HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution-Amend fee schedule and event space requirementsBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION
NO. 2017-_______
RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE KITTITAS VALLEY EVENT CENTER POLICY AND
REDUCTION RATE FOR COUNTY RESERVATIONS
WHEREAS, Kittitas Valley Event Center has various facilities, with differing rental rates, available for
use for public and private events held throughout the year; and
WHEREAS, resolution 2006-64, adopted April 18, 2005, provides for an event space fee waiver for
Kittitas County Departments and Agencies to use event center facilities for specific uses
and following certain conditions; and
WHEREAS, the previously imposed conditions necessary to invoke the fee waiver have either not been
strictly adhered to or have been insufficient in preserving facility space priority for paying
customers, the income from which is vital to the Kittitas Valley Event Center operations;
and
WHEREAS, the Kittitas Valley Event Center has experienced a substantial increase in the demand for
rental space in the last few years; and
WHEREAS, the Kittitas Valley Event Center recognizes the importance of accommodating County
Department and Agency needs for event space; and
WHEREAS, the Kittitas Valley Event Center desires to balance the needs of the Event Center and
various County Departments by adopting a policy that allows for priority use of the event
space for paying customers while still providing options, either free of charge or for a
reduced fee in certain situations, to County Departments as proposed in the attached
Kittitas Valley Event Center Policy and Reduction Rate for County Reservations;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of Kittitas County,
Washington, hereby adopts the Kittitas Valley Event Center Policy and Reduction Rate for
County Reservations, which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference.
DATED this __________ day of ____________________, 2017, at Ellensburg, Washington.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Chair
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Vice-Chair
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Commissioner
ATTEST:
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☐ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik
☐ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz