HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-01-13-minutes-chamber-ceo-ado-update01/13/2022 MINUTES 1
COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM/WEBEX SPECIAL MEETING THURSDAY 9:00 A.M. JANUARY 13, 2022
Board members present: Vice Chair Cory Wright, and Commissioner
Brett Wachsmith. Excused: Chairman Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Taylor Crouch, Administrative Assistant; Carly Brettmann,
Communications Director; Mark Cook, Public Works Director; Darren
Higashiyama, Chief Deputy and Amy McGuffin, Kittitas County Chamber
of Commerce, Executive Director.
SPECIAL MEETING CHAMBER ADO DELIVERABLES COMMISSIONERS
At 9:00 a.m. Vice-Chair Wright opened a Special Meeting to discuss
and consider Kittitas County Chamber ADO deliverables.
Amy McGuffin, Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce, Executive
Director reviewed 2021 end of year Recruiting and Marketing
Activities; Business Retention and Expansion Activities; Business
Assistance Including Start-Ups; Readiness and Capacity/Asset
Building; the number of members of the Kittitas County Chamber of
Commerce; and the analytics from their newsletter, websites, and
social media platforms. She discussed business support systems in
place at the County.
OTHER BUSINESS
The Board received an update on the extreme weather conditions last
week. Director Cook and Chief Deputy Higashiyama explained a
situation they were responding to in Hyak. The City of Cle Elum will
be picking up sandbags from Public Works. There was a discussion on
county roads, state roads, privately owned roads and how Public
Works can only operate on county roads.
There was discussion around a media strategy resulting from a press
release done 1/12/22 regarding WSDOT. Chairman Osiadacz will be the
media spokesperson from the BOCC on this issue. It was decided that
this topic should remain in regional media and not expand into the
national landscape.
Meeting adjourned at 10:03 a.m.
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KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Taylor Crouch Laura Osiadacz, Chairman