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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONER’S CONFERENCE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 2:30 P.M. APRIL 23, 2019
Board members present: Chairman Cory Wright; Vice-Chairman Brett
Wachsmith and Commissioner Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Anna Lael,
District Manager; Mark Moore, KCCD Chair & Bill Boyum, KCCD Board
Member.
SPECIAL MEETING CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS
At 2:30 p.m. Chairman Wright opened a Special Meeting to receive &
discuss the Kittitas County Conservation District System of Rates &
Charges 2018 Report of Activities and the Kittitas County
Conservation Projects and Program Updates.
Anna Lael, Kittitas County Conservation District Manager provided
information on the Kittitas County Conservation District System of
Rates & Charges 2018 Report. She reviewed information on their
background; government structure; district funding; system of rates
& charges; general approach; rate calculation; financial report;
activities report, administration, district operations; educational
assistance; elementary agricultural appreciation day; Wildfire &
Wildlife Video Projects; Prescribe Fire Outreach; Regional
Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP); forest health and wildfire
fuels reduction; Kittitas Fire Adapted Communities Coalition
(KFACC); prescribed fire; chlorophyll meter and the Kittitas County
Hay Growers; USDA Service Center relationship; leveraging of funds;
summary of leveraged funds; and an update on the pursuit of
leveraged funds for the following: DNR, Salmon Recover Funding
Board, Fish Barrier Removal Board (FBRB), City of Ellensburg, PSE
Powerful Partnerships, PSE Powerful Partnerships, PSE Foundation,
Washington Resource Conservation & Development Council (RC&D), FEMA-
Washington EMD, Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire (CPAW),
National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD).
There was review of the KCCD 2018 activities & projects as well as
the Kittitas County Budget for 2019 for Funds Collected through
System of Rates by Program Category, KCCD Budget for 2019 for Funds
collected through System of Rates by Budget Object and the 2019
Estimate of Revenues.
Ms. Lael reviewed additional handouts for the Yakima Integrated Plan
– Toppenish to Teanaway Project (RCPP); Voluntary Stewardship
Program (VSP)/Kittitas County VSP Self-Assessment Checklist.
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Ms. Lael provided an updated on Drought Conditions and also about
the possibility of a mobile slaughter trailer that is USDA approved
they are trying to assist with finding funding opportunites.
Meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Cory Wright, Chairman