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KITTITAS COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH (BOH)
Joint BOH/BOCC Special Meeting
Meeting Minutes
August 17, 2017
Commissioners’ Auditorium
10:00 a.m.
Present
Board of Health (BOH): Paul Jewell, Laura Osiadacz, John Asriel, M.D.
Absent: Obie O’Brien, Rich Elliott
Board of Health Advisory Committee (BOHAC): Carin Thomas
Public Health: Candi Blackford, Kaitlyn Reddick, Kasey Knutson, Amy Fuller, Tristen Lamb, Holly
Myers, Robin Read
Other: Stephanie Hartung, Kittitas County Prosecuting Attorney
Paul Jewell called the meeting to order at 10 a.m.
Kasey Knutson, Health Promotion Supervisor, stepped to the microphone and reviewed the staff report.
Ms. Knutson informed the board members that on June 18, 2009, the Kittitas County Board of County
Commissioners approved an ordinance to prohibit smoking in public places. On August 18, 2016 an
ordinance was approved to amend Chapter 8.24 of the Kittitas County Code to include electronic
cigarettes or “vaping” to the Smoking in Public Places ordinance. On April 6, 2017 KCPHD staff met
with the Kittitas County Fair Board and presented information about the departments grant funded work
to help locations interested in going tobacco/vape free. At that meeting, the Fair board requested to
restrict smoking and vaping to designated areas only. The policy would protect public health, safety, and
welfare by decreasing exposure to smoke and vape, as well as limit garbage and potential fire damage to
the Kittitas Valley Event Center (KVEC). On July 24, 2017, the Board of County Commissioners met
with the Kittitas County Public Health Department, Kittitas Valley Event Center, and a subcommittee to
discuss designated areas in the fairgrounds to be smoke and vape free for the fair. Ultimately it was
determined, per the recommendation of the Kittitas County Prosecutor at a July 24, 2017 meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners, to designate other events as smoke and vape free, not just the fair. The
following changes were presented:
8.24.075 Kittitas County Event Center smoking and vaping regulation.
1. No person may smoke and/or use an electronic vaping device in any location operated by the
Kittitas County Event Center, unless the location has been clearly identified as a designated
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smoking and or vaping area, at any time in which the Board of County Commissioners has
declared the necessity for such regulation.
2. Designated smoking and/or vaping area regulations shall always be in effect during the Kittitas
County Fair and Rodeo, and may be invoked at any other event held at the Kittitas County Event
Center that is open to the public when a smoking and/or vaping regulation is found to be in the
best interest of public health, safety, and welfare.
3. Regulation assessment criteria includes, but is not limited to, enhanced fire protection and
control, and certain weather conditions that make it difficult to control exposure to non-smokers
and/or non-vaping device users.
4. The Board of County Commissioners may invoke the smoking and/or vaping regulation by
resolution any time prior to the commencement of any qualifying event.
5. The Kittitas County Event Center shall post signs consistent with this chapter limiting smoking
and/or vaping as appropriate under this chapter. Signs shall be posted conspicuously at building
entrances and in other prominent locations throughout the Kittitas County Event Center.
Paul Jewell opened up for public testimony at 10:08 am
No public comment
Public comment was closed at 10:08 am
Paul Jewell asked for a motion to approve BOH Ordinance 2017-001 Amending Chapter 8.24 of the
Kittitas County Code.
Motion 08-01: Motion to approve Ordinance 2017-001 that amends Chapter 8.24 of the Kittitas
County Code. Laura Osiadacz moved to approve Ordinance 2017-001 that amends Chapter 8.24 of
the Kittitas County Code. John Asriel M.D. second. All approved. Motion 08-01 carried to
approve Ordinance 2017-001 that amends Chapter 8.24 of the Kittitas County Code.
Paul Jewell asked for a motion to approve BOCC Ordinance 2017-005 Amending Chapter 8.24 of the
Kittitas County Code.
Motion 08-02: Motion to approve BOCC Ordinance 2017-005 Amending Chapter 8.24 of the
Kittitas County Code. Laura Osiadacz moved to approve BOCC Ordinance 2017-005 Amending
Chapter 8.24 of the Kittitas County Code. Paul Jewell second. Motion 08-02 carried to approve
BOCC Ordinance 2017-005 Amending Chapter 8.24 of the Kittitas County Code.
Commissioner Jewell thanked staff for the work done and is glad to see this moving forward.
Public Hearing concluded at 10:11 a.m.
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Paul Jewell, Chair of the Board of Health
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Robin Read, Administrator,
Kittitas County Public Health
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Candi Blackford, Clerk of the Board of Health