HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-06-03-minutes-law-and-justice-study-sessionKITTITAS COUNTY
LAW AND JUSTICE STUDY SESSION MINUTES
COMMISSIONERS' AUDITORIUM, 205 WEST 5TH ROOM 109 - ELLENSBURG
Regular Meeting
WEDNESDAY 1 8:00 AM I June 3, 2020
Board members present: Commissioners Laura Osiadacz and Cory Wright.
Others: Sheriff Clay Myers and Patti Johnson Director of Maintenance.
Financial Impact on Manhunt: Sheriff Myers advised that currently the overtime, supplies,
and tow bills are around $40,000.00. If the other Law Enforcement agencies were to charge us
we would roughly be at a quarter of a million dollars. Therefore, we will be submitting for a
Budget Amendment. Overtime is going to be reduced in the upcoming week and not as much for
this week.
Evidence Storage: Sheriff Myers mentioned the Sheriff s Office will have to expand the
storage significantly as we have a couple homicides that generate a tremendous amount of
evidence, such as vehicles. An option is an impound lot, however we would have to pay a daily
fee which is expensive.
The other impacts to evidence are the Legislature on firearms as we are storing many firearms
due to high risk protections orders. We are looking at leasing another storage unit and working
on getting a cost. Patti asked Sheriff Myers if he has looked into buying the building would it be
better to purchase, and it would be to our benefit. Sheriff Myers said he did look into that at one
time, but it was not approved by the previous Board. Sheriff indicated we have three units now
and we would need one more. Sheriff asked the Board if they would like a purchase cost vs
lease cost. Commissioner Wright mentioned he prefers to prioritize projects as the uncertainty
right now and mentioned that maybe there is other funding out there or another avenue. Sheriff
Myers and Patti both agreed to work on lease costs.
OTHER BUSINESS: Sheriff Myers mentioned for Concealed Pistol Licenses (CPL) within the
office we have developed a process where the staff will schedule one person at a time to process
and hopes to get that published this week.
Meeting adjourned at 0830 a.m.
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2020-06-03 MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Cory Wright, Chairman