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Home My WebLink About2017-08-15-minutes-commissioners-agenda 08/15/2017 MINUTES 1 COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON AGENDA SESSION REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY 10:00 A.M. AUGUST 15, 2017 Board members present: Chairman Paul Jewell; Vice-Chairman Laura Osiadacz; and Commissioner Obie O’Brien. Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mark Cook, Public Works Director; Neil Caulkins, Deputy Prosecutor; Christopher Horner, Deputy Prosecutor and 6 members of the public. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Jewell called the meeting to order. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairman Jewell led the Pledge of Allegiance. INTRODUCTION OF NEW COUNTY EMPLOYEES – NONE PROCLAMATIONS – NONE AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS – NONE APPROVAL OF AGENDA Chairman Jewell announced there would be an Executive Session held at the conclusion of the Agenda Session. Commissioner Osiadacz requested to move Consent Item Q to Board, Discussion & Decision. Commissioner Osiadacz moved to approve the Agenda, as amended. Commissioner O’Brien seconded. Motion carried 3-0. CONSENT AGENDA Chairman Jewell noted Consent Item Q had been moved to Board, Discussion & Decision. Commissioner Osiadacz moved to approve the Consent Agenda, as amended. Commissioner O’Brien seconded. Motion carried 3-0. 08/15/2017 MINUTES 2 MINUTES DATE MINUTES 06/19/2017 Agenda Study Session 07/24/2017 Office Admin 07/24/2017 Dept. Head-Event Center 07/24/2017 Dept. Head-HR 07/24/2017 Dept. Head-Maintenance 07/24/2017 Dept. Head-Treasurer 07/27/2017 Mel’s Bowl Update 07/27/2017 WA Wildlife Recreation Commission 07/31/2017 Agenda Study Session 07/31/2017 Office Admin 07/31/2017 Dept. Head-Event Center 08/01/2017 Agenda Session 08/01/2017 2PM Public Hearing 08/01/2017 Social Media Policy at Fair 08/01/2017 Wiehl Road Update 08/02/2017 Executive Session 08/07/2017 Office Admin 08/07/2017 Dept. Head-Event Center APPOINTMENT CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS Approve the Reappointment of Erik Allen to the Kittitas County Civil Service Commission, for a 6-year term effective immediately and expiring in June of 2023. APPOINTMENT HORTICULTURAL PEST & DISEASE BAORD COMMISSIONERS Approve the Reappointment of Urban Eberhart and Ben Kern to the Kittitas County Horticultural Pest & Disease Board, for a 2-year term retroactive to June 2017. RESOLUTION 2017-134 ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARY HUMAN RESOURCES Approve Resolution No. 2017-134, Establishing the Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Salaries for Elected Officials of Kittitas County. SET PUBLIC HEARING CISTERN WATER SYSTEM PUBLIC HEALTH Approve Setting a Public Hearing to consider revisions to Kittitas County Code Chapter 13.25 Cistern Water System Requirements and Amending the 2017 Kittitas County Fee Schedule and Policy, to be held on Thursday September 21, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners Auditorium, Room 08/15/2017 MINUTES 3 109, Kittitas County Courthouse 205 West 5th Avenue Ellensburg, WA and to authorize the Clerk to publish said notice. RESOLUTION 2017-135 FEE SCHEDULE SHERIFF Approve Resolution No. 2017-135, Authorizing an Amendment to the Fee Schedule for the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office to Cover the Costs of Administration and Operations relating to the Lamination of Concealed Pistol Licenses. WARRANTIES COLUMBIA FORD MAINTENANCE SHERIFF Approve the Columbia Ford Extended Service and Maintenance Warranties for Five (5) Kittitas County Sheriff’s Vehicles purchased in 2017, in the amount of $34,856.18. RESOLUTION 2017-136 JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP PUBLIC WORKS Approve Resolution No. 2017-136, Authorizing the Chairman’s Signature on a Formal Task Order Document Number 01 with Jacobs engineering Group, Inc. for the Manastash Road Bridge project, in the amount of $279,603.00 to be completed by April 30, 2018. RESOLUTION 2017-137 TANEUM ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT PUBLIC WORKS Approve Resolution No. 2017-137, Awarding a Contract for the Taneum Road Bridge Replacement and Washout Repair Project to Razz Construction, Inc. in the amount of $755,561.75 and to authorize the Public Works Director to sign Contract documents. RESOLUTION 2017-138 2018 DISTRESSED SALES & USE TAX PUBLIC WORKS Approve Resolution No. 217-138, Awarding the 2018 Distressed County Sales and Use Tax Funds as Recommended by the Conference of Governments, noting the City of Cle Elum and City of Roslyn will be required to provide evidence to the Kittitas County Auditor’s office of matching funds for projects prior to receiving the 2018 Sales & Use Tax Funds. SET PUBLIC HEARING SPEED LIMIT – CARROLL ROAD PUBLIC WORKS Approve Setting a Public Hearing to consider a Potential Speed Limit Reduction on Carroll Road and to Amend Kittitas County Code Chapter 10.08.020, to be held on Tuesday September 5, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Commissioners Auditorium, Room 109, Kittitas County Courthouse 205 West 5th Avenue Ellensburg, WA and to authorize the Clerk to publish said notice. 