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04.01.2025 Tues PM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
Agriplex discount accorded for Fair Queen fundraiser at Agriplex annex; dwarf wrestling scheduled next day at Agriplex
Five applicants including Verleen Hughes and Charlayne Knapp under consideration for Planning Commission
Office of Public Defense “up and running”, will aid indigent individuals
Risk pool announces minimum 25% increase in liability insurance; alert system on computers as a “panic button” discussed
County website company contract expiring; Civic Plus more costly but highly rated
Candidates sought for combined Therapeutic Court-Jury Advisor post
Commissioners tired of administering Methow EMS for free, will give ultimatum
430 plastic bristles collected from faulty street sweeper on Commissioner Hover’s road
County’s $100,000 Community Action Council award for family housing community to be stretched over three years; budgeting easier if formal requestmade each year; letter of support for EPA grant to council
Affordable housing funds from state apparently cut off
Office of Child Development can no longer use Ringhoffer building–not adapted to children