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02.20.2024 Tues PM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
· IT director met with company to equip courtrooms for virtual, portable camera planned for room used for Hearings Examiner and Executive sessions
· Civil Prosecutor announces $260,000 in recent settlement funds for regional opioid council, Commissioner Branch attended meeting
· Letter of interest for planning positionsparks discussion on county politization, zoning code revision misinformation
· Public received misinformation on zoning code revision,Planning Director will have to open that evening’s hearing with clarifications and corrections; zoning map’s colors and lines could benefit from interagency collaboration
· WSU Extension Coordinator preparing “4H Needs You” campaign to enlist adult volunteers, Okanogan Valley youth may integrate “Family Clubs” in meantime; local Master Gardner/4H Coordinator applying state 4H rules for Fair, priorizing safety, shomanship, cleanliness, no more “open”, only supervised projects exposed in 4H barn; access to and salary for possible regional coordinator discussed
· HR director seeks to fill previously held full-time fairgrounds clerk position, budget must be juggled with to finance this; “re-curring user Sunrise RV had planned event without signing contract, will have alternate Agriplex dates with fees waived
· Motley discussion : Oroville water systems, Group B systems, road problems from subdivisions on Tunk Mt.
· Meeting disbanded at 4:10