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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON COMMISSIONER’S AUDITORIUM SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY 2:00 P.M. SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Board members present: Chairman Laura Osiadacz and Commissioner
Cory Wright. Excused: Obie O’Brien.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Lisa Young, Human
Resource Director/Interim Event Center Director; Clay Myers,
Undersheriff/Interim Fire Marshal; Rich Elliott, Kittitas Valley
Fire & Rescue; Dan Carlson, CDS Director; Chris Martin, Roslyn Fire
Department; Reece Lolley, Director of The Nature Conservancy; Rose
Shriner, Kittitas County Conservation District and 2 other members
of the public.
SPECIAL MEETING EXEMPTION FROM BURN BAN – TREX COMMISSIONERS
At 2:00 p.m. Chairman Osiadacz opened a Special Meeting to review a
request from Kara Karboski, WRCD, TREX Coordinator for an exception
to the burn ban issued by Kittitas County to meet the training
objectives of the TREX program and increase opportunities for live-
fire training during the last week of September.
Kara Karboski, WRCD, TREX Coordinator provided information on their
upcoming training which is part of the Cascadia Prescribed Fire
Training Exchange and hosted out of Cle Elum. The request had also
been made by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. She
said the burns would be staffed by qualified fire personnel
operating under the National Wildfire Coordinating Group standards
and managed by The Nature Conservancy or the Washington Department
of Fish & Wildlife with an approved burn plan and implemented with
qualified Staff from various federal and local agencies. Reece
Lolley, Director of Nature Conservancy provided information on the
proposed TREX program and described their outreach efforts with
local agencies and plans. He said they were open to suggestions on
how to better communicate with the public.
Rich Elliot, KVFR said they were in support of exempting prescribed
burning from the burn ban as long as they have a plan in place. He
suggested contacting the adjacent Fire Districts to advise them on
how much they’d like to participate and if they would be willing to
assist with public outreach. He said training opportunities are
invaluable. Chris Martin, Roslyn Fire Department said it was an
important training and provided a flyer for the Boards review. Clay
Myers, Undersheriff said he had just received the plan approximately
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30 minutes ago and felt there should be a lot more notice provided
ahead of time.
Mr. Lolley explained how the burn plan has a prescription and the
permit issued from the Department of Natural Resources require that
they adhere to the prescription.
The discussion of the Internal Fire Marshal structural options was
tabled until Commissioner O’Brien was available to attend a meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m. KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Laura Osiadacz, Chairman