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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON WEBEX SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. AUGUST 4, 2020
Board members present via WebEx: Chairman Brett Wachsmith; Vice-
Chairman Laura Osiadacz; and Commissioner Cory Wright.
Others via Webex: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mandy
Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Taylor Crouch, Deputy Clerk
of the Board I; Mark Cook, Public Works Director/Interim Engineer;
Chris Horner, Deputy Prosecutor; and Judy Pless, Budget & Finance
Manager.
PUBLIC HEARING RURAL COUNTY SALES & USE TAX FUNDS PROSECUTOR
At 2:00 p.m. Chairman Wachsmith opened a Public Hearing to consider
an Ordinance extending the local control over rural county sales &
use tax funds.
MARK COOK, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/INTERIM ENGINEER explained how the
sales and use tax does not impose a new tax, and does not extend a
tax, but instead allows for a shift in control over a portion of the
sales and use tax imposed by the State, from the State to Kittitas
County. CHRIS HORNER, DEPUTY PROSECUTOR said RCW 82.14.370(4) haws
been amended to allow Kittitas County to extend the period in which
it receives the credit, from June 30, 2023 through July 30, 2032.
He recommended approving the collection period to July 30, 2032.
THERE BEING NO ONE IN ATTENDANCE REQUESTING TO TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE HEARING WAS CLOSED. ORDINANCE 2020-005 RURAL COUNTY SALES & USE TAX FUNDS PROSECUTOR CHAIRMAN WACHSMITH moved to approve Ordinance No. 2020-005,
Extending Local Control Over Rural County Sales and Use Tax Funds,
from June 30, 2023 to July 30, 2032. COMMISSIONER OSIADACZ
seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:05 p.m. KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Brett Wachsmith, Chairman