BOCC update for March 10 & 11, 2025, Agenda for week of March 17, 2025

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Monday, March 10, 2025 AM
• Public comment – citizens voice their concern about the impact of federal budget cuts on Okanogan County residents and about the state of our country. BOCC reassures them that the chaos is temporary, much of it is due to misinformation, everything will get settled out soon and essential programs such as Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid will be fully funded.
• Update on Juvenile Detention medical staffing.
• Fairgrounds manager update – Discussion about options for replacing well at fairgrounds.
• Update on new morgue and Sheriff storage building.
• Report from Okanogan County Behavioral Health: funding challenges; rollout of mobile crisis unit; planning for the future; challenges in hiring and retaining employees.
• Public Hearing on CDBG (Community Development Block Grants) General Purpose Micro Enterprise grant. Roni Holder-Diefenbach, Executive Director, Economic Alliance, explains the purpose of the grant and how it works.
• Meeting adjourned at 11:53.

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 AM
• The county opens up the only bid received for the Legal Newspaper of Record contract. It’s a joint bid by the Methow Valley News and the Okanogan County Gazette Tribune, both owned by Sound Publishing.
• Christina Woodworth of Search and Rescue (SAR) asks the commissioners to spend SAR’s Title III money on diving equipment for water and ice rescue and recovery instead of spending it on a 4-seater side-by-side it originally planned to buy. The commissioners agree.
• Cari Hall, County Auditor, reports that she’s making progress in adopting MUNIS, the new accounting system. EDEN, the old system, sunsets at the end of this year.
• Josh Thomson, County Engineer, gives the weekly Public Works update.
• Meeting adjourned at 11:43.

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Board of Health monthly meeting
• To meet April deadline for implementation, Board approves Res. 2025-03, on-site sewage regulations; new feature is using nitrogen table to determine land size requirements; outhouses for 60-day yearly occupancy maximum; enforcement “complaint driven”; mandated home sale inspections for 2027, employee training necessary.
• New permitting software–Trimble– would provide “public-facing portal”, cost $17,000 for six-year contract.
• Community Health director says school nurses are interested in having overdose treatment available and receiving training; one school has policy in place, has used it.
• Medical officer’s “bright spots”: better data collection, EMS services providing buprenorphine for initial overdose treatment; WA led most of country in Jan.- Feb. influenza stats, county led the state; two measles cases in state, mostly dangerous for infants, vaccine and booster recommended.
• Administrator frustrated at temporary halt in flow of information since government changes, present and future cuts in funding, hopefully only 10%.
• Commissioner Neal amused by bill passed in Olympia authorizing 3-day cannabis festivals.
• Meeting adjourned at 2:45.

AGENDA for the week of March 17, 2025
Monday, March 17, 2025
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9:00 AM Executive Session RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - Potential Litigation
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Executive Session RCW 42.30.110 (1)(i) Current Litigation
10:00 AM Commissioner’s Staff Meeting
10:30 AM Update Human Resources/Risk Management – Shelley Keitzman
11:00 AM Finance Committee Meeting – Treasurer Pam Johnson
1:30 PM Q&A Opioid Abatement Funding Proposals – Applicants – Commissioners’ Hearing Room
2:30 PM Discussion Cannabis Operations – Planning Director Palmer
3:30 PM Review Commissioners Agenda, Consent Agenda, Minutes, Briefing Amongst Commissioners and
Discuss Individual Weekly Meeting & Schedules
3:45 PM Approve Meeting Minutes for March 3, & 10, 11, 2025
4:00 PM Approve Consent Agenda
1. CDBG – Public Services Req #32 – Community Action
2. Grant Agreement 2025 – Homeless Housing – Ok Co Community Action Council $100K
3. Agreement – Storage of Sand and Gravel Material – George P. Williams
4. Contract – 2025 Traffic Paint – Sherwin-Williams Company
5. LTAC 25-013 – Marketing & Promotion – Molson Museum Association
6. LTAC 25-023 – Marketing & Promotion – Twisp Works
7. Cattleguard Franchise Renewals – P. Spence CGF#12-76, P. Spence CGF#N-230, V. Beach CGF#01-09, V. Beach CGF#02-09, A. Jackson CGF#13-73, A. Jackson CGF#12-73 and J. Bunch CGF#6-79
8. Agenda Bill – Preauthorization for Food Purchase on Visa – Sheriff’s
9. Resolution 28-2025 – Authorizing Step Increase for a Public Defender
10. Resolution 29-2025 – Creating Juvenile Detention Medical Services Officer Position
11. Resolution 30-2025 – Ok Co Road Project Furnishing Structure for CRP No 4706-02
4:05 PM Commissioners to set Wednesday’s Agenda

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
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Wednesday, March 19, 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.)

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
8:30 AM TRANGO Meeting – 303 2nd Ave S Ste A, Okanogan
6:00 PM Cancelled Hearing Examiner Meeting

Thursday, March 20, 2025
8:30 AM Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Yadi Godina, Belinda Brown Raub – CMRS Hearing Rm
11:00 AM Civil Service Meeting

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Mar 24 Bid Award Legal Newspaper of Record 2025/2026-Commissioners
Mar 24 Planning Commission Meeting – Commissioners’ Hearing Room
Mar 25 Department Head Quarterly Meeting
Mar 26 Reserved for Quarterly Economic Alliance Meeting-In Person Meeting – CMRS Hearing Room
Mar 26 Noxious Weed Board Meeting - Public Works Building - 1234 Second Ave S. Okanogan
Mar 26 Community Action Council Meeting - 424 2nd Ave S Okanogan
Mar 27 Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Yadi Godina, Belinda Brown Raub – CMRS Hearing Rm
Mar 28 LTAC (Lodging Tax Advisory Committee) First Meeting OCTC (Okanogan County Tourism Council) Data Update then LTAC Policy bylaws – CMRS Hearing Room
Mar 28 COG (Coalition of Governments) Meeting - Lincoln County Courthouse - Davenport, WA
Mar 31 Update -Veterans Relief Board- Thomas Even
Mar 31 Public Hearing – 4 Open Open Space
Apr 01 Bid Opening 2025 County Wide Guardrail Safety Project - Tuesday, April 1, 2025 @ 11:00am.
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.