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KITTITAS COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
AGENDA DATE: June 16, 2026
ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Approve the Resolution to Authorize the
Chairman’s Signature on a Letter Amending an Interlocal
Agreement between the Kittitas County Flood Control
Zone District and the Kittitas County Conservation District.
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BACKGROUND: The Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District and the
Kittitas County Conservation District entered into an
Interlocal Agreement to finalize the design of the Whiskey
Creek at Ellensburg Water Company Siphon Project and
provide construction support services. An additional
$15,000 is required to complete the scope of work. This
additional budget is necessary because project coordination
and addressing the comments in the hydraulic report
required more time than originally budgeted.
INTERACTION: Public Works.
RECOMMENDATION: Move to Approve the Resolution to Authorize the
Chairman’s Signature on a Letter Amending an Interlocal
Agreement between the Kittitas County Flood Control
Zone District and the Kittitas County Conservation District.
HANDLING: Return two (2) original to Public Works.
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution
LEAD STAFF: Arden Thomas, Water Resource Program Manager.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION
NO. ______________
RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE CHAIRMAN'S SIGNATURE ON A LETTER AMENDING AN
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE KITTITAS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL
ZONE DISTRICT AND THE KITTITAS COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT
WHEREAS: Resolution 2024-155 authorized Chairman Signature on an Interlocal Agreement between
the Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District and the Kittitas County Conservation
District for the Whiskey Creek at Ellensburg Water Company Siphon Project; and
WHEREAS: Term 14 of the Interlocal Agreement allows the Agreement to be modified or amended
by written mutual agreement of the parties; and
WHEREAS: The Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District and the Kittitas County Conservation
District wish to amend the Interlocal Agreement to add $15,000 to the project budget to
complete the identified scope of work.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners finds it in the best
interest of the public to authorize the Chairman to sign a letter amending the Interlocal Agreement
between the Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District and the Kittitas County Conservation District.
DATED this 16th day of June 2026, at Ellensburg, Washington.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Cory Wright, Chairman
Attest:
☐ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik ________________________________
Brett Wachsmith, Vice-Chairman
☐ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz
_______________________________ ________________________________
Laura Osiadacz, Commissioner
June 11, 2026
Commissioner Wright
Chairman, Kittitas County Board of Commissioners
205 W 5th Ave Suite #108
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Re: Modification to Interlocal Agreement Between Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District
and Kittitas County Conservation District.
Dear Commissioner Wright,
On November 16, 2024 the Kittitas County Conservation District and Kittitas County Flood
Control Zone District entered into an Interlocal Agreement for the purpose of working
cooperatively to design and manage construction for the Whiskey Creek at Ellensburg Water
Company Siphon Project (Kittitas County Resolution No. 2024-198). This interlocal agreement
was amended on March 17, 2026 (Kittitas County Resolution No. 2026-056) to extend the term
to March 31, 2027.
Per Term 14 of this agreement, “the provisions of this Agreement may be modified or amended
only by written mutual agreement of the parties, executed by personnel authorized to bind each
of these parties.”
May it be known that the undersigned parties, for good consideration, do hereby agree to
increase payment to complete the scope of work, by $15,000, from $123,110 to $138,110.
The parties reaffirm no other terms or conditions of the above-mentioned contract shall be
negated or changed as a result of this modification.
Signatures:
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Mark Moore, Board of Supervisors Cory Wright, Chairman
Kittitas County Conservation District Kittitas County
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