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Home My WebLink About2026-05-26-minutes-it-study-sessionCreated on 6/3/2026 2:47:10 PM KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IT Study Session Special Meeting Tuesday May 26, 2026 - 11:00 AM BOCC Conference Room 205 West 5th Room 108 - Ellensburg 1. Call to Order 2. Citizen Comments (1 min. time limit) 3. Executive Session - RCW 42.30.110 (1)(g) "To evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to review the performance of a public employee. However, subject to RCW 42.30.140(4), discussion by a governing body of salaries, wages, and other conditions of employment to be generally applied within the agency shall occur in a meeting open to the public, and when a governing body elects to take final action hiring, setting the salary of an individual employee or class of employees, or discharging or disciplining an employee, that action shall be taken in a meeting open to the public." 4. Discussion of the GIS Program Update 5. Discussion of the Public Website/CAMAS Update 6. Other Business - No Action to be taken 7. Concluded 2026-05-26 MINUTES 1 KITTITAS COUNTY IT STUDY SESSION MINUTES BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM, 205 WEST 5TH ROOM 108 - ELLENSBURG Special Meeting TUESDAY 11:00 AM May 26, 2026 Board members present: Vice-Chairman Brett Wachsmith and Commissioner Laura Osidacz Absent: Chairman Cory Wright Others: IT Director Doug Fessler, Assistant IT Director Zane Kinney, Infrastructure Manager Bill Davis, Administrative Assistant Grant Shimada Call to Order: 11:02 a.m. Citizen Comments – There were no citizen comments. At 11:02 a.m., Vice-Chairman Wachsmith announced the Board would recess into an executive session for 10 minutes with Doug Fessler, IT Director, under RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) To evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to review the performance of a public employee. However, subject to RCW 42.30.140(4), discussion by a governing body of salaries, wages, and other conditions of employment to be generally applied within the agency shall occur in a meeting open to the public, and when a governing body elects to take final action hiring, setting the salary of an individual employee or class of employees, or discharging or disciplining an employee, that action shall be taken in a meeting open to the public. No action was anticipated. At 11:12 a.m., the Board reconvened out of Executive Session. No action was taken. GIS Program Update Assistant IT Director Zane Kinney reported the GIS team’s on-going efforts to manage the County’s continuously growing GIS work demand. Public Website/CAMAS Update Mr. Kinney gave a presentation of the new public website that’s still being worked on, showcasing the design layout and new suite of website features. OTHER BUSINESS Meeting adjourned at 11:29 a.m. 2026-05-26 MINUTES 2 KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON Grant Shimada, Administrative Assistant Cory Wright, Chairman Page 1 of 2 Information Technology “Study Session Staff Report”, 5/26/2026 KITTITAS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS STAFF REPORT FOR STUDY SESSION Information Technology STUDY SESSION DATE: 5/26/26 TOPIC: GIS program update ACTION REQUESTED: No Action - Information Only LEAD STAFF: Zane Kinney RECOMMENDATION: No recommendation requested. BRIEFING SUMMARY: Information regarding the current state of the County GIS program BACKGROUND: IT wishes to update the Board on the many different GIS projects and initiatives that it is currently in progress or planning in the near term. DISCUSSION: • The Assessor’s Parcel Fabric solution was recently upgraded to Parcel Fabric Pro. Pro West and Associates (PWA) was instrumental in this migration. The project was very successful. • Public Works Roads Atlas project was assigned to PWA. The project has suffered delays due to PWA’s staffing turnover. We are expecting a meeting between PWA, IT, and Public Works late next week, which should begin the hand-off of deliverables to Public Works. • IT is in the process of moving GIS services to new servers and updating how they are published. This is technical requirement and we hope that this also improves COMPAS performance, which has been problematic in recent weeks. • IT will begin rebuilding our default basemap next week. This project will be performed by IT with assistance and direction by PWA. This should improve COMPAS performance and ensure the timely update of parcel, road, and other data to the basemap. • Noxious Weed Control Board uses a custom-built application vital to their work. Updates to Esri’s platform require this application to be deprecated. We have begun working with PWA to replace this with a solution using tools offered as part of our ArcGIS enterprise agreement. Page 2 of 2 Information Technology “Study Session Staff Report”, 5/26/2026 • The Assessor’s Office is nearing cutover to a new, third-party application which will replace our custom-built Mobile Appraiser application. • IT recently attended the WAGISA GIS Manager Training Bootcamp. This training will help IT to determine current and future staffing needs, as well program direction. Page 1 of 1 Information Technology “Study Session Staff Report”, 5/26/2026 KITTITAS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS STAFF REPORT FOR STUDY SESSION Information Technology STUDY SESSION DATE: 5/26/26 TOPIC: Discussion of the Public Website/Intranet Update ACTION REQUESTED: No Action - Information Only LEAD STAFF: Zane Kinney RECOMMENDATION: No recommendation requested. BRIEFING SUMMARY: Work with Diagram on the county public website is progressing according to the timeline. BACKGROUND: In 2023 the Board directed IT to work on modernizing CAMAS. Since that time, IT has developed a project plan, and progress has been made to reach our goals. DISCUSSION: • IT is exploring options for a replacement solution for the Email Notification Service System (ENSS) in CAMAS. This system currently coordinates with Public Website, and various other CAMAS features to allow public users to opt-in to receive emails about topics which they have an interest in. It integrates with press releases, public notices, agendas, and custom-built topics of interest. It is critical that we decide our path forward before the new public website cutover. IT will take this topic to the next CSC meeting for consideration. • IT will ramp up its communications with department and office communication regarding the public website project in the coming weeks. ATTACHMENTS: Website Samples.pdf County Homepage County Homepage Below the Scroll Directory PH Home Site Footer