BOCC update for May 4, 2026, Agenda for week of May 11, 2026

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Monday, May 4, 2026 AM
• Lanie Johns, Clerk of the Board, has resigned. She will negotiate an hourly contract with the county to work remotely, administering several grants she currently administers. Stacy McClennan, Deputy Clerk of the Board will continue in that capacity until the Board hires a new Clerk.
• The commissioners, Nick Bates (Fairgrounds Manager) and Laura Sorensen (Fair Advisory Committee) discuss the possibility of a beer garden at the fair. They will wait until the hear the formal proposal to make a decision.
• Susan Speiker, Clerk of the Courts, delivers her quarterly update to the commissioners.
• The commissioners open six sealed bids for installing the new irrigation waterlines at the fairgrounds. The bids called for the contractor’s hourly rates, and so each bidder submitted a list of equipment that will be used (mini-excavator, dump trucks, labor, etc.) and the hourly rate for each item. The commissioners realize that the bids are useless because they can’t know the final cost of any bid. They reject all the bids and apologize to the contractors. They’ll rebid the job after they settle on a description of the exact work that will be required.
• Meeting adjourned for lunch at 11:42.

Monday, May 4, 2026 PM
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026
There was no meeting scheduled.

AGENDA for the week of May 11, 2026
Monday, May 11, 2026
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No Meeting Scheduled

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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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 Update Public Defense Office-Stanley Myers
10:00 AM Discussion Opioid Funds to Fund a Joint Diversion Facility Study- Commissioners
11:00 AM Bid Opening-Chesaw Road Drainage-Public Works Stephanie Fulmer
To Follow Update Public Works-Engineer Josh Thomson
11:45 AM Update - Central Services – Karen Beatty
1:30 PM Board of Health-CMRS Hearing Room - 123 5th Ave N, Okanogan
3:00 PM Executive Session RCW 42.30.110 (1)(i)-Potential Litigation -Prosecutor Lin, Chief Civil Deputy Milner
3:15 PM Approve Commissioner Proceedings April 27,28 and May 4, 2026
3:20 PM Approve Consent Agenda
1. Contract LTAC #26-023 – Marketing & Promotion – Twisp Chamber of Commerce
2. Professional Services Agreement – Legal Services – Van Ness Feldman LLP
3. Re-Appointment Letter – LEOFF Firefighter Representative – Jeremy Patrick
4. Re-Appointment Letter – LEOFF Law Enforcement Representative – Marcos Ruiz
5. Resolution 57-2026 Rescinding Resolution 65-2023 and Creating a Temp Assist to the Board Parttime Position
3:25 PM Commissioners to Set Wednesday’s Agenda

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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No Meeting 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, May 11, 2026
5:00 PM OCOG/RTPO (Okanogan Council of Governments/Regional Transportation Planning Organization) Meeting 303 2nd Ave S Okanogan

Thursday, May 14, 2026
5:00 PM Alta Vista Irrigation District Board Meeting

UPCOMING MEETINGS
May 19 Discussion - Contract Amendments & HCA Reentry Initiative - Michael Beaver
May 19 Finance Committee Meeting - Treasurer Pam Johnson
May 19 Bid Opening - Okanogan Landfill Gas Enclosed Flare - Stephanie Fulmer
May 19 Public Hearing - Paul Elkins, Cattleguard Franchise CGF#02-26 A 16' x 8' Guard on OCR# 4887 Myers Creek Rd Milepost 1.17
May 19 Discussion/Update Advancement Foundation-Angie Morgan-Chilmonik
May 19 Public Hearing - Budget Supplemental Fund 119 Pest Control, Fund 121 Emergency Management, Fund 112 Fair
May 19 Public Hearing - Budget Supplemental Fund 103 Noxious Weed
May 19 Discussion - Small Business Administration Office of Disaster Recovery - Todd Broadman
May 20 TRANGO MEETING - 303 2nd Ave S Ste A, Okanogan
May 20 Hearing Examiner Meeting
May 21 Reserved Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts - CMRS Hearing Room
May 21 Civil Service meeting – CMRS Conference Room
May 25 Memorial Day Holiday – CMRS Office Closed
May 26 Public Hearing-CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) Public Services Grant
May 26 Advancement Foundation Meeting – CMRS Hearing Room
May 27 Economic Alliance Meeting – TBD
May 27 Noxious Weed Board Meeting - PW Building - 1234 2nd Ave S, Okanogan
May 27 Community Action Council Meeting - 424 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 a 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 the Citizen Comment Period shall be limited only to issues not otherwise on the agenda or scheduled discussion topics.