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These notes were taken by an Okanogan County Watch volunteer. Every attempt is made to be accurate. Notes are verbatim when possible, and otherwise summarized or paraphrased.
Note takers comments or clarifications are in italics. These notes are not the official county record of the meeting. For officially approved minutes, which are normally published at a later time, CLICK HERE.
The time stamps refer to the times on the AV Capture archive of the meeting on this date at the County livestream archive. To locate items in real time, the clock on the wall in the AV Capture screen can be helpful.
06.11.2024 Tues PM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
Sheriff Budrow’s proposed reduction of maximum jail population from 100 to 75 by subcontracting to Ferry and Kititas counties (“shipping bodies off”) to cost roughly $.5M for remainder of 2024
Contract to hire lieutenant for jail finalized; with other salary increases, Commissioner Hover estimates yearly increase of $200,000; BOCC must bite bullet, dig into reserves
Executive session called to discuss ongoing potential litigation with attorneys Esther Milner and Jenna Mandell-Rice
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