BOCC update for March 31 & April 1, 2025, Agenda for week of April 7, 2025

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March 31, 2025 AM
• Fairgrounds update:
o groomer has been repaired;
o plans to donate manure compost to school garden programs;
o weed control bids;
o well drilling details.
• Planning Dept update:
o discussion about proposed cannabis moratorium and enforcement of rules in general;
o BOCC votes to approve 6 month moratorium on new cannabis growing operations;
o flood plain update;
o discussion about health department role in determining water availability and adequacy.
• Update on new morgue and Sheriff storage building. Work is progressing slowly, discussion about upgrading some materials.
• Veterans Relief Board Update: discussion about services provided in recent months, plans for future; since the VRB is a county department, they have not seen any funding cuts yet.
• · Public Hearing on 4 open open space applications: public input from Methow Conservancy on suggested changes to future applications. BOCC votes to approve all 4 applications.
• Search and Rescue (SAR) update: discussion about using funds for thermal drone, boating safety.

Monday, March 31, 2025 PM
No note taker was available to cover this meeting.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 AM
• Commissioners Neal and Timm discuss Monday’s BOCC meeting concerning cannabis grows and the Planning Department. During the public comment period, a grower talks about his experiences with being in compliance with Planning and wonders why his annual permit fee is so high.
• Zak Kennedy, Couty Lobbyist, updates the commissioners on last week in the legislature. He calls it a week of mind-numbing dullness.
• The commissioners discuss the possibility of borrowing $500,000 from the Solid Waste Closure Fund to pay for the jail’s HVAC system. Pam Johnson, County Treasurer, and three people from Public Works are involved. The commissioners have yet to decide if they’ll borrow the money or not.
• Meeting adjourned for lunch at 11:10.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 PM
• Agriplex discount accorded for Fair Queen fundraiser at Agriplex annex; dwarf wrestling scheduled next day at Agriplex.
• Five applicants including Verleen Hughes and Charlayne Knapp are under consideration for Planning Commission.
• Office of Public Defense “up and running”, will aid indigent individuals.
• Risk pool announces minimum 25% increase in liability insurance; alert system on computers as a “panic button” discussed.
• County website company contract expiring; Civic Plus more costly but highly rated.
• Candidates sought for combined Therapeutic Court-Jury Advisor post.
• Commissioners tired of administering Methow EMS for free, will give ultimatum.
• 430 plastic bristles collected from faulty street sweeper on Commissioner Hover’s road.
• County’s $100,000 Community Action Council award for family housing community to be stretched over three years; budgeting easier if formal request made each year; letter of support for EPA grant to council
• Affordable housing funds from state apparently cut off.
• Office of Child Development can no longer use Ringhoffer building–not adapted to children.
• Meeting adjourns for the day at 3:10.

AGENDA for the week of April 7, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025
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9:00 AM Executive Session RCW 42.30.110.1(i) Legal Risk
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:05 AM Review Commissioners Agenda, Consent Agenda, Briefing Amongst Commissioners and Discuss Individual Weekly Meetings & Schedules
9:30 AM Commissioner’s Staff Meeting
10:30 AM Interview – LTAC (Lodging Tax Advisory Committee) at Large Position District #1 – Kirk Gildroy
11:00 AM Work Sessions - Floodplain Management, OCC 15.08 Revisions – Planning Dir. Pete Palmer
1:30 PM Rescheduled Quarterly Update – Tonasket Ranger Matt Marsh & Josh White

Tuesday, April 8, 2025
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9:00 AM Review Meeting Minutes
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Discussion Geothermal Dept of Enterprise Services – Kirsten Wilson
10:30 AM Update Noxious Weed – Larry Hudson
11:00 AM Public Hearing Crumbacher Estates utility franchise renewal-Jo Ann Stansbury
To Follow Update Public Works – Josh Thomson
1:30 PM Board of Health-1234 S. 2nd Ave, Okanogan
3:30 PM Interview – LTAC at Large Position District #1 – Larry Phillips
3:45 PM Approve Meeting Minutes for March 31, and April 1, 2025
3:50 PM Approve Consent Agenda
1. Award Recommendation – 2025 County Wide Guardrail Safety Project – M2 Industrial, Inc
2. LTAC 25-019 – Marketing & Promotion – Oroville WA Chamber of Commerce
3. Cattleguard Franchise Renewals – D. Prewitt CGF#2-94, B. Nelson CGF #1-79, J. Delfeld CGF #9-73, Timm Bros Inc. CGF #09-13, R. Tim CGF #N-195, J. Soriano CGF #20-98, DNR CGF #15-98, DNR CGF #88-73, BIA Realty CGF #34-98, BIA Range CGF #105-73, BIA Range CGF #03-14, J. Wilson CGF #122-73, J. Wilson CGF #2-87, J. Wilson CGF #27-98, L. Wahl CGF #15-73, L. Wahl CGF #14-73 and J. Bucheert CGF #44-73
3:55 PM Commissioners to set Wednesday’s Agenda

Wednesday, April 9, 2025
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No Meetings Scheduled.

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, April 7, 2025
4:00 PM Solid Waste Advisory Committee

Thursday, April 3, 2025
8:30 AM Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Yadi Godina, Belinda Brown Raub – CMRS Hearing Rm
1:30 PM Aging & Adult Care -270 9th St NE Ste 100, East Wenatchee - Commissioner Timm
5:00 PM Alta Vista Irrigation Meeting – Commissioners’ Hearing Room

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Apr 14 Discussion-Ringhoffer Lease-OCCDA (Okanogan County Child Development Assoc.) Julie Hurlbert
Apr 14 OCOG/RTPO (Okanogan Council of Governments/Regional Transportation Planning Organization) Meeting 303 2nd Ave S Okanogan
Apr 15 Bid Opening Fairgrounds Well Project-Nick Bates
Apr 15 Bid Opening - CRP No. 4706-02 Sawtell Rd. Short Span Bridge Replacement - Shasta Stidman
Apr 15 Discussion Water Conservancy Board-Mike Fort, Lisa De Vera
Apr 16 Trango Meeting – 303 2nd Ave S Ste A, Okanogan
Apr 16 Hearing Examiner Meeting – CMRS Hearing Room
Apr 17 Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Yadi Godina, Belinda Brown Raub – CMRS Hearing Rm
Apr 17 Civil Service meeting
Apr 21 Discussion Homeless & Affordable Housing Update-Housing Coalition
Apr 22 Public Hearing Fund 145 Boating Safety Fund – Dave Yarnell
Apr 22 Discussion/Review Annual Report-Auditor Hall
Apr 23 Economic Alliance Meeting – TBD
Apr 23 Noxious Weed Board Meeting – Public Works Building – 1234 2nd Ave S, Okanogan

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.