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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA DATE: September 5, 2017 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Consider approval of a resolution declaring all Kittitas <br />County boards, committees, and commissions operating <br />under the direction of the Board of County Commissioners <br />subject to the Open Public Meetings Act requirements. <br />BACKGROUND: In response to concerns raised by the Kittitas County <br />Records Management Committee and the Kittitas County <br />Prosecutor's Office, the Kittitas County Board of <br />Commissioners requested a legal opinion addressing the <br />legal implications for County boards, committees, and <br />commissions in regards to the Open Public Meetings Act. <br />The Prosecutor's office researched the pertinent legal <br />issues and provided an opinion and matrix to the County <br />analyzing which of those organizations are subject to the <br />Open Public Meetings Act and why or why not at a Special <br />Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners on August <br />15, 2017. At that meeting, the Board determined it was in <br />the best interest of the County to impose a mandate <br />declaring all boards, committees, and commissions subject <br />to the Open Public Meetings Act rather than analyze the <br />nuances of each and every board to determine individually <br />or on a case by case basis whether compliance with the Act <br />is necessary. <br />INTERACTION: The Prosecutor's office was directed to draft the attached <br />resolution. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Consider the following issues before authorizing the <br />resolution declaring all Kittitas County boards, committees, <br />and commissions operating under the direction of the Board <br />of County Commissioners subject to the Open Public <br />Meetings Act requirements: <br />1) Should the blanket declaration include all County <br />internal boards, committees, and commissions or should <br />exclusions apply to certain internal entities not subject <br />to OPMA requirements under State law? Currently, we <br />have committees operating to aid in the flow of County <br />business that have procedures in place allowing for <br />