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KITTITAS COUNTY
AIRPORT STUDY SESSION MINUTES
BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM, WEBEX
Regular Meeting
MONDAY 11:00 AM April 12, 2021
Board members present: Chair Brett Wachsmith, Vice-Chair Laura Osiadacz, Commissioner
Wright
Others: Judy, Pless, Neil Caulkins, Mandy Buchholz
Meeting Call to Order: Chair Brett Wachsmith 11:00AM
Equipment Purchase Update: Director Grannan presented the recently purchased and
delivered equipment consisting of a rear flail mower, rotary mower and John Deere tractor. Also
mentioned was the pending purchase of a 20’ high speed rotary broom from Spokane
International and a Rolba snow blower from Felts Field in Spokane. Director Grannan discussed
the cost savings in finding this equipment which was a significant savings from the initial
purchase price of used equipment. Based on the savings he felt this deal could not be passed up
and proceeded to negotiate a purchase price of $35,000 for both items. Director Grannan asked
the Board of County Commissioners to help him find funding for this equipment. Director
Grannan also expressed the need for a maintenance and storage facility for the equipment on the
airfield and will be presenting that request in the next month. The Auditors office will look to
see if the county could find funds to help in the purchase. Also, neither item was slated for the
2021 Budget, however the snow blower was scheduled for 2022. Commissioner Wright
expressed his appreciation to Spokane for the equipment and the importance of having
appropriate equipment for snow removal.
Organizational Documents Update: Director Grannan discussed having a minimum
standards/design standards preliminary draft to present the BoCC in May. The initial draft will
be presented to the AAC at the upcoming meeting.
Snow Removal Plan is currently being revised with the lessons learned from the 2020-21 winter
season. With the addition of the new equipment and staff we will revise the existing plan.
Commissioner Wachsmith asked to clarify the lesson learned in snow removal and some of the
issues that need to be addressed in the coming year.
Safety Plan: This is a very comprehensive plan and will take a bit longer to complete. Airport
staff is looking at all areas of operations and airport use to create a most appropriate safety plan
moving forward.
Rates and Fees will be completed as soon as the final appraisal document is completed from
AMCG. The Strategic Plan is moving along and is about ¾ complete at this time with our
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mission, vision, value statements and goals determined. The airport will be finalizing the plan
over the next several weeks.
Staff Training Program: Director Grannan is focusing on implementing a safety and training
plan for the airport. He discussed a couple airport specific training programs for new employee’s
that will be the baseline for the departments training program.
OTHER BUSINESS:
Draft Goals- Director Grannan discussed the current goals as prepared by the strategic
planning committee to confirm BoCC concurrence.
Grants – Working on the completion and updating of all grants from 2020 with the FAA
and WSDOT.
Moving Meeting Dates – Director Grannan discussed that it would be easier to change
the Airport Advisory Committee meeting from week 2 to week 3. Our plan would be to hold the
meetings at the new airport office.
Minimum Standards – Further discussion regarding moving the Minimum Standards
from county code when the new standards are complete. This discussion will need to be moved
to another date with more background information to make a formal determination.
Video: Commissioner Wright suggested prepping some information for an informational
video on the airport.
Meeting adjourned at 11:30AM
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Ken Grannan Brett Wachsmith, Chairman