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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
BOCC CONF. ROOM
REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY 9:00 A.M. OCTOBER 31, 2022
Board members present: Vice-Chairman Cory Wright; Commissioner Brett
Wachsmith. Excused: Chairman Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Office Administrator; Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk
of the Board; Debbie Stanavich, Administrative Assistant; Emily
Smith, Administrative Assistant; Patti Stacey, Solid Waste
Director/Interim Maintenance Director/Project Manager and Kady
Porterfield, Event Center Director.
REGULAR MEETING OFFICE STAFF MEETING COMMISSIONERS
At 9:00 a.m. Vice-Chairman Wright 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 October 28, 2022.
DISCUSSION INTERIM LOWER DISTRICT COURT CONTRACT COMMISSIONERS
Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board reviewed an update from Kirkham
Law who has submitted his costs to assume the Public Defender duties
for Lower Dist. Court while the County works on hiring the Office of
Public Defense Director. She stated that the current public defender
is done as of 12/1/2022.
The Board directed Ms. Kjorsvik to get a contract drafted, noting
that it should not exceed 2 months w/o a discussion for renewal.
DIRECTION BLOOM BIDS COMMISSIONERS
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Patti Stacey, Solid Waste Director/Interim Maintenance
Director/Project Manager informed the Board that the Bloom Bids came
in at 18.8% above the engineers estimate. She stated that the budget
is $1.373 and she wants to have at least $1.6. She stated that she
needs to know today if the Board wants her to reject the bid or
prepare a contract.
The Board directed her to move forward with preparing the Contract.
Commissioner Wright encouraged Ms. Porterfield to look into seeking
County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee funds for it.
RATIFY LETTER TO RCO ON BEHALF OF WDFW COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Wachsmith moved to approve and ratify Board signature
on a letter to RCO on behalf of WDFW Re: WDFW Firearms and Archery
Range Recreation (FARR) Grant Application, Durr Road Shooting Range
Development Project: 22-2088. Vice-Chairman Wright seconded. Motion
carried 2-0.
RATIFY LETTERS OF SUPPORT W/CHAIR SIGNATURE COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Wachsmith moved to approve and ratify Chair signature
on the following letters of support Project 22-1991 (Development,
Teanaway West Fork Trails); Ratify Chair Signature on letters of
support for Project 22-1880 (SE Region Maintenance & Operations -
North); Recreation and Conservation Office RE: 22-1989 DNR Southeast
Region Education & Enforcement, as presented. Vice-Chairman Wright
seconded. Motion carried 2-0.
RESOLUTION BOCC CLOSURE – ARCHIVE DAY 12.16.2022 COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Wachsmith moved to approve Resolution No. 2022-198,
authorizing the Closure of the Kittitas County Board of
Commissioners Office on December 18, 2022, as presented. Vice-
Chairman Wright seconded. Motion carried 2-0.
DISCUSSION FACEBOOK WEEKLY POSTS COMMISSIONERS
The Board determined that for the week of October 31, 2022, they
would share a post encouraging folks to vote.
UPDATE BOCC/ DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS COMMISSIONERS
Each Commissioner was assigned three different Department Heads to
meet with on a weekly basis for the year. The assignments for 2022
were determined at the Board of County Commissioners Office Admin
meeting earlier on and they will continue to provide updates at
future meetings.
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Each Commissioner reviewed discussions held with their respective
departments and exchanged details of those meetings.
OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL UPDATES
There were general updates on meetings & conversations that the
Board participated in, individually over the past week.
Meeting concluded at 9:58 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Cory Wright, Vice-Chairman