BOCC update for May 5 & 6, 2025, Agenda for week of May 12, 2025
Posted: Sun May 11, 2025 10:04 am
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Monday, May 5, 2025 AM & PM
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The agenda for Monday morning was:
9:00 AM Review Commissioners Agenda, and Consent Agenda
9:05 AM Briefing Amongst Commissioners and Discuss Individual Weekly Meetings & Schedules
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Tentative Discussion RCW 42.10.080(5) MVH Vacancy-Ether Milner, Sandra Johnson
9:45 AM Commissioner’s Staff Meeting
10:15 AM Discussion Building Vehicle Request-Dan Higbee, Shelley Keitzman
10:30 AM Update Superior Court Clerk – Susan Speiker
11:00 AM Public Hearing-Ordinance 2025-2 Moratorium on New Cannabis Operations-Pete Palmer
1:30 PM Follow up – Methow Community Safety Training Works- Raven Aae
2:00 PM Discussion – Fair ID Cards – Nick Bates
2:30 PM Discussion Map sifter Software Replacement-Assessor Gilman
3:00 PM Discussion-Victim Witness Staffing-Teagan Levine
You can watch a video of this meeting here. Use the clock on the far wall of the Commissioners’ meeting room to help find the particular agenda item that interests you.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 AM
• The commissioners talk with Andy Bertapelle and Sandy Johnson from Mid-Valley Hospital. The hospital missed the deadline to fill a vacancy on its Board of Commissioners and Washington state law requires that the county commissioners fill it.
• The commissioners adopt Ordinance 2025-3, lowering the speed limit to 35 mph on Twin Lakes Rd. between the intersection with Hwy. 20 and just past Liberty Bell High School, a distance of about 1/3 of a mile.
• James DeSalvo, Executive Director of Methow Trails, briefs the commissioners on a proposed new ski trail near Mazama. DeSalvo would like the commissioners to agree to amend the lease between the county and the WSDOT to allow the trail to cross the Hwy. They are agreeable, but Commissioner Hover would not be in favor of summer-time use of the trail because it could affect the mule deer population.
• Meeting adjourned at 12:00.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 PM
• Approval of new lieutenant position to assist chief deputy of corrections following case made by sheriff
• Corrections chief seeks technology to compensate staff shortages– commissioners to move forward on:
o replacing current baton system for checking inmates’ location with wristband-cellphone system offering more detailed and verifiable data (meals taken, presence at recreation) at cost of $32,000 plus $9,000 annually
o ankle bracelets monitoring vital signs to be placed on inmates undergoing drug withdrawal or at risk of suicide
o cell ceiling fixtures to monitor vital signs, will enable monitoring of individuals who haven’t already been classified as at-risk and eliminate need to waken prisoners every hour to check on them at night as required by law
• Commissioners Timm and Neal agree on jail upgrades as money well-spent; Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency (LTAC) a possible source. Timm alludes to trip Neal may take to Washington DC, presumably to lobby against cuts in rural funding
• Commissioners’ Clerk announces 5% reduction in Affordable Housing grant
• Meeting adjourned at 3:12
AGENDA for the week of May 12, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025
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9:00 AM Review Commissioners Agenda, and Consent Agenda
9:05 AM Briefing Amongst Commissioners and Discuss Individual Weekly Meetings & Schedules
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Commissioner’s Staff Meeting
10:00 AM Executive Session RCW 42.30.110 (1) (g)
10:15 AM Executive Session RCW 42.30.110 (1)(i)
10:30 AM Discussion/Update Homeless Housing Plan-WestEast Design Group Scott, Katherine
11:30 AM Review & Discuss NCW Libraries Board Applications
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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9:00 AM Review Meeting Minutes
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Discussion-Animal Shelter-CMRS
