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12.19.22 - BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
Commissioners discuss Second Harvest’s unexpected cut in assistance for food pantries in eastern Washington. They plan to use $200,000 in ARPA funds to help Okanogan County pantries. They hope to have the paperwork ready by tomorrow.
Commissioners vote for Lisa Janicki for the Department of Natural Resources’ Board of Natural Resources. They also discuss good forest management and climate change.
Naomie Peasley, Fairgrounds Manager, updates the commissioners about the new floor planned for the Annex, the well and the new stalls for the racehorse barn.
Commissioners do Department Head performance evaluations for:
Shelley Keitzman, Human Resources and Risk Management
Karen Beatty, Central Services
Pete Palmer, Planning Department
Dan Higgins, Building Department
Naomie Peasley, Fairgrounds Manager.
Adjourn at 3:16.