BOCC update for Jan. 5, 2026, Agenda for week of Jan. 12, 2026

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Weekly Summary:
Monday, Jan. 5, 2026
• Commissioner Hover is elected Chair and Commissioner Neal is elected Vice-Chair for 2026.
• A non-profit group, Friends of the Fairgrounds, has been created. Money it raises will be donated for specific projects at the Fairgrounds.
• During comment period, Angie Morgan-Chilmonik tells the commissioners that the Omak City Council meets tonight and will discuss the proposed closure of the Omak Library, a branch of the NCW Libraries. She will attend the meeting to find out the reason for the proposal.
• Pete Palmer, Planning Director, discusses a proposed meeting with someone at the state’s Dept. of Commerce concerning the Critical Areas Ordinance and possibly the Growth Management Act.
• Maurice Goodall, Emergency Management, reports that Little Boulder Creek, which caused the washout on Hwy. 20, has been re-routed back to its original creek bed, but he worries that the bed is now straighter and deeper than it was originally.
• Tim Meadows, Maintenance Supervisor, tells the commissioners there has been a suspicious person hanging around in the Court House for several days. Meadows has seen a surveillance video of the person licking things.
• The commissioners discuss the master contract they’ll have with Design West, the on-call architectural firm. Each project will also include a contract that’s specific to the project.
• Meeting adjourned for the day at 11:21.

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2025
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AGENDA for the week of January 12, 2026
Monday, January 12, 2026
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No Meeting Scheduled

Tuesday, January 13, 2026
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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 Update Public Defense Office-Stanley Myers
10:00 AM Public Hearing CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) General Purpose Grant-Fire District #10 Loomis
10:30 AM Quarterly Update Juvenile Department- Mike Beaver
11:00 AM Update Public Works-Engineer Josh Thomson
1:30 PM Board of Health-1234 S. 2nd Ave, Okanogan
3:00 PM Discussion Oroville Rural & Tonasket EMS Levies-Lifeline Wayne Walker
3:30 PM Tentative Discussion NCW Libraries-Barbara Walters
4:00 PM Discussion Jail Monitoring Upgrade-Stefan Wolak
4:30 PM Approve Commissioner Proceedings December 30, 2025 and January 5 & 6, 2026
4:35 PM Approve Consent Agenda
1. Agreement – 2026 Law Enforcement – Town of Twisp
2. Employment Agreement – Nicholis Bates
3. Employment Agreement – Karen Beatty
4. Employment Agreement – Dan L. Higbee
5. Employment Agreement – Shelley Keitzman
6. MOA – Federal Lobbying Services – Robert K. Weidner
7. Operational Agreement – NCW Narcotics Task Force – Okanogan County
8. Professional Services Agreement – Legal Representation of Indigent Individuals – Ryan Feeney
4:40 PM Commissioners to set Wednesday’s Agenda

Wednesday, January 14, 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, January 12, 2026
5:00 PM OCOG/RTPO (Okanogan Council of Governments/Regional Transportation Planning Organization) Meeting 303 2nd Ave S Okanogan

Thursday, January 15, 2026
8:30 AM Reserved Juvenile Family Therapeutic Courts – Yadi Godina - CMRS Hearing Room
11:00 AM Civil Service meeting – CMRS Conference Room

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Jan 19 Closed Martin Luther King Day
Jan 20 Quarterly Update OBHC-David McClay
Jan 21 TRANGO MEETING - 303 2nd Ave S Ste A, Okanogan
Jan 21 Hearing Examiner Meeting
Jan 26 Planning Commission Meeting (link on CMRS Web agenda to PC meeting info)
Jan 27 Finance Committee Meeting - Treasurer Pam Johnson
Jan 28 Economic Alliance Meeting – TBD
Jan 28 Noxious Weed Board Meeting - PW Building - 1234 2nd Ave S, Okanogan
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.