BOCC update for Sept. 16 & 17, 2024, Agenda for week of Sept. 23, 2024

[emily_sisson]

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Notice from the Okanogan County Conservation District:
The Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) draft is currently available for public comment! We are taking comments throughout the next two weeks from 9/16 - 9/30. Additionally, there will be a final public meeting on Wednesday, September 25th in the Okanogan PUD Auditorium at 6:45pm. CWPP partners and community members are invited to discuss the document, comments or questions, and next steps. Please note that this meeting is not a formal public hearing.
To access and review the CWPP draft and/or leave a comment: Visit the Okanogan CD website at www.okanogancd.org/cwpp and view and download a pdf of the draft. You can also visit us in-person at our office at 1251 2nd Ave S, Room 102, Okanogan, WA. Please make an appointment with Eli Loftis (contact information below) if you wish to make in person comment.
Comments should be sent to Eli Loftis at eli@okanogancd.org no later than September 30th, 2024. When submitting a comment, please reference specific sections, sub-sections, and/or page numbers so we can accurately capture your response.
To catch up on the CWPP process and for additional resources, please visit the Okanogan CD website at www.okanogancd.org/cwpp. For questions or further comments regarding the CWPP, please contact Eli Loftis -eli@okanogancd.org or 509-429-3453.
Best,
Rosalie Powell
Communications and Technician Fellow
Okanogan Conservation District
1251 2nd Ave. S., Room 102
Okanogan, WA 98840
509-429-8113

Monday, September 16, 2024 AM
• Commissioner Hover tries to attend the meeting via Zoom, but the sound is not adjusted correctly. He can barely hear and barely be heard.
• Lanie Johns and someone from Central Services try for about 25 minutes to fix the audio problems, and then the sound goes off altogether.
• Pete Palmer, Director of Planning updates the commissioners, but cannot be heard by anyone not in the room. She is still talking when the AV Capture video ends at 9:37.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 AM
• Public Comment; Ruth Hall asks if a decision has been made regarding the BOCC candidate's challenge to the Voters' Registration, decision was made and is on the Auditor's website under voter registration challenge. (case dismissed)
• Board questions responsibility of the Drug Task Force to maintain county building or if this is a BOCC responsibility, being close to the Sheriffs' new building, may need to extend sewer system to this other building or combine land parcels. Also Community Action looking at a building out Engh Road that needs infrastructure- could have asked for ARPA funds.
• Budgeting/Finance Committee with the Treasurer and Auditor:1.
o revenue and expenditures,.
o investments (interest rates expected to lower soon),
o how to work with Chelan Co and Carolon for administration of Opioid Settlement funds - $917,167 so far
o scheduling budgeting sessions with different departments,
o State Auditor audit -entrance exam, considering asking EMS Districts to act like Fire Districts.
• Hearing for Ziply Franchise continued – no agreement yet
• County Engineer reports on Public Works update;
o working on dirt roads where there is access to water,
o upcoming road projects; Mazama and Foster Bridge,
o Loomis Kiosk discussion,
o Asphalt contracts approved by the Board,
o SnoPark lack of funding.
• Lengthy discussion with Consultant from TD & H Engineering regarding the water system at the fairgrounds; considering drilling new well, and other details for upgrade.
• Board recessed at 12:52.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 PM
• City of Okanogan requires to-be-built morgue/sheriff’s storage building and existing task force building on Railroad Avenue be hooked to sewer system, bid period extended, strategies discussed
• HR director presents job description for possible hire of county administrator; duties would include overseeing budget, union negotiations, collaboration with commissioners...; Board is “on board” but to accommodate $150,000 salary, WSU Extension might have to go
• Juvenile services chief discusses architects’ tour of facility; needs include overhaul of video system, new showers; population higher this year, more mental health issues; new laws may raise age of detainees to 25
• Commissioner Branch evokes need for water resource manager to run water bank, will include this request in grant application from Ecology
• Amendment passed to pay for sheriff vehicles, lieutenant’s salary, security services out of current expense fund; Community Action allocation approved
• Whistler Canyon to get water line

AGENDA for the week of September 23, 2024.
Monday, September 23, 2024
Join Zoom Audio and Video https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85243019263 Meeting ID: 852 4301 9263
Join by phone Audio Only• +1 253 215 8782 Meeting ID: 852 4301 9263
9:00 AM Review Commissioners Agenda and Consent Agenda
9:05 AM Briefing Among Commissioners - Discuss Individual Weekly Meetings & Schedule
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Commissioner’s Staff Meeting
10:00 AM Discussion Okanogan County ATV & WATV’s – DNR & Senator Short
11:30 AM Discussion Tonasket & Oroville EMS Districts – Esther Milner

Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Join Zoom Audio & Video https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88591469116 Meeting ID: 885 9146 9116 Or
Join Audio Only: +1 253 205 0468 Meeting ID: 885 9146 9116
9:00 AM Review Meeting Minutes September 9 & 10 and 16 &17, 2024
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Discussion Initiate Title III Funds - Presentations
10:30 AM Public Hearing Budget supplemental Appropriation Parks & Rec Fund 125 – Loomis Kiosk Survey
10:35 AM Public Hearing Budget Supplemental Appropriation CE Clerk Training
10:40 AM Discussion Eagle Recording Software Quote – Auditor Cari Hall
11:00 AM Update Public Works – Engineer Josh Thomson
1:30 PM Rescheduled Bid Opening Sheriff Equipment Coroner Storage Building – Mike Worden
2:00 PM Department Head Quarterly Meeting – Commissioners’ Hearing Room
3:00 PM Consent Agenda
1. Fair Contracts #2024PC-05 – Horse Barn Judge – Heidi Bach
2. Fair Contracts #2024PC-71 – Corn Tournament – Chad Hollibough
3. Resolution 125-2024 – Unawarded/Award Bid – PW Lighting & Siding
4. Bid Award – PW Siding & Lighting Project – Rudnick & Sons, LLC
5. Amendment – Firearm Safety & Violence Prevention – Sheriff’s
3:10 PM Approve Meeting Minutes September 9 & 10 and 16 & 17, 2024
3:20 PM Commissioners to set Wednesday’s Agenda

State, Community and Other Meetings or Notices
(Meetings in this section may not be opened to the public, however a Commissioner may attend one or all of these meetings. Meetings that more than one Commissioner attend will be noted above. Location of meeting will follow meeting name.)

Monday September 23, 2024
7:00 PM Planning Commission Meeting – Commissioners’ Hearing Room

Wednesday September 25, 2024
11:00 AM Economic Alliance Meeting – Commissioners’ Hearing Room
4:00 PM Noxious Weed Board Meeting – 1234 2nd Ave S, Okanogan
5:15 PM Community Action Council Meeting – 424 2nd Ave S, Okanogan

Thursday September 26, 2024
8:30 AM Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Yadi Godina, Belinda Brown Raub – CMRS Hearing Rm
12:00 AM DNR Land Auction – Alexander Pina - Commissioners’ Hearing Room

Friday September 27, 2024
9:30 AM LTAC (Lodging Tax Advisory Committee) Meeting Presentations – Commissioners’ Hearing Room
11:00 AM COG (Council of Governments) Meeting – Lincoln County Courthouse – Davenport WA

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Sept 30 Update Veterans Relief Board – Thomas Even – Commissioners’ Hearing Room
Sept 30 Consider Title III Funding Awards – Commissioners’ Hearing Room
Sept 30 Public Hearing Budget Supplemental Appropriation – ARPA
Sept 30 Discussion Extension 4-H Update – Kayla Wells-Yoakum
Oct 1 Round Table Finance Discussion
Oct 1 Public Hearing Okanogan Irrigation District Waterline Franchise – Jo Ann Stansbury
Oct 1 Update Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare – David McClay
Oct 2 Safety Committee Monthly Meeting – Commissioners’ Hearing Room
Oct 2 Okanogan County Water Conservancy Board Meeting
Oct 2 Hearing Examiner Meeting – Commissioners’ Hearing Room
Oct 3 Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Yadi Godina, Belinda Brown Raub – CMRS Hearing Rm
Oct 3 LEOFF (Law Enforcement Officers’ and Fire Fighters’ Pension Plan) Board Quarterly Meeting – Commissioners’ Conference Room
Oct 3 FAC (Fair Advisory Committee) Meeting – Commissioners’ Hearing Room

Note: All times, are estimates to assist in scheduling and may be changed subject to the business of the day at the board’s discretion. The board may add and/or delete and take any action on any item not included in the above agenda. The board may act upon any subject placed on the agenda regardless of how the matter is stated. All matters listed within the consent agenda have been distributed to each member of the board to read and study. The items are considered routine and will be enacted on by one motion by the commissioners with no separate discussion. If separate discussion is desired, then that item may be removed from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda by request. Items discussed during Citizen Comment Period shall be limited only for issues not otherwise on the Agenda or scheduled discussion topics.