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04.02.2024 Tues AM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
· County Clerk directed to work with Room One in Twisp to allocate ARPA funds of $100,000; $50,000 per year over two-year period.
· Public Comment: Ms. Jackson requests information/help with county codes for burning, timeframes. Finance Committee: Meeting with Aeneas Lake Irrigation District to work on becoming solvent, rather than utilizing County funds. Economic Alliance to help with finding grants/loans to help financial situation, and the District will work with the PUD to help decrease costs of electricity. Will meet with Finance Committee again in June.
· Sheriff’s Dispatch Deputy Update: staffing: 11 of 13 positions filled, radio project looks favorable – there is more to do – awaiting funding from Congress budget. Working on the Sheriff’s building on Railroad Avenue – site visit on 4/17. Picked up the Radio Tech van for the new employee to use.
· Public Works: Loomis/Oroville drainage project. Working on asphalt pad at the landfill, this is from the grant tied to organics. Looking at the Loomis right of way for the kiosk sign. Will ask DNR about a boundary line adjustment to accommodate the kiosk.
· Meeting adjourned at 11:46