BOCC update for Sept. 14, 2026, Agenda for the week of Sept. 21, 2026

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Weekly summary for last week:
Monday, Sept. 14, 2026 AM
• During the public comment period, Ann, via the chat box, asks about the average amount of time each commissioner spends on the job every week. She would like them to do a “time study” by keeping track of their hours for a while. The commissioners agree.
• Nick Bates, Fairgrounds Manager, briefs the commissions after this year’s fair is over. There was some damage done by vandals to the bathrooms and portable toilets after the fair had closed on Sunday night. There was also a broken water pipe in the RV Park. The Fur and Feather auction was a success—a preliminary account shows it took in over $800,000. Commissioner Neal said he’d heard complaints about weeds. Also, he didn’t think the bathrooms had been cleaned just before the fair opened.
• The Okanogan County Conservation District and Search and Rescue each makes a pitch for the county’s 2027 $140,267 in Title III money.
• The commissioners hear a presentation from the Rebuilt Treatment Center in Spokane. They receive patients who are detoxed and stabilized and put them into treatment involving much therapy along with life skills training. They say that 60% of their clients are clean and holding a job after a year.
• Meeting adjourned at 12:16.

Monday, Sept. 14, 2026 PM
County Watch was unable to take notes for the afternoon 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.

Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026
County Watch was also 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 Sept. 21, 2026
Monday, September 21, 2026
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9:00 AM Review Commissioners Agenda and Consent Agenda
9:05 AM Briefing Among Commissioners
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
9:30 AM Commissioners’ Staff Meeting
10:30 AM Discussion - Lodging Tax Change in Use Request LTAC 26-17 (Public Works Mazama Core Planning Project) Per to RCW 67.28.1817(2)-County Commissioners/Public Works
11:00 AM Public Hearing - Budget Supplemental - Emergency Management Fund 121

Tuesday, September 22, 2026
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9:00 AM Discuss Individual Weekly Meetings & Schedule
9:15 AM Public Comment Period
10:00 AM Work Session - Code Amendment for Data Centers - Planning Director Pete Palmer, Planning Commission
11:00 PM Update - Public Works-Engineer Josh Thomson
2:00 PM Department Head Quarterly Meeting
3:00 PM Approve Commissioner Proceedings September 8, 14 &15, 2026
3:05 PM Approve Consent Agenda
1. Agreement - Domestic Violence Funding - The Support Center
2. Agreement - Domestic Violence Funding - Room One
3. Resolution 125-2026 - Extending the Seasonal Noxious Weed Field Technician Position
4. Resolution 126-2026 - Adopting an Updated Job Description for the Position of Geographic Information System (GIS) Analyst
5. Resolution 127-2026 - Adopting an Updated Job Description for the Position of Geographic Information System (GIS) Coordinator
3:10 PM Commissioners to set Wednesday's Agenda
4:00 PM Interviews - Office of Public Defense Director

Wednesday, September 23, 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.)

Wednesday, September 23, 2026
11:00 AM Economic Alliance Meeting – Commissioners’ (CMRS) Hearing Room
4:00 PM Noxious Weed Board Meeting – Public Works Building - 1234 2nd Ave S, Okanogan

Friday, September 25, 2026
9:00 AM Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Meeting & Required Presentations - CMRS Hearing Room

UPCOMING MEETINGS – In the Commissioners’ Hearing Room Unless Stated Otherwise
Sept. 28 Discussion - Water Quality Work - WA Dept of Ecology Ginger Wireman
Sept. 28 Planning Commission Meeting (link on CMRS Web agenda to PC meeting info)
Sept. 30 Community Action Council Meeting - 424 2nd Ave S, Okanogan
October 1 LEOFF (Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters’ Pension Plan) Board Quarterly Meeting Full Board
October 5 Budget Work Session - Noxious Weed
October 5 Budget Work Session - Building
October 5 Budget Work Session - WSU Extension Office
October 5 Solid Waste Advisory Committee- Public Works Conference Rm - 1234 A 2nd Ave S, Okanogan
October 6 Cancelled - Round Table Finance Discussion
October 6 Budget Work Session - Public Defense
October 6 Budget Work Session - Clerk
October 6 FAC Meeting - 1st Tuesday of each Month
October 7 Cancelled - Okanogan County Water Conservancy Board Meeting - Via Zoom - Lisa de Vera
October 7 Hearing Examiner Meeting
October 8 Alta Vista Irrigation District Board 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 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.