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05.06.2025 Tues AM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
The commissioners talk with Andy Bertapelle and Sandy Johnson from Mid-Valley Hospital. The hospital missed the deadline to fill a vacancy on its Board of Commissioners and Washington state law requires that the county commissioners fill it.
The commissioners adopt Ordinance 2025-3, lowering the speed limit to 35 mph on Twin Lakes Rd. between the intersection with Hwy. 20 and just past Liberty Bell High School, a distance of about 1/3 of a mile.
James DeSalvo, Executive Director of Methow Trails, briefs the commissioners on a proposed new ski trail near Mazama. DeSalvo would like the commissioners to agree to amend the lease between the county and the WSDOT to allow the trail to cross the Hwy. They are agreeable, but Commissioner Hover would not be in favor of summer-time use of the trail because it could affect the mule deer population.
Meeting adjourned at 12:00.