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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON WEBEX EMERGENCY/SPECIAL MEETING
FRIDAY 9:00 A.M. FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Board members present via Webex: Chairman Brett Wachsmith; Vice-
Chairman Laura Osiadacz; and Commissioner Cory Wright.
Others via Webex: Taylor Crouch, Administrative Assistant; Julie
Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Greg Zempel, Prosecutor; Clay Myers,
Sheriff; Dr. Mark Larson, Public Health Officer; Tristen Lamb,
Public Health Administrator; Darren Higashiyama, Incident Management
Team Commander; Chris Whitsett, Inspector; Neil Caulkins, Chief
Civil Deputy; Bill Clarke, Kittitas County Lobbyist; Tom Dent,
Washington State Representative; Kelli Scott, Congresswoman Kim
Schrier’s Office; Cynthia Banuelos, Washington State Senator
Warnick’s Office; Patricia Tenney, Washington State Representative
Tom Dent’s Office; and 16 members of the public were present. SPECIAL MEETING EMERGENCY/SPECIAL MEETING COMMISSIONERS
At 9:00 a.m. Chairman Wachsmith opened an Emergency/Special Meeting
to have a discussion on Kittitas County’s current Phase on Governor
Inslee's Roadmap to Recovery.
There was open discussion on the County’s position in the South
Central Region. Participants were able to ask questions about the
vaccine rollouts in the County and what possible solutions there
could be to move forward from Phase 1. There was collaborative
effort to get messaging and letters out to the public and to the
Governor’s Office.
The BOCC agreed to put a Press Release out immediately following the
meeting and that Commissioner Osiadacz would draft a letter from the
BOCC, Sheriff, and Prosecutor to the Governor. The Legislators on
the call said they would be drafting their own letter to the
Governor stating a similar message.
Meeting adjourned at 10:00 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Taylor Crouch Brett Wachsmith, Chairman