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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />LAW AND JUSTICE STUDY SESSION MINUTES <br />COMMISSIONERS' AUDITORIUM, 205 WEST 5TH ROOM 109 - ELLENSBURG <br />Regular Meeting <br />WEDNESDAY 1 8:00 AM I June 3, 2020 <br />Board members present: Commissioners Laura Osiadacz and Cory Wright. <br />Others: Sheriff Clay Myers and Patti Johnson Director of Maintenance. <br />Financial Impact on Manhunt: Sheriff Myers advised that currently the overtime, supplies, <br />and tow bills are around $40,000.00. If the other Law Enforcement agencies were to charge us <br />we would roughly be at a quarter of a million dollars. Therefore, we will be submitting for a <br />Budget Amendment. Overtime is going to be reduced in the upcoming week and not as much for <br />this week. <br />Evidence Storage: Sheriff Myers mentioned the Sheriff s Office will have to expand the <br />storage significantly as we have a couple homicides that generate a tremendous amount of <br />evidence, such as vehicles. An option is an impound lot, however we would have to pay a daily <br />fee which is expensive. <br />The other impacts to evidence are the Legislature on firearms as we are storing many firearms <br />due to high risk protections orders. We are looking at leasing another storage unit and working <br />on getting a cost. Patti asked Sheriff Myers if he has looked into buying the building would it be <br />better to purchase, and it would be to our benefit. Sheriff Myers said he did look into that at one <br />time, but it was not approved by the previous Board. Sheriff indicated we have three units now <br />and we would need one more. Sheriff asked the Board if they would like a purchase cost vs <br />lease cost. Commissioner Wright mentioned he prefers to prioritize projects as the uncertainty <br />right now and mentioned that maybe there is other funding out there or another avenue. Sheriff <br />Myers and Patti both agreed to work on lease costs. <br />OTHER BUSINESS: Sheriff Myers mentioned for Concealed Pistol Licenses (CPL) within the <br />office we have developed a process where the staff will schedule one person at a time to process <br />and hopes to get that published this week. <br />Meeting adjourned at 0830 a.m. <br />d4u> `Z� <br />Clay yers, S eri f <br />2020-06-03 MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />Cory Wright, Chairman <br />