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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
THURSDAY 9:00 A.M. SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Board members present: Chairman Laura Osiadacz (arrived at 9:05
a.m.); Vice-Chair Cory Wright, and Commissioner Brett Wachsmith.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Administrative Supervisor; Amy McGuffin,
CEO Chamber of Commerce.
SPECIAL MEETING CHAMBER QUARTERLY UPDATES COMMISSIONERS
At 9:00 a.m. Vice-Chairman Wright opened a Special Meeting to
receive a quarterly update from the Kittitas County Chamber ADO.
Amy McGuffin, Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce, Executive
Director gave a brief ADO update and provided handouts for the Board
to review that reviewed the County by numbers for employment, new
businesses, labor industry, top employers and in demand skills. She
reviewed inquires to the County, the RFI process and projects noting
the feedback they get is issues with lack of land size and needing
turn-key buildings, and close to railroad. She reviewed funding
availability from CERB, SBIF, CBDG-CV and the advocacy work that
Chamber is doing. She provided a letter to Governor Jay Inslee in
support of Federal Railroad Administration and inquired if the Board
would like to sign on. Commissioner Wright stated that he would take
it to COG for them to sign on.
Ms. McGuffin shared about the recent conference she attended and
what she learned with regard to her role as ADO.
Meeting concluded at 9:59 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Laura Osiadacz, Chairman