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<br /> <br />Health Department for All-Staff Meetings. Cory Wright second. All approved. Motion 07.01 carried to <br />approve Resolution 2026-132 to Authorize a Recurring Monthly Closure of the Kittitas County Public <br />Health Department for All-Staff Meetings. <br />Approve Recommendation on Use of Liquor Excise Tax and Profits <br />Kasey Knutson discussed that public health is not the best fit for the Liquor Excise Tax. The department <br />would like to recommend the county devote the required two percent of Kittitas County’s share of <br />liquor taxes and Profits to support the Kittitas County Jail’s substance use disorder program. After <br />working with the Kittitas County Auditor’s office the average amount of those funds is small, annually, <br />about $2,730. <br />The Kittitas County Jail recently requested additional funding for its program and has explained that <br />other funding sources have gone away. The program at the jail also utilizes our 1/10th of 1% mental <br />health and substance use disorder tax funding as well as opioid settlement funding. <br />Although it is a small amount of funding, we know the jail will utilize any funds to support their program <br />in addition to other county funds. Utilizing an internal county office for the funds will also decrease any <br />staff time for oversight. <br />Both Laura Osiadacz and Cory Wright approved the recommendation. <br /> <br />Health Officer Update <br />No Health Officer update this month. <br /> <br /> <br />Other <br />Chelsey Loeffers asked for a letter from Cory Wright noting documentation concerns from meetings with <br />Hopesource. Commissioner Wright noted that he would do this before he left. <br /> <br />Meeting concluded at 10:09 am. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />___________________________________ <br /> BOCC Chair <br /> <br /> ___________________________________ <br /> Candi Blackford, Clerk