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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS AUDITORIUM
SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY 3:00 P.M. JANUARY 9, 2017
Board members present: Vice-Chairman Laura Osiadacz & Commissioner
Obie O’Brien. Excused: Chairman Paul Jewell.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board; Robin Read,
Public Health Administrator; Mike Luvera, Kittitas County Law &
Justice Council.
SPECIAL MEETING MH/CD PRESENTATION FROM KCLJC COMMISSIONERS
At 3:05 p.m. Vice-Chairman Laura Osiadacz opened a Special Meeting
to receive a presentation from the Kittitas County Law & Justice
Council regarding Chemical Dependency and Mental Health.
Mike Luvera, Kittitas County Law & Justice Council presented the
Board with a Power Point Presentation about Chemical Dependency and
Mental Health and the 1/10th of one percent tax that the County could
put out for a vote by the citizens of Kittitas County. He reviewed
RCW 82.14.460-sales and use tax for chemical dependency or mental
health treatment services of therapeutic courts. He reviewed where
Kittitas County is at currently and what has been accomplished. He
questioned the Board to see where they were at with regard to their
support in seeking the 1/10th of one percent sales tax for mental
health and chemical dependency treatment services of therapeutic
courts.
Commissioner O’Brien indicated that the BoCC would need to receive a
request from the Law & Justice Council asking the BoCC to begin the
process for placing the tax on a ballot. Commissioner Osiadacz
encouraged the Law & Justice Council to bring forward a plan. She
stated that would help the BoCC in making their decision.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:42 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Paul Jewell, Chairman