HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-03-20-minutes-monthly-finance-meeting-COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM
REGULAR MEETING
THURSDAY 1:30 PM MARCH 20, 2014
Board members present: Chairman Paul Jewell, Vice Chairman Gary
Berndt, and Commissioner Obie O’Brien
Others: Judy Pless, Budget and Finance Manager and Solid Waste
Director Patti Johnson
REGULAR MEETING FINANCE STUDY SESSION COMMISSIONERS
The Board was presented with a report showing the balance in the
Board of County Commissioners Document historical funds. It was
estimated that by the end of 2014 there would be $18,000. After
discussion it was decided to have Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the
Board, start the grant process for $10,000.
Pless demonstrated an electronic version of the budget amendment
process that was written by Andrew Drain, IT department for
CAMAS.
Pless presented to the Board a copy of the jail costing scope of
work and made recommendations for alterations for the
requirements needed for the cost analysis for the Community
Development Services permit fees. Pless will work with the
Prosecutor to prepare a RFQ.
Pless presented preliminary year end compensated absence report,
showing the liability of $2,686,022.
Other business
Solid Waste Director, Patti Johnson discussed the sock project
for the compost facility.
The Board discussed REET 2 local option on the sale of property.
The real estate excise tax 2 option can only be used for the
following and which has to go to the vote of the people. The
board said they would discuss it further.
For this quarter percent of the real estate excise tax, "capital project"
means those:
public works projects of a local government for planning, acquisition,
construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement, rehabilitation, or
improvement of streets, roads, highways, sidewalks, street and road lighting
systems, traffic signals, bridges, domestic water systems, storm and
sanitary sewer systems, and planning, construction, reconstruction, repair,
rehabilitation, or improvement of parks. RCW 82.46.035(5)
RCW 82.46.035(7) allows cities and counties to use REET 2 revenues for
operations and maintenance (O&M) of existing capital projects, as defined in
the paragraph above. There is a limit, however, on how much can be spent on
O&M. The maximum amount of REET 2 that may be spent on O&M is the greater of
$100,000 or 35 percent of the available funds, not to exceed $1 million per
year. Counties only may use REET 2 revenues to pay existing debt service on
capital projects listed in RCW 82.46.010(6) - the kinds of capital projects
that may be done with REET 1 revenues. This legislation sunsets on December
31, 2016
Meeting adjourned at 2:30 pm.
KITTITAS COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Judy Pless Paul Jewell, Chairman