10:00 AM Update – Treasurer – Pam Johnson
10:30 AM Bid Opening Fairgrounds Well Project Ditch/Piping-Nick Bates
11:00 AM Update Public Works – Engineer Josh Thomson
1:30 PM Board of Health-1234 S. 2nd Ave, Okanogan
2:00 PM Update Human Resources/Risk Management – Shelley Keitzman
3:00 PM Approve Meeting Minutes for May 5 and 6, 2025
3:05 PM Approve Consent Agenda
1. Supplemental Contracts – Parametric
1. Eng. And Environ Consulting Services
2. Groundwater Reports (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Qtr)
3. Annual Groundwater Monitoring Report
4. On Call Eng. And Environ Consulting Services.
5. Old Ok Landfill Post Closure Services
6. Active Landfill Gas Collection & Control System Design & Const.
2. Consultant Agreement – CRP 9155-21 Old 97, Plata to Ophir Project – North Central Testing & Inspection LLC
3. Appointment Letter – Alta Vista Irrigation District – Jeff Cheeseman
4. ARPA Req 19 Tunk Mtn Fire Hardening $6,530.50
5. Resolution 58-2025 – Budget Amend within Current Exp Assessor and Contingency Reserve
3:10 PM Commissioners to set Wednesday’s Agenda
Wednesday, May 14, 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, May 12, 2025
5:00 PM OCOG/RTPO (Okanogan Council of Governments/Regional Transportation Planning Organization) Meeting – 303 2nd Ave S, Okanogan
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
5:30 PM Trauma Grab Bag/Outreach kits Assembly Night – CMRS Hearing Room
Thursday, May 15, 2025
8:30 AM Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Yadi Godina, Belinda Brown Raub – CMRS Hearing Rm
11:00 AM Civil Service Meeting – CMRS Conference Room
UPCOMING MEETINGS
May 19 Discussion/Work Session Revisions to Title 17.290 Cannabis-Planning Director Palmer
May 19 SPECIAL MEETING Planning Commission-Elections Workshop & Master Public Comment & Hearings
May 21 Trango Meeting – 303 2nd Ave S Ste A, Okanogan
May 21 Hearing Examiner Meeting – CMRS Hearing Room
May 22 Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Yadi Godina, Belinda Brown Raub – CMRS Hearing Rm
May 26 Holiday – Memorial Day – Office will be closed
May 27 Public Hearing CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) Public Services Grant Closeout & Open-Rena Shawver OCCAC (Okanogan County Community Action Council)
May 27 Public Hearing Solid Waste Management Plan Update-Jamy Sklaney
May 27 Discussion/Work Session Revisions to Title 17.290 Cannabis-Planning Director Palmer
May 28 Economic Alliance Meeting – TBD
May 28 Noxious Weed Board Meeting – PW Building 1234 2nd Ave S, Okanogan
May 28 Community Action Council Meeting
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.
The email update contains links to the complete notes for each meeting.
Monday, May 5, 2025 AM & PM
County Watch was unable to take notes for this meeting. (If you’d like to volunteer to take notes, we’d love to have you. Click the Contact Us button at the bottom of this email or go to CountyWatch.org
The agenda for Monday morning was:
9:00 AM Review Commissioners Agenda, and Consent Agenda
9:05 AM Briefing Amongst Commissioners and Discuss Individual Weekly Meetings & Schedules
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Tentative Discussion RCW 42.10.080(5) MVH Vacancy-Ether Milner, Sandra Johnson
9:45 AM Commissioner’s Staff Meeting
10:15 AM Discussion Building Vehicle Request-Dan Higbee, Shelley Keitzman
10:30 AM Update Superior Court Clerk – Susan Speiker
11:00 AM Public Hearing-Ordinance 2025-2 Moratorium on New Cannabis Operations-Pete Palmer
1:30 PM Follow up – Methow Community Safety Training Works- Raven Aae
2:00 PM Discussion – Fair ID Cards – Nick Bates
2:30 PM Discussion Map sifter Software Replacement-Assessor Gilman
3:00 PM Discussion-Victim Witness Staffing-Teagan Levine
You can watch a video of this meeting here. Use the clock on the far wall of the Commissioners’ meeting room to help find the particular agenda item that interests you.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 AM
• The commissioners talk with Andy Bertapelle and Sandy Johnson from Mid-Valley Hospital. The hospital missed the deadline to fill a vacancy on its Board of Commissioners and Washington state law requires that the county commissioners fill it.
• The commissioners adopt Ordinance 2025-3, lowering the speed limit to 35 mph on Twin Lakes Rd. between the intersection with Hwy. 20 and just past Liberty Bell High School, a distance of about 1/3 of a mile.
• James DeSalvo, Executive Director of Methow Trails, briefs the commissioners on a proposed new ski trail near Mazama. DeSalvo would like the commissioners to agree to amend the lease between the county and the WSDOT to allow the trail to cross the Hwy. They are agreeable, but Commissioner Hover would not be in favor of summer-time use of the trail because it could affect the mule deer population.
