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04/01/2025 MINUTES 1 <br />COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />AUDITORIUM <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br /> <br />TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. APRIL 1, 2025 <br /> <br />Board members present: Chairman Laura Osiadacz; Vice-Chairman Cory <br />Wright and Commissioner Brett Wachsmith. <br /> <br />Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mandy Buchholz, Office <br />Administrator; Amy Cziske, Treasurer; Patricia Todd, Deputy <br />Prosecutor III; and Kady Porterfield, Event Center Director. <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING FAIR RATES EVENT CENTER <br /> <br />At 2:00 p.m. CHAIRMAN OSIADACZ opened a Public Hearing continued <br />from February 18, 2025, to consider amendments to rates at the <br />Kittitas County Fair. The record was open. <br /> <br />KADY PORTERFIELD, EVENT CENTER DIRECTOR, reviewed a Staff Report <br />with proposed amendments to the rates at the Kittitas County Fair. <br />It included rates to the Family Fair Pack, RV site rates, late entry <br />fee, and offering a free admission incentive to boost attendance, <br />reduce staffing needs for ticketing, and increase vendor and <br />carnival commissions, making the day more financially beneficial <br />overall. It would also provide added value for the event partners <br />by enhancing foot traffic and engagement. <br /> <br />THERE BEING NO ONE IN ATTENDANCE REQUESTING TO TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC <br />PORTION OF THE HEARING WAS CLOSED. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION 2025-072 FAIR RATES EVENT CENTER <br /> <br />VICE-CHAIRMAN WRIGHT moved to approve Resolution No. 2025-072, with <br />the following amendments: change the RV Space – Full Fair from $300 <br />to $400; RV Dry Camping (CWU Lot) from $40 to $75 a day; and the <br />Late Exhibitor Pass from $10 to $25. COMMISSIONER WACHSMITH <br />seconded. <br /> <br />VICE-CHAIRMAN WRIGHT said they need to represent every citizen <br />whether they go to Fair or not. He said it was a General Fund <br />expenditure and believed some of the prices have been subsidized. <br /> <br />AMY CZISKE, TREASURER/FAIR BOARD MEMBER, reviewed surrounding Fair <br />entry fees. <br /> <br />Motion approved 3-0. <br /> <br />