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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS AUDITORIUM
SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY 10:30 A.M. MAY 21, 2018
Board members present: Chairman Laura Osiadacz; Vice-Chairman
Obie O’Brien; and Commissioner Paul Jewell.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Jill Scheffer, Event
Center Director; Dan Morgan and Jerry Jensen, Ellensburg Rodeo
Board Members.
SPECIAL MEETING PUNCH LIST EVENT CENTER
At 10:30 a.m. Chairman Laura Osiadacz opened a Special Meeting
to receive an update on the Rodeo punch list and expenditures.
Jill Scheffer, Event Center Director presented the Board with a
handout including the 2018 Rodeo Capital Projects and Punch
List. She said they tried to itemize the punch list items
according to public safety being a priority. The total estimated
costs if all funded would be approximately $40,000.00 and they
were not included in this year’s budget. (The amount does not
include the Capital projects).
There was discussion about the current contract between the
County and the Rodeo Board. Jill said according to her Deputy
Prosecutor the way the contract is written, whatever is not done
by July 1st the Rodeo Board can determine what projects to work
on and charge back up to $25,000.00 to the County per year, so
whatever the County were to choose to pay for before July 1st
could be in addition to the $25,000.00 if they submitted
anything for reimbursement. Commissioner Jewell said if that’s
what the language in the contract has been interpreted, it was
poorly written and not how it was intended to be. He said it was
intended for a partnership and collaboration and not open ended
for County funding. Dan Morgan, Rodeo Board Member commented on
how their investments to the grounds benefit everyone who uses
the facility. The Rodeo Board does a walk through on July 1st or
before just as in years past and decides what to work on, noting
it doesn’t leave them much time to get things accomplished
before the event over Labor Day Weekend.
The Board said the priority projects they were in favor of on
the list included the electrical circuits, water service, rock
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removal in the arena, and the walkway around the Gold Buckle
Club. Jill offered to call and ask about the cost of equipment
for getting the rocks removed in the arena. The total costs as
estimated on the punch list was just under $25,000.00.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:02 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Laura Osiadacz, Chairman