BOCC update for July 27, Agenda for week of August 3, 2026
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2026 9:17 am
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Monday, July 27, 2026
The BOCC did not meet on Monday.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 AM
• Mike Worden, Sheriff’s Department, discusses the purchase of 14 sensors for the booking and holding areas of the jail. The sensors were discussed in a previous BOCC meeting. The cost would be $95,000 plus tax.
• Tim Meadows, Maintenance Supervisor discusses the repair or replacement of a radiator in the jail. It may cost up to $50,000. Also, the elevator needs work that could cost $20,000 to $30,000.
• Pete Palmer, Planning Director, commends Maurice Goodall, Emergency Management, for his help keeping Palmer and her neighbors informed during the recent fires near her home.
• The commissioners and Nick Bates discuss moving the small arena at the fairgrounds to the south end of the horse barn. It would allow more opportunities for kids’ activities during the fair, but the move would come at a price. They also discuss the possible situation if the Fair is scheduled to begin while the fairgrounds are still being used as a fire camp. Last week, there were 300 people encamped there, and the number was expected to rise this week.
• James Mathews of Swanson Mill Road tells the commissioners that the road is in very poor shape and people who live along it consider it unsafe. The commissioners will ask Josh Thomson, County Engineer, to look at the road. The county may rethink its policy of not applying soil stabilizers to some gravel roads.
• Commissioner Neal says he wants to clarify how the commissioners’ wages are set. Per Resolution 18-2020, adopted by the commissioners on February 10, 2020, they earn 40% of what Superior Court Judges receive, and the Judges’ wages are set by the state’s Salary Commission. Also, any change in their salaries wouldn’t take effect until a commissioner’s term was completed.
• Josh Thomson, County Engineer, says chip sealing for the year is almost completed. Next, his crews will begin re-grading some gravel roads. He’ll look at Swanson Mill Rd. and see what might be done.
• Meeting adjourned at 11:46.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 PM
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 3, 2026
Monday, August 3, 2026
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9:00 AM Declaration of Emergency Due to Fires
9:05 AM Review Commissioners Agenda and Consent Agenda
9:10 AM Commissioners Discuss Individual Weekly Meetings & Schedules
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Commissioners’ Staff Meeting
10:30 AM Public Hearing - Budget Supplemental Current Expense Fund Juvenile Dept - HCA Re-Entry
1:30 PM Special Meeting- Public Health Emergency - Board of Health
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
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9:00 AM Review Commissioners Minutes
9:05 AM Briefing Among Commissioners
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
10:00 AM Round Table Finance Discussion
10:30 AM Update - Communications/Dispatch - Layne Lynch
11:00 AM Update – Public Works – Engineer Josh Thomson
To Follow Public Hearing - Amendment to Methow Trails - Public Work
2:00 PM Update - Human Resources/Risk Management - Shelley Keitzman
2:30 PM Approve Commissioner Proceedings July 20, 21 & 28, 2026
2:35 PM Approve Consent Agenda
1. Cattleguard Relinquishment – Cross Bar Ranch CGF# 01-91, CGF# 78-75
2. Contract – Jail Wireless Health Monitor – Reassurance Solutions
3. Contract – CORE Julota Software Subscription – Mental Health Field Response
4. AIA Change Order #2 – Okanogan County Public Health – Berry Construction
5. Consultant Agreement – Leah Becknell – North Central WA Regional Diversion Workgroup
6. Employment Agreement – Diedrika Burrington
7. Employment Agreement - Katrina Cates
2:40 PM Commissioners to Set Wednesday’s Agenda
Wednesday, August 5, 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.)
Monday, August 3, 2026
4:00 PM Solid Waste Advisory Committee - Public Works Conference Rm - 1234 A 2nd Ave S, Okanogan
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
6:00 PM FAC (Fair Advisory Committee) Meeting - Commissioners' Hearing Room - 1st Tuesday of each Month
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
2:00 PM Okanogan County Water Conservancy Board Meeting – Via Zoom – Lisa de Vera
6:00 PM Cancelled – Hearing Examiner Meeting
UPCOMING MEETINGS
August 10 OCOG/RTPO (Okanogan Council of Governments/Regional Transportation Planning Organization) Meeting - 303 2nd Ave S Okanogan
August 11 Public Hearing - Six Year Transportation Improvement Program - Public Works Amie Staggs – CMRS Hearing Room
August 11 Public Hearing - Budget Supplemental Road Fund 102 – CMRS Hearing Room
August 11 Board of Health - County Commissioners' Hearing Room
August 13 Alta Vista Irrigation District Board Meeting – CMRS Hearing Room
August 17 Discussion - Housing Coalition - Rena Shawver and Katherine Dillard Gonzalez – CMRS Hearing Room
August 17 Discussion - Fair Contracts - Fair Clerk Veronica Cargile – CMRS Hearing Room
August 18 Finance Committee Meeting - Treasurer Pam Johnson – CMRS Hearing Room
August 19 TRANGO MEETING - 303 2nd Ave S Ste A, Okanogan
August 19 Hearing Examiner Meeting – CMRS Hearing Room
August 20 BOE (Board of Equalization) Hearings – CMRS Hearing Room
August 20 Civil Service meeting – CMRS Conference 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 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.
The emailed updates contain links to the complete notes for each BOCC meeting we cover.
Monday, July 27, 2026
The BOCC did not meet on Monday.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 AM
• Mike Worden, Sheriff’s Department, discusses the purchase of 14 sensors for the booking and holding areas of the jail. The sensors were discussed in a previous BOCC meeting. The cost would be $95,000 plus tax.
