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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - BOCCGRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA MEETING REQUEST FORM (Must be submitted to the Clerk of the Board by 12:00pm on Thursday) REQUESTING DEPARTMENT: BOCC REQUEST SUBMITTED BY: CEMANELL CONTACT PERSON ATTENDING ROUNDTABLE: CEMANELL CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: ❑YES 8 NO DATE: 8/2 1 /26 PHONE:X2931 • ❑Agreement / Contract ❑AP Vouchers ❑Appointment / Reappointment ❑ARPA Related ❑ Bids / RFPs / Quotes Award ❑ Bid Opening Scheduled ❑ Boards / Committees ❑ Budget ❑Computer Related ❑County Code ❑Emergency Purchase ❑Employee Rel. ❑ Facilities Related ❑ Financial ❑ Funds ❑ Hearing ❑ Invoices / Purchase Orders ❑ Grants — Fed/State/County ❑ Leases ❑ MOA / MOU ❑ Minutes ❑ Ordinances ❑ Out of State Travel ❑ Petty Cash ❑ Policies ❑ Proclamations ❑ Request for Purchase ❑ Resolution ❑ Recommendation ❑ Professional Serv/Consultant ❑ Support Letter ❑ Surplus Req. ❑Tax Levies ❑Thank You's ❑Tax Title Property ❑WSLCB 7 7507715 Commissioners' Minutes for the week of August 17, 2026 If necessary, was this document reviewed by accounting? ❑ YES ❑ NO ® N/A If necessary, was this document reviewed by legal? ❑ YES ❑ NO 0 N/A DATE OF ACTION: g 2� /-11 APPROVE: DENIED ABSTAIN D1: 6 D2: D3: DEFERRED OR CONTINUED TO: WITHDRAWN: 4/23/24 lqk AM X XV Grant County *� Board of Commissioners � ��jf� Meeting Minutes �q��r,,�;, Week of August 17, 2026 -August 23, 2026 ALL public meetings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 8:30 a.m. with Commissioners Burgess and Carter (via Zoom) in attendance. Commissioner Jones attended the Commissioners' Meeting via Zoom. 10:00a.m.-10:30a.m. Consent Agenda Review /Work Session Staff Present: Tom Gaines, County Administrator; Caitlin Manell, Clerk of the Board and Chelsey Sanford, Deputy Clerk of the Board The following Topics were presented and discussed during the Consent Agenda Review/Work Session: • Development Services NACo Symposium • Concerns about Gravel Chip Seal Projects • Staff Out of Office • "Parent to Parent" Meeting Request • Fair Opening Ceremony— Commissioner Attendance • Quincy Solar Energy Center Groundbreaking • Columbia Basin Development League Annual Conference • 2027 Budget Planning Meetings • LTAC Grant Applications Open • CDI Consent Agenda Process Consultation COMMISSIONER'S MEETING 10:30 a.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: • Robert Schiff ner -Request for Private Meeting Rooms for Attorneys and Their Clients o Request for Commissioners to Draft Letter to the ACLU o Discussion Topic on the 8/24/26 Agenda C. Approval of Agenda MOVED BY COMMISSIONER JONES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CARTER, TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. D. Board Correspondence • None E. Commissioner's Roundtable - Miscellaneous Discussion The following topics were presented and discussed during the Commissioner's Roundtable-Misc. Discussion: • Lip Reading Software • GR29 Ruling for Camera Installations 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 $192219317.88) COMMISSION ERS'OFFICE 2. Approve Commissioners' Minutes for the week of August 10, 2026 3. Approve Letter of Support for the Palouse River and Coulee City (PCC) Rail Line Freight Rail Assistance Program ("FRAP") grant application. 4. Approve affirmation of request to increase the debt limit of registered warrants for the Port of Mattawa to $1,000,000. This request was approved in 2024, and the Treasurer recommends proceeding with the increase. 5. Approve Reimbursement Request from CAD Homes LLC on the behalf of Grant County Animal Outreach on the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in the amount of $191,104.15. Page 2 of 4 BOCC Minutes Week of August 17, 2026 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 6. Approve Out of State Travel Request for Jim Anderson -Cook and Michelle Mercer to attend the 2026 NACo Rural Emergency Symposium in Amarillo, TX. Dates of travel are September 22 through September 25, 2026. Estimated cost $1,214. PUBLIC DEFENSE 7. Approve Professional Service Agreement with Attorney Jeremiah Jensen beginning August 20, 2026, through December 31, 2027, at a monthly rate of $12,500 to be available for 90% pro rata case Load in Superior Court. PUBLIC WORKS 8. Approve Resolution to amend CRP 21-04 to improve Valley Road Overlay with HMA surfacing, traffic control, etc., in the estimated amount of $62,500 for Preliminary Engineering and $625,000 for Construction. RENEW 9. Approved Out of State Travel Request for Brook Decubber and Sara Nelson to attend Behavioral Health Tech 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. Dates of travel are September 21 through September 24, 2026. Estimated cost $3,917.65 10. Approve Out of State Travel Request for Conne Guerrero and Elizabeth Martinez to attend the Manager Skills Workshop with Dr. Bryan Williams in Plano, Texas. Dates of travel are October 25 through October 27, 2026. Estimated cost $2,819.99 11. Approve Out of State Travel Request for Dale Weaver to attend the Manager Skills Workshop with Dr. Bryan Williams in Plano, Texas. Dates of travel are October 25 through October 27, 2026. Estimated cost $1,319.37. SHERIFF'S OFFICE 12. Approve Request to purchase new Smart DV - Digital Full Body Security Screening System in the amount of $237,249.66 (with sales tax included) to be paid out of Fund 112 Concessions. A budget extension hearing for this fund is scheduled on September 1, 2026 at 8:3 0 a.m. TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 13. Approve Request to purchase new Smart DV - Digital Full Body Security Screening System in the amount of $237,249.66 (with sales tax included) to be paid out of Fund 112 Concessions. A budget extension hearing for this fund is scheduled on September 1, 2026 at 8:3 0 a.m. Page 3 of 4 BOCC Minutes Week of August 17,2026 MOVED BY COMMISSIONER CARTER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JONES, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1 THROUGH 13 AS PRESENTED. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. G. Board Discussion/Decision Items 0 None I. Adjournment The Commissioner's Meeting adjourned at 11:19 a.m. The Monday, August 17, 2026 session was closed at 11:19 a.m. Meeting Minutes for the week of August 17, 2026 were approved this �7-s day of 2026. Attest: aitLin E. ManeLL, Clerk of the Board BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Grant County, Washington Kevin Burgess, J&fair Page 4 of 4 BOCC Minutes Week of August 17, 2026