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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONER’S CONFERENCE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 1:00 P.M. AUGUST 30, 2016
Board members present: Chairman Obie O’Brien; Vice-Chairman Paul
Jewell; and Commissioner Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Robin Read, Public
Health Administrator; Holly Myers, Environmental Health Supervisor;
Kimberly Sarver, Environmental Health Specialist; and Christine
Duboiski, Environmental Specialist for Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 10.
SPECIAL MEETING PM ADVANCE PROGRAM PUBLIC HEALTH
Holly Myers, Environmental Health Supervisor, provided the Board
with updated information on their request to participate in the EPA
PM Advance Program & Department of Ecology’s partnership with the
Kittitas County Public Health Department. She said the Board
previously had questions on the program and they had provided
materials for their review. They would like to participate and
partner with the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Air
Quality program and the Kittitas County Air Quality Advisory
Committee. She said they were also requesting to partner with the
Environmental Protection Agency and reviewed the eligibility and
criteria information.
Christine Duboiski, Environmental Specialist for the EPA, indicated
that once the County commits to the program the EPA is able to
provide them assistance. She reviewed benefits of the program along
with the County’s requirements, noting they could drop in and out of
the program as needed. Christine thought it was better for the
County to be proactive now versus waiting until later which could
result in higher costs. Heather Sarver, Environmental Health
Specialist, reviewed the budget and tiered project. Commissioner
Osiadacz explained how there are a lot of people in the Upper County
who depend on wood stoves to heat their homes and it would be a
financial burden for others to change to oil, etc. She would like to
see incentives for people along with education on the types of
materials that should be used for clean burning.
LETTER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH
Commissioner Jewell moved to approve and authorize Chair’s signature
on a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Advance
Program, notifying them of the intention of the Kittitas County
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Public Health Department’s participation in the PM Advance program.
Commissioner Osiadacz seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
The meeting adjourned at 1:32 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Obie O’Brien, Chairman