> <br />Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mandy Buchholz, Office <br />Administrator; Stephanie Hartung, Chief Civil Deputy Prosecutor; <br />Bryan Elliott, Auditor; Zack DeHaven, Assistant Finance Director; <br />Josh Fredrickson, Public Works Director; Cameron Curtis, Engineer; <br />Patti Stacey, Facilities Director; and approximately 10 members of <br />the public. <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL RATES SOLID WASTE <br /> <br />At approximately 2:00 p.m. CHAIRMAN WACHSMITH opened a Public <br />Hearing to consider Setting Rates for Solid Waste Disposal. <br /> <br />PATTI STACEY, FACILITIES DIRECTOR, reviewed a Staff Report and <br />included information on proposed increases to disposal fees. She <br />said it was to ensure that the costs to run the programs are fully <br />funded. <br /> <br />THOSE PRESENT & TESTIFYING: RIKKI SCHMITT, OWNER OF BROWN & <br />JACKSON, questioned how Yakima and King County’s fees were lower and <br />felt the increases were unjustified and retaliatory. She said <br />there’d been no improvements at the lagoons and felt the County <br />should be applying for grants rather than putting the increase costs <br />onto their constituents. MALIA DAVIS said she works at Brown & <br />Jackson, spoke in opposition of the proposed increases, and was <br />extremely concerned for their customers costs. CANDACE COMFORT <br />questioned why Kittitas County has such a higher price in fees than <br />Yakima County. She asked if the County had applied for grants as a <br />governmental agency to help offset the costs. TYLER SCHMITT, OWNER <br />OF BROWN & JACKSON said the costs were cheaper everywhere else. He <br />questioned where the money was going and asked if there were any <br />other options to look into. DUANE LANPHERE, asked if the County <br />could look into who provides services to Yakima County, and see if <br />it would be more affordable. THERE BEING NO OTHERS REQUESTING TO <br />TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE HEARING WAS CLOSED. <br /> <br />MS. STACEY addressed questions and clarified information on the <br />proposed fees. <br /> <br /> <br />