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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY 9:00 A.M. APRIL 19, 2021
Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith; Commissioner Cory
Wright and Vice-Chairman Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Administrative Supervisor; Judy Pless,
Budget and Finance Manager; Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Kady
Porterfield, KVEC Director; Arden Thomas, WRP Manager and four
members of the public.
SPECIAL MEETING OFFICE STAFF MEETING COMMISSIONERS
At 9:00 a.m. Chairman Osiadacz opened the Office Administration
meeting.
CALENDAR WEEK AT A GLANCE COMMISSIONERS
The Board of County Commissioners reviewed their weekly calendar.
PAF/VOUCHERS REVIEW OF PAF’S & VOUCHERS COMMISSIONERS
The Board of County Commissioners approved and signed County
Employee Personnel Action forms and vouchers.
CORRESPONDENCE LOG REVIEW OF CORRESPONDENCE LOG COMMISSIONERS
The Board of County Commissioners reviewed the weekly Correspondence
Log, a listing of all incoming mail and correspondence for the week
ending April 16, 2021.
AGREEMENT BELSAAS & SMITH EVENT CENTER
Vice-Chairman Osiadacz moved to approve and authorize Board
signature on a Professional Services Agreement Between Kittitas
County and Belsaas & Smith to paint and do minimal repairs on the
Yellow Buildings at the Event Center in the amount of $ 44,955.00.
Commissioner Wright seconded. Ms. Porterfield indicated most of the
cost was in her budget and she would be not doing some smaller
projects to offset the non-budgeted cost. Motion carried 3-0.
LETTER MID-COLUMBIA FISHERIES PUBLIC WORKS
Vice-Chairman Osiadacz moved to approve & authorize the Board’s
signature on a letter of support for Mid-Columbia Fisheries to
Congresswoman Schrier’s Office, as presented. Commissioner Wright
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seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
DISCUSSION PHIL BACKLUND BOCC RETREAT COMMISSIONERS
The Board had follow-up discussion from the week prior, and
discussed options to consider in planning a retreat/meeting for the
Board to develop their goals and vision for the County etc. They
agreed to one full day meeting with Mr. Backlund and then would re-
group after to see if the Board would like to continue with the
proposed weekly 90-minute meetings.
DISCUSSION CWU FEDERAL REQUESTS COMMISSIONERS
The Board discussed the proposed Federal Funding Requests on Central
Washington University (CWU) is requesting and determined two of the
three they were comfortable supporting, those being an ask of $10.73
million to construct a hangar to serve the BS Aviation Program at
Bowers Field Airport and the second being a 9.6 million request for
the Ellensburg Multimodal Transportation Hub. Commissioner Wright
stated he had a meeting with CWU later in the day and would get
further clarification of the 3rd request. He asked the Board to
consider the request for that support until later on. Commissioner
Osiadacz was tasked with drafting letters for the Board to consider
supporting CWU’s Federal Funding request’s for items one and two.
UPDATE BOCC/ DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS COMMISSIONERS
Each Commissioner was assigned three different Department Heads to
meet with on a weekly basis. The assignments for 2021 were
determined at the Board of County Commissioners Office Admin meeting
on 1-11-2021.
Each Commissioner reviewed discussions held with their respective
departments and exchanged details of those meetings.
DISCUSSION FACEBOOK WEEKLY POSTS COMMISSIONERS
The Board determined for the week of April 19, 2021 they would post
on their Facebook page two Press Releases relating to the New
Courthouse Committee and the Bowling Alley Committee and a post
recruiting for the YBFWRB for a Citizen Committee Member(s) (repeat
of last week since they were not done).
OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL UPDATES
There were general updates on meetings & conversations that the
Board participated in, individually over the past week.
Meeting adjourned at 10:29 a.m.
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KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Brett Wachsmith, Chairman