• Tim Meadows, Maintenance Supervisor discusses the repair or replacement of a radiator in the jail. It may cost up to $50,000. Also, the elevator needs work that could cost $20,000 to $30,000.
• Pete Palmer, Planning Director, commends Maurice Goodall, Emergency Management, for his help keeping Palmer and her neighbors informed during the recent fires near her home.
• The commissioners and Nick Bates discuss moving the small arena at the fairgrounds to the south end of the horse barn. It would allow more opportunities for kids’ activities during the fair, but the move would come at a price. They also discuss the possible situation if the Fair is scheduled to begin while the fairgrounds are still being used as a fire camp. Last week, there were 300 people encamped there, and the number was expected to rise this week.
• James Mathews of Swanson Mill Road tells the commissioners that the road is in very poor shape and people who live along it consider it unsafe. The commissioners will ask Josh Thomson, County Engineer, to look at the road. The county may rethink its policy of not applying soil stabilizers to some gravel roads.
• Commissioner Neal says he wants to clarify how the commissioners’ wages are set. Per Resolution 18-2020, adopted by the commissioners on February 10, 2020, they earn 40% of what Superior Court Judges receive, and the Judges’ wages are set by the state’s Salary Commission. Also, any change in their salaries wouldn’t take effect until a commissioner’s term was completed.
• Josh Thomson, County Engineer, says chip sealing for the year is almost completed. Next, his crews will begin re-grading some gravel roads. He’ll look at Swanson Mill Rd. and see what might be done.
• Meeting adjourned at 11:46.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 PM
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 3, 2026
Monday, August 3, 2026
Join Microsoft TEAMS Video Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 266 945 779 797 96 Passcode: vB7E8j5u
Dial in by phone +1 469 998 7466 Phone ID: 762 003 408#
9:00 AM Declaration of Emergency Due to Fires
9:05 AM Review Commissioners Agenda and Consent Agenda
9:10 AM Commissioners Discuss Individual Weekly Meetings & Schedules
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Commissioners’ Staff Meeting
10:30 AM Public Hearing - Budget Supplemental Current Expense Fund Juvenile Dept - HCA Re-Entry
1:30 PM Special Meeting- Public Health Emergency - Board of Health
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Join Microsoft TEAMS Video Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 266 945 779 797 96 Passcode: vB7E8j5u
Dial in by phone +1 469 998 7466 Phone ID: 762 003 408#
9:00 AM Review Commissioners Minutes
9:05 AM Briefing Among Commissioners
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
10:00 AM Round Table Finance Discussion
10:30 AM Update - Communications/Dispatch - Layne Lynch
11:00 AM Update – Public Works – Engineer Josh Thomson
To Follow Public Hearing - Amendment to Methow Trails - Public Work
2:00 PM Update - Human Resources/Risk Management - Shelley Keitzman
2:30 PM Approve Commissioner Proceedings July 20, 21 & 28, 2026
2:35 PM Approve Consent Agenda
1. Cattleguard Relinquishment – Cross Bar Ranch CGF# 01-91, CGF# 78-75
2. Contract – Jail Wireless Health Monitor – Reassurance Solutions
3. Contract – CORE Julota Software Subscription – Mental Health Field Response
4. AIA Change Order #2 – Okanogan County Public Health – Berry Construction
5. Consultant Agreement – Leah Becknell – North Central WA Regional Diversion Workgroup
6. Employment Agreement – Diedrika Burrington
7. Employment Agreement - Katrina Cates
2:40 PM Commissioners to Set Wednesday’s Agenda
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Join Microsoft TEAMS Video Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 266 945 779 797 96 Passcode: vB7E8j5u
Dial in by phone +1 469 998 7466 Phone ID: 762 003 408#
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, August 3, 2026
4:00 PM Solid Waste Advisory Committee - Public Works Conference Rm - 1234 A 2nd Ave S, Okanogan
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
6:00 PM FAC (Fair Advisory Committee) Meeting - Commissioners' Hearing Room - 1st Tuesday of each Month
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
2:00 PM Okanogan County Water Conservancy Board Meeting – Via Zoom – Lisa de Vera
6:00 PM Cancelled – Hearing Examiner Meeting
UPCOMING MEETINGS
August 10 OCOG/RTPO (Okanogan Council of Governments/Regional Transportation Planning Organization) Meeting - 303 2nd Ave S Okanogan
August 11 Public Hearing - Six Year Transportation Improvement Program - Public Works Amie Staggs – CMRS Hearing Room
August 11 Public Hearing - Budget Supplemental Road Fund 102 – CMRS Hearing Room
August 11 Board of Health - County Commissioners' Hearing Room
August 13 Alta Vista Irrigation District Board Meeting – CMRS Hearing Room
August 17 Discussion - Housing Coalition - Rena Shawver and Katherine Dillard Gonzalez – CMRS Hearing Room
August 17 Discussion - Fair Contracts - Fair Clerk Veronica Cargile – CMRS Hearing Room
August 18 Finance Committee Meeting - Treasurer Pam Johnson – CMRS Hearing Room
August 19 TRANGO MEETING - 303 2nd Ave S Ste A, Okanogan
August 19 Hearing Examiner Meeting – CMRS Hearing Room
August 20 BOE (Board of Equalization) Hearings – CMRS Hearing Room
August 20 Civil Service meeting – CMRS Conference 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 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.