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Commissioner's Minutes for the week of August 11, 2025.
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Grant County
Board of Commissioners
Meeting Minutes �..
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Week of August 11, 2025- August 17, 2025
All public meetings were held in person with public access allowed at Commission Chambers, 35 C Street
NW, Ephrata, WA 98823 as well as via Zoom. Zoom recordings will be posted to the YouTube page Grant
County, WA: BOCC.
CALL TO ORDER
The Grant County Commissioner's Session was called to order at 8:31 a.m. with
Commissioners Carter (via Zoom) and Burgess in attendance. Commissioner Carter joined
in -person at 8:38 a.m. Commissioner Jones was out and excused for the day and attended
via Zoom for the Commissioner's Meeting.
3:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Central Services Update
Staff Present: Tom Gaines, Director
The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Central Services Update:
• Completed Short Plats -Closing Document Signatures
• 2025 Grant County Fair
• Jail RFQ and Selection for General Contractor -
Attorney Review
• Received Email re: Transition to NewJait - Court
Concerns
0 CS/HR Building Remodel
• NACo - Cybersecurity Grant Availability to Counties
o Grant Liaison/Writer for Counties
• Case Management Systems
o Administrative Office of the Courts
o Tyler Tech Document Management Software
o Laserfiche Document Management (Preferred
System)
• Roundabout &Traffic Detour Update
• Public Works &Renew Tour of Jail
• NACo High Performance Leadership Class Kick -Off
0 Staff Out of Office Dates
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Development Services Update (Cancelled)
9:30 a.m. - 10: 00 a.m. Commissioner's Office Update
Staff Present: Caitlin Manell, Deputy Clerk of the Board; Tom Gaines,
Central Services
The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Commissioner's Office Update:
• Pending Decisions Spreadsheet
• Review of Upcoming Public Hearings
• Review of This Week's Meetings
• Calendar Invitations
o Archaeology Days/ PUD- 10/2/2025 (Bring Back
Next Week)
• Employee Appreciation BBQ-9/24/25 (Confirmed, ALL
GC Email to be Sent)
• Loca[Gov Univ Trainings - On -Call Mailroom Clerks,
Extended Deadline
• Multi Agency Communication Center (MACC) Proposed
Ordinance (BOCC Work Session, 8/18/25)
• County Funding for Museums/Historical Societies
o Auditor's Office Update, 8/18/2025
• NACo High Performance Leadership Course
• Consent Item Review
• Health District to Department -Work Session
8/18/2025
• Septic Issues at Desert Aire Property
o Contact for Issues
o Code Enforcement Involvement
o Health District Abatement Fund Usage
• Tourism Advisory Committee Update
o Minutes Distribution
o America250 Celebration Mobile Tourism Center
• Lodging Tax Grant Application Open Period - 9/8/2025
through 10/6/2025
10:00a.m.-10:15a.m. Accounting Update
Staff Present: Mandy Kim, Chief Financial Officer; Tom Gaines, Central
Services
The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Accounting Update:
• Out of Office Dates
• Tyler Tech Update - Payroll Parallel Testing
• Accountant Interviews
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• June Financial Reports -Distributed
• Grant County Fair
• Financial Review of Fair Incomes
10:15a.m.-10:30a.m. Juvenile Court and Youth Services Update
Staff Present: SuhaiL PaLacios, Director
The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Juvenile Court and Youth Services Update:
• Juvenile Detainment - County Fair & Safety Concerns
o Meeting with New Prosecuting Attorney
o Probation Counselors at the Fair
• Upcoming Consent Items
RCW42.30.110(l)(f) Commissioner Carter called an Executive Session to order
Personnel Disciplinary beginning at 10:18 a.m. to go until 10:23 a.m. In attendance
Matters were Commissioners Carter and Burgess and SuhaiL PaLacios.
The session continued until 10:28 a.m. Commissioner Carter
closed the session at 10:28 a.m.
