BOCC update for Aug. 24, 2026, Agenda for the week of Aug. 31, 2026

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Monday, August 24, 2026
• Gen Dial (SCJ Alliance) and Kurt Danison (Highlands Associates) update the commissioners on the progress in reviewing the county’s Critical Areas Plan. The plan must be updated periodically and then reviewed to make sure it still adheres to current RCWs, WACs, the Commerce Checklist, Best Available Science literature, Agency guidance and FEMA/NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program) standards.
• The commissioners and Planning Director Pete Palmer meet with Officers Schneider and DeLeon of the Yakama Office of the Liquor and Cannabis Board. Commissioner Neal wanted to discuss two licensed growers burning garbage (during the county-wide fire ban, red flag warning, and statewide emergency declaration) and possible consequences for such fires.
• The commissioners met with a number of cannabis growers and Roni Holder-Diefenbach of the Economic Alliance. County Watch was unable to cover this session.
• Meeting adjourned at 3:34.

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
County Watch was unable to take notes for this meeting. You can read the agenda and watch the AV Capture recording of the meeting. Click on Live Stream Meetings on the county's homepage: OkanoganCounty.gov . Use the clock on the far wall of the Commissioners’ meeting room to help find the particular agenda item that interests you. You may have to expand the video to full screen to be able to read the clock.

AGENDA for the week of August 31, 2026
Monday, August 31, 2026
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9:00 AM Review Commissioners Agenda and Consent Agenda
9:05 AM Briefing Among Commissioners
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Commissioners’ Staff Meeting
10:30 AM Public Hearing - Budget Supplemental Current Expense Jail HCA Reentry - Jodie Barcus, Mike Worden
10:35 AM Public Hearing - Budget Supplemental Current Expense Sheriff - Jodie Barcus, Mike Worden

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
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9:00 AM Discuss Individual Weekly Meetings & Schedule
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
10:00 AM Cancelled - Round Table Finance Discussion
11:00 AM Update - Public Works - Engineer Josh Thomson
2:00 PM Update - Human Resources/Risk Management - Shelley Keitzman
3:00 PM Quarterly Update -Tonasket Forest Ranger District - District Ranger Matt Marsh
4:00 PM Approve Commissioner Proceedings August 24 & 25, 2026
4:05 PM Approve Consent Agenda
1. Cattle Guard Franchise Relinquishment - CGF# 02-19 - Wells Ranch Irrigation District
2. Resolution 109-2026 - Award of Lodging Tax Funds for Mazama Core Planning Contingent - Public Works
3. Resolution 110-2026 - Award of Lodging Tax Funds for Similkameen Trail Maintenance - Public Works
4. Resolution 111-2026 - Organizational Chart - Okanogan County Public Works Department
5. Resolution 112-2026 - Approve Purchase of Food for Committee Meeting - Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
4:10 PM Commissioners to Set Wednesday’s Agenda

Wednesday, September 2, 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.)

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
6:00 PM FAC (Fair Advisory Committee) Meeting - Commissioners' Hearing Room - 1st Tuesday of each Month

Wednesday, September 2, 2026
11:00 PM Safety Committee Meeting - Commissioners’ Hearing Room
2:00 PM Okanogan County Water Conservancy Board Meeting - Via Zoom - Lisa de Vera
6:00 PM Hearing Examiner Meeting - Commissioners’ Hearing Room
Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/269288945094532?p=9bTqTUuJpaGWdmOn6p Meeting ID: 269 288 945 094 532 Passcode: HA2RF6CD

Thursday, September 3, 2026
8:30 PM Cancelled Reserved Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Commissioners’ Hearing Room

UPCOMING MEETINGS
September 7 Closed in Observance of Labor Day, reopens Tuesday, September 8 at 8 AM
Sept. 8 Board of Health - County Commissioners' Hearing Room
Sept 10 Alta Vista Irrigation District Board Meeting - Commissioners’ (CMRS) Hearing Room
Sept. 14 Discussion - Title III Proposals for 2027 – Commissioners - CMRS Hearing Room
Sept. 14 Public Hearing - Budget Supplemental - Oroville Rural EMS District - CMRS Hearing Room
Sept. 14 Work Session - Code Amendment for Data Centers - Planning Director Pete Palmer, Planning Commission - Commissioners’ Hearing Room
Sept. 14 OCOG/RTPO (Okanogan Council of Governments/Regional Transportation Planning Organization) Meeting - 303 2nd Ave S Okanogan
Sept. 15 Finance Committee Meeting - Treasurer Pam Johnson - Commissioners’ Hearing Room
Sept. 15 Work Session - Tunk Water Study - SCJ Alliance, Planning Commission, Planning Director Pete Palmer - Commissioners’ Hearing Room
Sept. 16 TRANGO MEETING - 303 2nd Ave S Ste A, 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.