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Week of January 5 2026— January 9 202
Commission Chambers, 35 C Street NW
Ephrata, WA 98823
Please note that all meetings of the Grant County Board of Commissioners are offered as hybrid
meetings and can be attended in person at the Commission Chambers at 35 C St. NW, Ephrata, WA
98823, or remotely through Zoom. Tuesday meetings include an Open Forum for Public Input at 11:00
a.m. unless otherwise posted.
Instructions for attending the meetings remotely:
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MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2026
8:30 a.m. — 8:40 a.m. Assignment of BOCC Chair/Vice-Chair/Member for 2026
8:40 a.m. — 9:30 a.m. County Administrator Update
• County Wi-Fi at the Gorge — Tourism Redirect Request
9:30 a.m. — 10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. —10:15 a.m.
10:15 a.m. —10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. —10:45 a.m.
10:45 a.m. —11:00 a.m.
Development Services Update
Assessor's Office Update
Clerk's Office Update
District Court Update
Commissioner Work Session
11:00 a.m. —11:30 a.m. Position Management Review (PMR)
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TU ES DAY, JAN UARY 6, 2026
8:30 a.m. — 9:00 a.m. Washington Counties Risk Group (WCRG) Insurance Renewal Meeting
9:00 a.m. — 9:30 a.m. Consent Agenda Review /Work Session
® Items to be moved to Board Discussion/Decisions
9:30 a.m. —10:00 a.m. Prosecuting Attorney's Office Update
10:00 a.m. —11:00 a.m. Human Resources Update
• Open Forum for Public Comment (5-minute time limit, Human Resources related topics, only)
• Anticipated Executive Sessions:
o Labor Relations — RCW 42.30.140(4)(a)
o Employee Evaluation — RCW 42.30.110(1)(g)
o Personnel Disciplinary Matters — RCW 42.30.110(1)(f)
• Position Management
• Budget, Finance, Compensation
• Recruitment
• Benefits
11:00 a.m. —11:30 a.m. Commissioner's Meeting
• Call to order
• Open Forum for Public Input (3 minutes per person, 15-minute time limit)
• Approval of Agenda
• Correspondence (i.e. Emails received that need response, letters of support etc.)
• Commissioners Roundtable —Miscellaneous Discussion
• Consent Agenda —All items are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion of the
Commissioners with no separate discussion.
o If a separate discussion is desired, that consent item may be removed and placed under
Board Discussion/Decision.
AUDITOR'S OFFICE
1. Approve 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.
2. Approve Resolution for Creation of New Fund 171— Current Expense Travel Funds to be used
for 2026 travel expenses for Current Expense.
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE
3. Approve invoice to Washington Association of County Officials (WACO) for 2026 Annual
Assessment Dues in the amount of $19,580-00 to be paid from Fund 001.0125 (Mist Gen Gov't).
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4. Approve Surrender of Leasehold —Moses Lake Dunes with the State of Washington Department
of Natural Resources for State Lease No. 60-869048 related to the Moses Lake Sand Dunes Trust
Land Transfer (TLT).
5. Approve LTAC Grant Agreements as follows:
a. LTAC Grant Agreement 2026-051 to Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce for
Year -Round Tourism Promotion in the amount of $30,000.00, and
b. LTAC Grant Agreement 2025-050 to Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce for
Festival of America in the amount of $10,000.00.
6. Approve request for Coulee Creative Co to purchase ScenicWA Travel Guide Advertisement in
the amount of $7,,590.00 to be paid from Fund 114.0000 (Tourism).
7. Approve Special Occasion Liquor License Application for Moses Lake —Othello Board of
Realtors for an event taking place January 24, 2026 at the Grant County Fairgrounds, 3953
Airway Dr NE, Moses Lake.
8. Approve Update of the Grievance/Complaint Procedure Form for the Consolidated
Development Block Grants (CDBG), last updated January 2018.
9. Approve reimbursement request from McKay Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center on the
Strategic Infrastructure Program (SIP) No. 2024-07 Phase 1 Master Planning Project in the
amount of $10,875.00.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
10. Approve In -State Travel Request for Chief Civil Deputy Rebekah Kaylor to travel to Seattle, WA
for oral argument at the Court of Appeals, Division I for State v. Christopher Lester, Grant Co
Case #20-1-00349-13. Dates of Travel are January 8, 2026 through January 9, 2026. Approximate
Cost is $495.85.
PUBLIC DEFENSE
11. Approve Professional Services Agreement (PSA) for investigative services by Rachel Bos of Bos
Investigations. Term is 2 years for as needed investigation at $72 per hour. This is a budgeted
PSA.
PHRI IC WORKS
12. Approve Cooperative Service Agreement No. 26-7353-5972-RA between the Ephrata Landfill
and the United States Department of Agriculture —Animal &Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) -Wildlife Services (WS), to perform services set forth in Work Plan. Term is January 1,
2026 through December 31, 2026, not to exceed $20,.000.00.
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13. Approve request to purchase Ford Transit Passenger Van for the Crisis Endorsement Team.
Total cost is $1141487.43., funded by Crisis Endorsement Grant.
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SHERIFF'S OFFICE
14. Approve Out of State Travel Request for Sgt. Tom Tufte and Support Specialist Mary Mason to
travel to Coeur d'Alene, ID to attend 1st Responder Training. Dates of travel are February 1, 2026
through February 3, 2026. Estimated cost is $1,739.00. Half of the cost will be reimbursed by a
wellness grant.
TREASURER'S OFFICE
15. Approve Contract Amendment C between the Grant County Treasurer's Office and BTG Holding
Group DBA Infrastructure for 2026 on Treasurer Financial package.
• Board Discussion/Decisions Items (Items to discuss and items that were removed from Consent
Agenda. These items will be acted upon together)
• Adjournment
11:30 a.m. —11:45 a.m. Columbia Basin Conservation District Update
1:00 p.m. — 3:00 p.m. BOCC at Stoke Tour
Below, you will find a list of meetings that the Commissioners may be attending. For more
information, please contact the Commissioner's Office by email at
commissioners@grantcountywa.gov or by phone at (509) 754-2011 ext. 2901.
MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2026
• 12:00 p.m. —1:00 p.m. Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) Virtual Assembly (K
Burgess)
TU ESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2026
• 5:30 p.m. —7:00 p.m. Grant County Leadership Institute (R Jones)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2026
0 2:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. Grant County Compensation Study Project Check -In (C Carter)
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TH U RSDAY, JAN UARY 8, 2026
0 9:00 a.m. —10:00 a.m. Multi Agency Communications Center (MACC) Meeting (R Jones)
• 12:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. Legislative Steering Committee (LSC) Meeting —Session Prep (R Jones)
• 1:30 p.m. — 3:00 p.m. Area Aging/Council of Governments Meeting (C Carter)
• 5:30 p.m. —9:00 p.m. Civil Air Patrol Annual Squadron Banquet (K Burgess)
FRI DAY, JAN UARY 9, 2026
• 11:30 a.m. —1:30 p.m. 61" Annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Luncheon (R Jones)
NOTE: ALL TIMES ARE ESTIMATES TO ASSIST IN SCHEDULING AND MAY BE CHANGED SUBJECT TO THE
BUSINESS OF THE DAY AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION. THE BOARD MAY ADD AND/OR DELETE AND TAKE
ANY ACTION ON ANY ITEM NOT INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE AGENDA. ANY SUBJECT PLACED ON THE AGENDA
REGARDLESS OF HOW THE MATTER IS STATED ON THE AGENDA, MAY BE ACTED UPON BY THE BOARD.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) ACCOMODATIONS PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.