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Renew Update
Staff Present: Dell Anderson, Director
The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Renew Update:
• Update of Staff Meeting on 8/7
o Mid -Year Department Update
o ELEOS Documentation Software
Implementation
• Productivity of Department
• Appointments - Cancellations &VirtuaL Appointments
• PMRT Crisis Team Positions- Mobile Crisis Unit, PMRT
• Capital Projects Update
o Remodels, Grand Coulee Kitchen, Duct
Cleaning
• Mid -Year Budget Report
• "Big Beautiful Bill" Financial Impact- Medicaid Reports
for Patients
• Reminder of Upcoming Schedule
10:45a.m.-11:00a.m. Commissioner Work Session
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Staff Present: Dell Anderson, Renew; Karrie Stockton (via Zoom), Grants
Admin
The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Commissioner Work Session:
• Positivity Training at Quarterly Luncheon
• Commissioner Participation in Upcoming Training
• Consolidated Homeless Grant Funding Discussion
o Emergency Housing Funding
o Contract Review
o Reimbursement Process for Department of
Commerce Grants
• Job Description Updates- BOCC Office Staff (Deputy
Clerk, Veteran Services Officer)
11:00 a.m. -11:15 a.m. Risk & Safety Coordinator Update
Staff Present: Blair Kok, Risk & Safety Coordinator; Darryl Pheasant,
Treasurer
The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Risk & Safety Coordinator Update:
• Claim Activities
0 8/8/25 - Public Works (PW), Collision with
Parked Dozer, to be fixed in-house
0 8/7/25 - Sheriff's Office (SO) Tort Claim
Damages during a Domestic Violence Call -
County Denied it
0 8/6/25 - SO, Tort Claim; Gorge
0 8/5/25 - PW, Two Claims, Minor Hand Injury and
Wasp Sting
0 8/4/25 - Renew, 911 Call for Client
o L&I Claim - PW Vehicle Crash
• Lexipol 600 Policies
• Out of Office Dates -At the Fairgrounds
• ADA Complaint -with Prosecuting Attorney's Office
• Fairgrounds Review Process
11:15 a.m. -11:30 a.m. Treasurer's Office Update
Staff Present: Darryl Pheasant, Treasurer
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The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Treasurer's Office Update:
• Questions regarding TIFs
o Communications with Assessor's Office
o Revenues, Levy Rates, Review of TIF Outlines,
Port Jurisdictions
• Mobile Home Posting
• Easements for Parcels
11:30a.m.-11:45a.m. Assessor's Office Update
Staff Present: Melissa McKnight, Assessor; Darryl Pheasant, Treasurer
The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Assessor's Office Update:
• New Construction Inspections &Assessment Entering
• Change of Value Notices est. Issued in November
• County Vehicles -Motor Pool
o Public Works Billing
o Quarterly Luncheon Discussion Topic
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Fire Marshal Update
Staff Present: Nathan PopLawski, Fire Marshal
The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Fire Marshal Update:
• 2025 Grant County Fair
• Gorge Pyrotechnics Permit for Weekend Events
• Position Management Request
1:00 P.M. - 1:30 p.m. Position Management Review Team (PMRT)
Staff Present: Decorah Anderson -Cook, Gina SaLdana and Dan Seitz
Human Resources; Mandy Kim and FeLycite Guerrero,
Accounting; Dell Anderson, Renew; Jim Anderson -Cook,
Development Services
The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Position Management Review Team (PMRT):
• Renew Mobile Crisis Team - 6 Positions Total
o Grant Funding for Positions
• Development Services Deputy Fire Marshal
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1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Human Resources Update
Staff Present: Decorah Anderson -Cook, Director and Gina Saldana,
Assistant Director
The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Human Resources Update:
• Open Forum for Public Comment
o The floor was open to members of the public to
speak with a 5-minute total Limit for Human
Resources related topics only. There was no
Public Comment provided.
• Solid Waste Contract (Signed)
• Veteran Services Manager- Held to Week of 8/18/25
• Renew Mobile Crisis Team -Six (6) Positions
(Approved)
• Development Services Deputy Fire Marshal
RCW 42.30.140(1)(a) Commissioner Carter called an Executive Session to order
Negotiations beginning at 1:31 p.m. to go until 1:42 p.m. In attendance were
Commissioners Carter, Burgess, Decorah Anderson -Cook and
Gina Saldana. The session continued until 1:52 p.m.
Commissioner Carter closed the session at 1:52 p.m.
COMMISSIONER'S MEETING (CommissionerJones attended via Zoom, Commissioner
Carter attended at 2:01 p.m.)
2:00 p.m. A. Call to Order
B. Open Forum for Public Comment
The floor was open to members of the public to speak with a 3-minute
Limit per person and a 15-minute total Limit. Public Comment was
provided about the following topics:
• None
C. Approval of Agenda
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER CARTER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BURGESS, TO
APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
D. Board Correspondence
• Port of Mattawa Commissioners - BOCC Appointment on
Consent Next Week
E. Commissioner's Roundtable - Miscellaneous Discussion
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The following topics were presented and discussed during the
Commissioner's Roundtable —Misc. Discussion:
• Gorge Visit— Presentation for Sewer System Plans
F. Consent Agenda
The following items are considered routine or were presented to
Commissioners during earlier sessions Listed above. All items are
enacted by one motion. If a separate discussion is desired, that item
may be removed and placed under Board Discussion/Decision.
