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09.12.22 AM & PM - BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
The Fair was a success, especially the concert and the livestock auction.
Maurice Goodall of Emergency Management updates the commissioners on several small fires in the county and an injured bear on the Similkameen Trail.
The Planning Department now has two open positions.
Commissioners approve $55,000 in ARPA funds to upgrade video and security at the jail and courthouse.
Commissioners Branch and Hover have a long discussion concerning the Infrastructure Fund and the 40-40-20 split.
Commissioners hold three executive sessions. One concerns the performance of a public employee, one concerns pending litigation and includes the Director of Planning and the county’s land-use attorney, and one concerns pending litigation involving the Sheriff’s Office.