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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS AUDITORIUM
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. AUGUST 6, 2019
Board members present: Chairman Cory Wright; Vice-Chairman Brett
Wachsmith and Commissioner Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mark Cook, Public Works
Director/Interim Engineer; Taylor Crouch, Deputy Clerk of the Board
I; Patti Johnson, Solid Waste Director/Project Manager and 3 members
of the public.
PUBLIC HEARING SURPLUS EQUIPMENT PUBLIC WORKS
At 2:00 p.m. CHAIRMAN WRIGHT opened a Public Hearing to consider
Equipment Surplus to Kittitas County’s Needs and to Authorize
Disposal of the Same in Accordance with RCW 36.34.080.
MARK COOK, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/INTERIM ENGINEER reviewed the
Resolution of items that were surplus to the County’s needs and
requested the Board to authorize disposal of them. They included a
2012 Ford F250 Flatbed Pickup and a 2004 Layton D-550 Asphalt Paver.
THERE BEING NO ONE REQUESTING TO TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE
HEARING WAS CLOSED.
RESOLUTION 2019-123 SURPLUS EQUIPMENT PUBLIC WORKS
COMMISSIONER WACHSMITH moved to approve Resolution No. 2019-123, To
Declare Equipment Rental and Revolving Fund Equipment Surplus Not to
the County’s Needs and to Authorize Disposal. COMMISSIONER OSIADACZ
seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
PUBLIC HEARING LEASE OF COUNTY PROPERTY SOLID WASTE
At 2:04 p.m. CHAIRMAN WRIGHT opened a Public Hearing to consider a
Lease for Kittitas County Owned Property at 1200 E. University Way,
Ellensburg, WA CD. 571; TWN. EBURG; SHOUDYS 2ND ADD. LOTS 4 THROUGH
11 & PTN. VACATED 9TH BLOCK 78 AND CD. 568; TWN. EBURG; SHOUDYS 2ND
ADD. TAX NO. 1 OF LOTS 1, 2 & 16 BLOCK 77.
PATTI JOHNSON, SOLID WASTE DIRECTOR/PROJECT MANAGER reviewed a
proposed Lease of property at 1200 E. University Way, which was
purchased by the County in 2016 and was under an existing Lease
Agreement. The previous Lessee has decided to sell the business
which has resulted in the need of a new Lease. The County completed
a Boundary Line Adjustment to create a leasable parcel which
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includes the building and a parking area behind the building. She
noted the Prosecutor’s office and Accolade have worked to determine
a fair market value for the building. She said before the Lease
would become official they’d have to have insurance documentation.
THOSE PRESENT & TESTIFYING: KATIE OLSON said they received the
proposed Lease late last night and they had questions relating to
late rent; the first and last month’s rent; if there would be any
grace period and when it would be due; are costs incurred for
noxious weeds be reimbursed, and is possible they’d like to know
ahead of time what those costs would be. THERE BEING NO OTHERS
REQUESTING TO TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE HEARING WAS CLOSED.
ANN SHAW, ACCOLADE said they typically don’t have a termination
clause in a Lease Agreement due to a death or close of a business.
COMMISISONER OSIADACZ said she would like to stay with the same
Lease Agreements as well as the increases to rent. MARK COOK, PUBLIC
WORKS DIRECTOR/INTERIM ENGINEER spoke of the vegetation and said if
they owners keep the weeds down then noxious weeds wouldn’t become
an issue.
LEASE FIRST AND LAST CHANCE TAVERN LLC SOLID WASTE
COMMISSIONER WACHSMITH moved to approve a Commercial Building Lease
Agreement between Kittitas County and the First and Last Chance
Tavern, LLC, beginning July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2024, at a rate
of $1,345.50 per month with annual increases taking effect January
1st of each year. COMMISSIONER OSIADACZ seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:16 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Cory Wright, Chairman