08/15/2017 MINUTES 4 RESOLUTION 2017-139 TEANAWAY RD HYDRAULIC PROJECT PUBLIC WORKS Approve Resolution No. 2017-139, Authorizing an Interagency Agreement with the Federal Highway Administration Western Federal Lands Division for the Funding of the Teanaway Road Hydraulic Improvements Project. APPOINTMENT JIM ARMSTRONG COMMISSIONERS Approve the Appointment of Jim Armstrong to the Kittitas County Tourism Infrastructure Plan Capital Improvement Program Technical Review Team. AGREEMENT SMALL SCALE MUNICIPALITY-OWNED PROJECTS COMMISSIONERS Approve the Tourism-Related, Small-Scale Municipality-Owned Capital Projects and Operations Agreements with the City of Cle Elum, City of Ellensburg, City of Roslyn, City of Cle Elum, Economic Development Group of Kittitas County for the Town to Teanaway Plan and the US Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. FINAL MYLARS PALOMINO FIELDS PLAT – DIVISION I CDS Approve the Final Mylars Granting the Palomino Fields Plat – Division I (LP-7-00031), including a total of eight lots and an extension of W. Bowers Road, located North of Dry Creek Road and West of Reecer Creek Road within Section 27 of T.18N., R.18E., W.M. in Kittitas County. REQUEST TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION CREATING SOLAR FACILITIES CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEE – ITEM MOVED TO BOARD DISCUSSION & DECISION REFUNDS TAXPAYER REFUNDS 2015 & 2016 TREASURER Acknowledge a Treasurer’s Report to Support the List of Refunds Made to Taxpayers During the Years 2015 and 2016. CORRESPONDENCE - NONE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS - NONE CITIZEN COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS Janice Jump felt the Bower’s Field Airport should be a priority of the County because of CWU’s flight program and there being a shortage of pilots. She thought the bowling alley purchased by the County should be demolished as it’s an old building. She also spoke of the Shady Acres lawsuit filed against the County and how the statute dictates that the tenants have 1 year to move and the County should not be subsidizing the residents as the outlay is more than the income being received. 08/15/2017 MINUTES 5 BOARD DISCUSSION/DECISION ITEMS CLAIM FOR DAMAGES EKLUND – DENIED PROSECUTOR Commissioner Osiadacz moved to deny the Claim for Damages filed with the Kittitas County Auditor’s Office on July 25, 2017 by Andrea Eklund, as recommended by the Prosecutor. Commissioner O’Brien seconded. Motion carried 3-0. RESOLUTION 2017-133 SOLAR FACILITIES CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE CDS Commissioner Osiadacz moved to approve Resolution No. 2017-133, Creating the Kittitas County Solar Facilities Citizen Advisory Committee, noting the addition of Susie Weis to the list of members. Commissioner O’Brien seconded. Motion carried 3-0. MISCELLANEOUS – NONE EXECUTIVE SESSION At 10:16 a.m. Chairman Jewell announced the Board would recess into an Executive Session with Deputy Prosecutor Christopher Horner and Deputy Prosecutor Neil Caulkins for 10 minutes to discuss with legal counsel representing the agency matters relating to agency enforcement actions, or to discuss with legal counsel representing the agency litigation or potential litigation to which the agency, the governing body, or a member acting in an official capacity is, or is likely to become, a party, when public knowledge regarding the discussion is likely to result in an adverse legal or financial consequence to the agency. Possible action anticipated. At 10:26 a.m. the Board reconvened out of Executive Session. Staff was directed to prepare a letter of denial and bring it back to the Board of County Commissioners at a later date for their consideration. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner O’Brien moved to adjourn the meeting at 10:27 a.m. Commissioner Osiadacz seconded. Motion carried 3-0. Meeting adjourned at 10:27 a.m. KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON Julie Kjorsvik Paul Jewell, Chairman