AUDITOR'S OFFICE
1. Payment of vouchers certified by the auditing officer as required by
RCW 42.24.080, and those expense reimbursement claims certified by
the auditing officer as required by RCW 42.24.090, as recorded on a
Listing, and made available to the Board. (in the amount of
$296279127.30)
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE
2. Approve Commissioner's Minutes for the week of July 28, 2025.
3. Approve invoices from Coulee Creative, Co. in the amount of
$13,245.18.
4. Approve invoice from Quadient Postage Funding in the amount of
$14,538.28 to be paid from Fund 001.101.
5. Approve request for Barbara Vasquez, Clerk of the Board, to
digitally sign the Washington State Allocation Agreement Governing
the Allocation of Funds paid by the Purdue Bankruptcy, SackLers, and
Certain Opioid Manufacturers.
6. Approve Letter of Appreciation to Richard Leitz for service on the
Grant County Board of Equalization.
7. Approve reimbursement request from City of George on the Strategic
Infrastructure Program (SIP) No. 2024-04 Wastewater Treatment Plan
Project in the amount of $50,926.18.
8. Approve reimbursement request from Beverly Water District on the
American Rescue Plan Act.(ARPA) in the amount of $96,788.33.
9. Approve reimbursement request from Renew on the American
Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in the amount of $20,513.98 for the month of
June 2025.
10. Approve reimbursement request from Renew on the Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) CW2, in the amount of $779.13 for
June 2025.
FAIRGROUNDS.
11. Approve Out of State Travel Request for Rebecca Martinez, ShayLa
Anderson, and Rosalyn Russell to attend the Rocky Mountain
Association of Fairs Convention in Billings, MT. Dates of travel are
November 11 through November 15, 2025. Estimated cost per person
is $1,443.20to be paid from Fund 116.159.
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NEW HOPE
12. Approve request for Suzi Fode, Director, to DocuSign contract No.
26-31219-010 with Department of Commerce for Crime Victims
Services. Contract term is July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 in the
amount of $200,000.00.
PUBLIC WORKS
13. Approve Award Recommendation and Award Letter for methane
monitor purchase at the Ephrata Landfill from Ecotec Solutions, Inc. in
the total amount of $19,053.00, including calibration and database
fees, due to increased rental prices. This has been approved in the
2025 budget.
14. Approve request for Andy Booth, Director, to sign agreement with
the Washington State Department of Ecology, Agreement No.
SWMLSWFA-2025-GrCoPW-00245. Term of contract is July 1, 2025 to
June 30, 2027 to assist the County in providing moderate risk
collection, education, planning, and recycling collection in the
amount of $349,435.00.
15. Approve request for Dell Anderson, Director, to DocuSign with
Enterprise Fleet Management for the purchase of a new truck and
maintenance schedule. Total initial charge is $69,727.17 and total
monthly is $150.95.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
16. Approve Urgent Out of State Travel Request for Seth Henkel to travel
to Boise, ID to conduct background interview for a conditional hire.
Dates of travel are August 11, 2025 through August 12, 2025.
Estimated cost is $240.00.
17. Approve request for the Sheriff's Office to sign Reimbursement
Agreement for Molina Healthcare, related to the Health Care Authority
grant. This will allow the jail to submit billing to Molina for medical
services provided to eligible inmates.
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER CARTER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BURGESS, TO
APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1 THROUGH 17AS PRESENTED. DISCUSSION
ABOUT OFFICE COVERAGE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
G. Board Discussion/Decision Items
• None
I.. Adjournment
The Commissioner's Meeting adjourned at 2:17 p.m.
The Monday, August 11, 2025 session was closed at 2:17 p.m.
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SESSION CONTINUATION
The session was re -opened on Thursday, August 14, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. with
Commissioners Jones, Carter and Burgess in attendance.
4:30 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. SPECIAL MEETING
Staff Present: Caitlin Manell, Deputy Clerk; Tom Gaines, Central Services
The following Topics were presented and discussed during the
Special Meeting:
• Approved and Signed Statutory Warranty Deed
between Grant County and the Public Utility District No.
2 for the purchase of parcel No. 160866002 (parent)
and 315146000.
The Thursday, August 14, 2025 session was closed at 4:40 p.m.
MeetingMinutes for the week of August 11 2025 were approved this �� day of
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Barbara J. Vasquez, CMC
Clerk of the Board
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Grant County, Washington
Kevin Burgess, Mo4mber
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