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09.17.2024 Tues PM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
City of Okanogan requires to-be-built morgue/sheriff’s storage building and existing task force building on Railroad Avenue be hooked to sewer system, bid period extended, strategies discussed
HR director presents job description for possible hire of county administrator; duties would include overseeing budget, union negotiations, collaboration with commissioners...; Board is “on board” but to accommodate $150,000 salary, WSU Extension might have to go
Juvenile services chief discusses architects’ tour of facility; needs include overhaul of video system, new showers; population higher this year, more mental health issues; new laws may raise age of detainees to 25
Commissioner Branch evokes need for water resource manager to run water bank, will include this request in grant application from Ecology
Amendment passed to pay for sheriff vehicles, lieutenant’s salary, security services out of current expense fund; Community Action allocation approved
Whistler Canyon to get water line