BOCC update for Jan. 12, 2026, Agenda for week of Jan. 20, 2026

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Weekly summary:
Monday, Jan. 12, 2026
The commissioners did not meet on Monday.

Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 AM
• The remodel of the Public Health offices will soon begin, and the commissioners discuss which offices will be moving where.
• The Office of the Public Defender would like to hire Derek Reid of Spokane as an attorney to be used when there’s a conflict of interest for defendants using the current attorneys. The commissioners agree.
• The commissioners have a plan to clean up the homeless encampment (first discussed on Dec. 15) and decide to waive the tipping fee for what will be discarded. CORE (Community Outreach, Response and Engagement) employees in the Sheriff’s Department are working with the few people currently encamped there to assist them.
• Mike Beaver, Director of Juvenile Services, delivers the quarterly update to the commissioners. They are hoping to receive a $12,000,000 appropriation from the state legislature for a new building, and Commissioner Hover hopes to have the project shovel ready if the funds arrive.
• Josh Thompson, County Engineer and Kent Kovalenko, Solid Waste Manager, update the commissioners.
• Meeting adjourned at 11:40.

Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 PM
County Watch was unable to take notes for this meeting. You can watch the AV Capture recording of afternoon meeting here. You can access AV Capture by clicking on the "Livestream Meetings" button under the picture of the courthouse at 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 recording to full screen to be able to read the clock.
• 3:02—Discussion of the Oroville Rural and Tonasket EMS levies—Lifeline Wayne Walker.
• 3:45—Discussion of the jail monitoring upgrade with Chief Stefan Wolak.

AGENDA for the week of Jan. 19, 2026
Monday, January 19, 2026
Closed in Observance of Martin Luther King Day
Normal Business to resume on Tuesday January 20, 2026

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
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9:00 AM Review & Brief on Commissioners Agenda, Consent Agenda, and Meeting Minutes-
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Legislative Update-County Lobbyist-Zac Kennedy
10:00 AM Discussion NCW Libraries-Barbara Walters
10:30 AM Update – Building – Dan Higbee
11:00 AM Update - Noxious Weed - Larry Hudson
11:30 AM Executive Session RCW 42.30.110 (1)(g)(i)
1:30 PM Quarterly Update OBHC-David McClay
2:00 PM Update – Planning – Pete Palmer
3:00 PM Discussion Molina Contracts-Chief Jody Barcus
3:30 PM Update Human Resources/ Risk Management - Shelley Keitzman
4:00 PM Approve Meeting Minutes for January 13, 2026
4:05 PM Approve Consent Agenda
1. Facility Use Agreement – Range & Training Room Fee – Department of Corrections
2. Certification – Title III FY 2025 - USFS
3. Letter – Title III - USFS
4. Letter Disapproving Cannabis License Renewals – Bad Ass Herbs, LLC - WSLCB
5. Letter Disapproving Cannabis License Renewals – Nesto Farms, LLC – WSLCB
4:10 PM Commissioners to set Wednesday’s Agenda

Wednesday, January 21, 2026
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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, January 21, 2026
8:30 AM TRANGO MEETING - 303 2nd Ave S Ste A, Okanogan
6:00 PM Cancelled Hearing Examiner Meeting

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Jan 26 Cancelled Planning Commission Meeting (link on CMRS Web agenda to PC meeting info)
Jan 27 Public Hearing Budget Supplemental Appropriation-Various Funds
Jan 27 Finance Committee Meeting - Treasurer Pam Johnson
Jan 27 Discussion Title 19 - Planning & Prosecutor
Jan 28 Economic Alliance Meeting – TBD
Jan 28 Noxious Weed Board Meeting – Noxious Weed List Hearing – CMRS Hearing Room
Jan 28 Community Action Council Meeting - 424 2nd Ave S, Okanogan
Jan 29 Reserved Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Yadi Godina - CMRS Hearing Room
Jan 30 Drug Court

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.