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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONER’S AUDITORIUM
SPECIAL MEETING
FRIDAY 1:00 P.M. JUNE 23, 2017
Board members present: Chairman Paul Jewell & Commissioner Laura
Osiadacz. Excused – Commissioner Obie O’Brien
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Joann Schaan,
Developmental Disabilities Coordinator; Kasey Knutson, Health
Promotion Supervisor; Robin Read, Public Health Administrator;
County DDAC Board Members: Ann Pflug & Shannon Garoutte.
SPECIAL MEETING DD UPDATE COMMISSIONERS
At 1:00 p.m. Chairman Jewell opened a Special Meeting with County
Staff and members of the DDAC, noting that documents were presented
in advance for the Board to review.
There was discussion over the applications received in response to
the RFP the DDAC recently put out for providers of DD services, from
Kittitas Valley Opportunities (KVO) – Parent to Parent/KVO – Parent
Coalition and Bright Beginnings for Kittitas County.
Commissioner Osiadacz moved to accept the 3 proposals received from
Kittitas Valley Opportunities (KVO) – Parent to Parent/KVO – Parent
Coalition and Bright Beginnings for Kittitas County, as recommended
by the DDAC. Chairman Jewell seconded. Chairman Jewell directed
staff to prepare enabling documents for a future Agenda Session.
Motion carried 2-0.
Robin Read, Public Health Administrator stated that by State
Contract they are required to have a Biennial Plan. She expressed
how pleased she was with the work that was done by the 3 committee
members who took on the work to develop the plan and felt the end
product was excellent. She questioned if the Board had any questions
that they needed addressed. Chairman Jewell reviewed questions
relating to ITA Services and highlighted areas of the Plan he was
pleased with. Chairman Jewell and Commissioner Osiadacz both noted
that they were pleased with the additional information in the Plan
that they don’t always get from other Plans presented.
Commissioner Osiadacz moved to approve of the Kittitas County
developmental Disabilities 2017 – 2019 Community Plan. Chairman
Jewell seconded. Staff was directed to bring the plan forward for
signature as soon as it’s no longer in DRAFT form. Chairman Jewell
thanked the DDAC for all their work on preparing the Biennial Plan.
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He stated that he was quite impressed with the work done and even
more so because this is a much newer Committee. Motion carried 2-0.
Joann Schann, DD Coordinator presented the Board with the DD Program
& DD Advisory Committee Update. She highlighted that in the DDA
Updates the DDA submitted the DRAFT County Contract amounts for FY
18, noting that they are getting an increase of $54,228.00 from
FY17.
Meeting adjourned at 1:56 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Paul Jewell, Chairman