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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION SPECIFYING THE COMPOSITION OF THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE FOR THE NEW COURTHOUSE
RESOLUTION No. 2021 - _______
WHEREAS: Resolution 2020-051 provided for the formation of a committee to provide
community input regarding the potential construction of a new County
Courthouse; and
WHEREAS: The precise composition of this committee was not specified at that time; and
WHEREAS: Circumstances have changed to the extent that the implementation of the prior
Resolution is desired;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the New Courthouse Advisory
Committee shall consist of representatives from the following stakeholder groups:
2 (two) members from each of the Commissioner Districts; 1 (one) member from residing
in the City of Ellensburg; one to be selected from among county employees, and the Chair, who
will be a member of the Board of County Commissioners and selected from among that body.
The Committee will be staffed by a representative from the Treasurer’s office.
Their term of appointment shall be for two years, except the member appointed to represent
Kittitas County shall serve “at-will”. At any point of a vacancy, including at the time of the initial
formation of the committee, the Board of County Commissioners shall advertise for the
appointment to the vacancy and make such replacement appointment.
The function of the committee is to make recommendations to the Board of County
Commissioners as to the feasibility or advisability of constructing a new courthouse. The
committee shall submit a report of its activities and recommendations to the Board of County
Commissioners quarterly.
The meetings will be conducted according to Robert’s Rules of Order and be subject to the
Open Public Meetings Act. All correspondence and documents created by the committee shall be
subject to the Public Records Act. The members of the Committee shall receive appropriate
training as to the requirements of these two laws prior to starting their duties.
The Committee members (except the county representative and the chairperson) shall not
be considered employees of the county nor receive any compensation or benefits. The committee
members (except the county representative and the chairperson) shall not receive county email
accounts.
ADOPTED this day of January, 2021.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Chair
Vice-Chair
Commissioner
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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☐ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik Gregory L. Zempel, Prosecuting Attorney
☐ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz