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01.05.2026 Mon AM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
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.