BOCC update for Oct. 6 & 7, 2025, Agenda for week of October 13, 2025

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Monday, Oct. 6, 2025
• Commissioners have received the final numbers for the Fair and learn that it ended up losing $40,000. They discussed cracking down on the number of free passes distributed. Commissioner Neal will make a suggestion later, but says it probably won’t be well received.
• Commissioners discuss upcoming bad economic news, calling it a gut punch, larger than the mill closing, and something we shouldn't be looking forward to. The public will learn the details later.
• Rochelle Cline of the Sheriff’s Department describes the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) Reentry Demonstration Initiative Project. The project will provide Medicaid health insurance during the last 90 days of a sentence in the County Jail and for 90 days after release. The project’s launch date will be in mid-2026.
• Meeting adjourned for lunch at 11:53.
• In the afternoon, the commissioners interviewed four candidates for District Court Judge, but the interviews weren’t recorded.

Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025
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AGENDA for the week of October 13, 2025
Monday, October 13, 2025
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9:00 AM Review Commissioners Agenda and Consent Agenda
9:05 AM Briefing Amongst Commissioners, Discuss Individual Weekly Meetings & Schedules
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Commissioners’ Staff Meeting
10:30 AM Budget Work Session Fairgrounds
11:30 AM Discussion Search & Rescue -Cristina Woodworth
1:30 PM Budget Work Session - Sheriff Budgets -Sheriff Budrow

Tuesday, October 14, 2025
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9:00 AM Review Meeting Minutes
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Update Public Defense Office-Stanley Myers
10:00 AM Discussion SAGE Advocacy-CCD Jodie Barcus
10:30 AM Update Human Resources/ Risk Management - Shelley Keitzman
11:00 AM Public Hearing Cattleguard Franchise 05-25 OCR 3115 -Gebbers Cattle
To Follow Update Public Works-Engineer Josh Thomson
1:30 PM Board of Health-1234 S. 2nd Ave, Okanogan
3:00 PM Budget Work Session Task Force-Joshua Petker
3:45 PM Approve Commissioner Proceedings October 1, 6 & 7, 2025
3:50 PM Approve Consent Agenda
1. Amendment 1- LTAC Capital Improvement Contract – Town of Conconully
2. Resolution 129-2025 Appointing Byron Moore to fill the vacant position of District Court Judge
3. Resolution 131-2025 Adopting the Chemical Dependency Treatment and Prevention Plan
4:00 PM Commissioners to set Wednesday’s Agenda

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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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, October 13, 2025
5:00 PM OCOG/RTPO (Okanogan Council of Governments/Regional Transportation Planning Organization) Meeting 303 2nd Ave S Okanogan

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
8:30 AM TRANGO MEETING - 303 2nd Ave S Ste A, Okanogan
6:00 PM Hearing Examiner Meeting – CMRS Hearing Room

Thursday, October 9, 2025
8:30 AM Reserved Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts - Belinda Brown Raub - CMRS Hearing Room
11:30 PM Civil Service meeting – CMRS Conference Room

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Oct 20 Discussion-Illegal Dumping & Problem Properties-Dustin Best Law & Justice Colville Tribe
Oct 20 Budget Work Session - Facility Maintenance
Oct 20 Budget Work Session-Commissioners & Miscellaneous Funds
Oct 20 Budget Work Session-Human Resources
Oct 21 Budget Work Session - Building
Oct 21 Public Hearing Declaring County Owned Property Surplus-Commissioners
Oct 21 Budget Work Session Clerk
Oct 21 Budget Work Session- Noxious Weed
Oct 22 Budget Work Session-Assessor
Oct 22 Budget Work Session Public Defense Office
Oct 22 Economic Alliance Meeting
Oct 22 Budget Work Session-Jail
Oct 22 Budget Work Session Superior Court
Oct 22 Noxious Weed Board Meeting - Public Works Building – 1234 Second Ave S, Okanogan
Oct 23 Teamsters/Mechanics Negotiations – CMRS Conference Room
Oct 23 Civil Service Test - Security Guard
Oct 24 LTAC (Lodging Tax Advisory Committee) Award/Budget Recommendations
Nov 06 Reserved Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts - Belinda Brown Raub - CMRS Hearing Room

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.