HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Cle Elum - Amended Resolution to Remove Leasehold LanguageBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-
A RESOLUTION AMENDING A LEASE WITH THE CITY OF CLE ELUM FOR THE
TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF THE KITTITAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SEARCH AND
RESCUE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Kittitas County and the City of Cie Elum completed a land exchange in
2021 providing land for long term relocation of the Kittitas County Sheriffs Office Search
and Rescue Program; and
WHEREAS, The City of Cie Elum offered to temporarily house the Search and
Rescue Program within the old Public Works shop facility for two years while the Kittitas
County Sheriffs Office finalizes development of a permanent facility for Search and
Rescue; and
WHEREAS, The Kittitas County Sheriffs Office agreed to rental terms which
included the rental rate for each year of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per
month plus leasehold tax of twelve and one half percent (12.5%); and
WHEREAS, The Washington State Department of Revenue notified the City of
Cie Elum on July 19, 2022 that due to the lease being from one government to another
government, the Kittitas County Sheriffs Office is not subject to leasehold tax; and
WHEREAS, The City of Cie Elum refunded to Kittitas County that sum allocated as
leasehold tax in 2022; and
WHEREAS, The Kittitas County Auditor's Office has requested the lease be
amended to remove the leasehold tax language; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board of County
Commissioners of Kittitas County, Washington, by this writing, amends the lease between
the City of Cie Elum and Kittitas County Sheriffs Office to remove the "leasehold tax"
provision in section 2 pursuant to RCW 39.34.040.
ADOPTED this day of
RESOLUTION
2023.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Cory Wright, Chairman
ATTEST:
Brett Wachsmith, Vice -Chairman
Laura Osiadacz, Commissioner
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Douglas R. Mitchell,; Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
❑ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik
❑ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz
RESOLUTION