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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONER’S CONFERENCE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
THURSDAY 3:00 P.M. SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Board members present: Chairman Paul Jewell; Vice-Chairman Laura
Osiadacz & Commissioner Obie O’Brien.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Patti
Johnson, Solid Waste Director/Maintenance Director/Project Manager.
SPECIAL MEETING COURTHOUSE NEEDS SW/MAINT./PROJECT
At 3:00 p.m. Chairman Jewell opened a Special Meeting to discuss the
Courthouse Space Needs Spreadsheet provided by Architects Rasmussen
Triebelhorn (ART).
Chairman Jewell stated that the Space Needs Analysis needs to be
refined and then the County needs to get those updates back to the
Architect.
Patti Johnson, Solid Waste Director/Maintenance Director/Project
Manager stated that she had met with the City of Ellensburg and the
Architect and found out today that they will not need to do a Re-
Zone, they will need to do a street vacation and two major utilities
will need to be moved/worked around which includes water and sewer.
There was discussion of the options the Board has including a ½
block of retail space. Ms. Johnson stated that the proposed site
will fit the building and there are options for the Board to
consider 2 and or 3 stories for the future Courthouse.
Chairman Jewell indicated that the Board needs to get a feasibility
analysis done. He felt that will give the Board the most information
to make the best long term decisions. Commissioners O’Brien and
Osiadacz agreed.
Ms. Johnson was directed to begin the RFQ process for the Board to
obtain a feasibility analysis.
The Board went through each departments request and made changes for
Ms. Johnson to take back to the Architect. The Board did determine
across the Board that offices selected as “standard” would be
changed to “basic”. They also removed the Staff restrooms and noted
all restrooms would be for both public and Staff’s use. The Board
expressed their interest in hearing back from the Architect after
all the changes had been updated.
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Meeting adjourned at 4:48 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Paul Jewell, Chairman