• Meeting adjourned at 12:00.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 PM
• Approval of new lieutenant position to assist chief deputy of corrections following case made by sheriff
• Corrections chief seeks technology to compensate staff shortages– commissioners to move forward on:
o replacing current baton system for checking inmates’ location with wristband-cellphone system offering more detailed and verifiable data (meals taken, presence at recreation) at cost of $32,000 plus $9,000 annually
o ankle bracelets monitoring vital signs to be placed on inmates undergoing drug withdrawal or at risk of suicide
o cell ceiling fixtures to monitor vital signs, will enable monitoring of individuals who haven’t already been classified as at-risk and eliminate need to waken prisoners every hour to check on them at night as required by law
• Commissioners Timm and Neal agree on jail upgrades as money well-spent; Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency (LTAC) a possible source. Timm alludes to trip Neal may take to Washington DC, presumably to lobby against cuts in rural funding
• Commissioners’ Clerk announces 5% reduction in Affordable Housing grant
• Meeting adjourned at 3:12
AGENDA for the week of May 12, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025
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9:00 AM Review Commissioners Agenda, and Consent Agenda
9:05 AM Briefing Amongst Commissioners and Discuss Individual Weekly Meetings & Schedules
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Commissioner’s Staff Meeting
10:00 AM Executive Session RCW 42.30.110 (1) (g)
10:15 AM Executive Session RCW 42.30.110 (1)(i)
10:30 AM Discussion/Update Homeless Housing Plan-WestEast Design Group Scott, Katherine
11:30 AM Review & Discuss NCW Libraries Board Applications
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Join Zoom Audio & Video https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88591469116 Meeting ID: 885 9146 9116 Or
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9:00 AM Review Meeting Minutes
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Discussion-Animal Shelter-CMRS
10:00 AM Update – Treasurer – Pam Johnson
10:30 AM Bid Opening Fairgrounds Well Project Ditch/Piping-Nick Bates
11:00 AM Update Public Works – Engineer Josh Thomson
1:30 PM Board of Health-1234 S. 2nd Ave, Okanogan
2:00 PM Update Human Resources/Risk Management – Shelley Keitzman
3:00 PM Approve Meeting Minutes for May 5 and 6, 2025
3:05 PM Approve Consent Agenda
1. Supplemental Contracts – Parametric
1. Eng. And Environ Consulting Services
2. Groundwater Reports (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Qtr)
3. Annual Groundwater Monitoring Report
4. On Call Eng. And Environ Consulting Services.
5. Old Ok Landfill Post Closure Services
6. Active Landfill Gas Collection & Control System Design & Const.
2. Consultant Agreement – CRP 9155-21 Old 97, Plata to Ophir Project – North Central Testing & Inspection LLC
3. Appointment Letter – Alta Vista Irrigation District – Jeff Cheeseman
4. ARPA Req 19 Tunk Mtn Fire Hardening $6,530.50
5. Resolution 58-2025 – Budget Amend within Current Exp Assessor and Contingency Reserve
3:10 PM Commissioners to set Wednesday’s Agenda
Wednesday, May 14, 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, May 12, 2025
5:00 PM OCOG/RTPO (Okanogan Council of Governments/Regional Transportation Planning Organization) Meeting – 303 2nd Ave S, Okanogan
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
5:30 PM Trauma Grab Bag/Outreach kits Assembly Night – CMRS Hearing Room
Thursday, May 15, 2025
8:30 AM Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Yadi Godina, Belinda Brown Raub – CMRS Hearing Rm
11:00 AM Civil Service Meeting – CMRS Conference Room
UPCOMING MEETINGS
May 19 Discussion/Work Session Revisions to Title 17.290 Cannabis-Planning Director Palmer
May 19 SPECIAL MEETING Planning Commission-Elections Workshop & Master Public Comment & Hearings
May 21 Trango Meeting – 303 2nd Ave S Ste A, Okanogan
May 21 Hearing Examiner Meeting – CMRS Hearing Room
May 22 Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Yadi Godina, Belinda Brown Raub – CMRS Hearing Rm
May 26 Holiday – Memorial Day – Office will be closed
May 27 Public Hearing CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) Public Services Grant Closeout & Open-Rena Shawver OCCAC (Okanogan County Community Action Council)
May 27 Public Hearing Solid Waste Management Plan Update-Jamy Sklaney
May 27 Discussion/Work Session Revisions to Title 17.290 Cannabis-Planning Director Palmer
May 28 Economic Alliance Meeting – TBD
May 28 Noxious Weed Board Meeting – PW Building 1234 2nd Ave S, Okanogan
May 28 Community Action Council Meeting
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.