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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: 0YES ®NO DATE. 9/18/2026 PH0NE:x2931 jou IME 'Mali I I I ElAgreement Contract ❑AP Vouchers DAppointment I Reappointment DARPA Related ❑ Bids / RFPs / Quotes Award ElBid Opening Scheduled 0 Boards / Committees r-1 Budget OComputer Related DCounty Code DEmergency Purchase D Employee Rel. ❑ Facilities Related El Financial ElFunds 01-learing El Invoices / Purchase Orders FlGrants — Fed/State/County ❑Leases 0MOA/MOU ®Minutes FlOrdinances ❑Out of State Travel 0 Petty Cash F1 Policies F-1 Proclamations El Request for Purchase FIResolution El Recommendation MProfessional Serv/Consultant EJ Support Letter OSurplus Req. DTax Levies DThank You's FITax Title Property OWSLCB SIJGGESTW�., TOR---AGENI W RDtNG, --- --------- W - - - - - - ------------ Commissioners' Minutes for the week of September 14, 2026. If necessary, was this document reviewed by accounting? 0 YES 0 NO R N/A If necessary, was this document reviewed by legal? F-1 YES 0 NO ® N/A DATE OF ACTION: % 2;4 121�e APPROVE: DENIED ABSTAIN to F D1: D2: D3: DEFERRED OR CONTINUED TO: WITHDRAWN: 4/23/24 CO \ Grant County f Board of Commissioners A _40��% Meeting Minutes _ql77 Week of September 14, 2026 - September 20, 2026 All public meetings were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 9:30 a.m. with Commissioners Burgess and Jones in attendance. Commissioner Carter was out and excused for the week. 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. County Administrator Update (Cancelled Due to Lack of Quorum) 9:30 a.m. -10:00 a.m. Development Services Update Staff Present: Jim Anderson -Cook (via Zoom), Director The following Topics were presented and discussed during the Development Services Update: • Meeting with Consultants re: Ongoing Planning Efforts • Upcoming Travel - NACo Energy Summit • Meetings this Week o Comprehensive Plan Updates, Resource Planning, Ag Analysis 10:00 a.m. -10:15 a.m. Assessor's Office Update (Cancelled) 10:15 a.m. -10:30 a.m. Clerk's Office Update Staff Present: Kim Allen, County Clerk The following Topics were presented and discussed during the Clerk's Office Update: • New Employees' Progress • Court User Concerns • Cancelled Updates 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. District Court Update Staff Present: Kristen Arizemndi, Court Administrator The following Topics were presented and discussed during the District Court Update: • Electronic Document Processes, Repository Structure • Movement of Documents between Repositories • Staffing Update 10:45a.m.-11:00a.m. Commissioner Work Session Staff Present: Caitlin Manell, Clerk of the Board and Chelsey Sanford, Deputy Clerk of the Board The following Topics were presented and discussed during the Commissioner Work Session: • LEAD Summit Registrations • Coulee City Artist Recognition -Consent • WCRG Retreat Attendance • Treasurer Office Staff Meeting (9/21) • Upcoming Public Hearings o Viewmont Drive (9/29 at 11:30 a.m.) 0 1 /1 Oth of 1 % (12/8 at 11:30 a.m.) o Royal Slope Solar Development Agreement (10/19 at 11:30 a.m.) • Budget Notice Sent, Budget Meeting Schedules • Housing WA Conference -Commissioner Attendance • Commissioner Schedules This Week The Monday, September 14, 2026 session was closed at 10:58 a.m. SESSION CONTINUATION The session was re -opened on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. with Commissioners Burgess and Jones in attendance. Commissioner Carter was out and excused for the week. 10:00a.m.-10:30a.m. Consent Agenda Review/Work Session Staff Present: Caitlin E. ManeR, Clerk of the Board; SuhaR PaLacios, Juvenile Court Administrator; Anthony Garcia, Veteran Services and Bruce Davis, Veterans Advisory Board Page 2 of 7 BOCC Minutes Week of September 14, 2026 The following Topics were presented and discussed during the Consent Agenda Review/Work Session: • Items to be moved to Board Discussion/Decisions o Walk -On Requests: Commissioners' Office o Letters of Support • Veterans Advisory Board Comment Letters and Statement 10:30 a.m. —11:00 a.m. Prosecuting Attorney's Office Update Staff Present: Trevor Bevier and Barbara Duerbeck, Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys; SuhaiL PaLacios, Juvenile Court Administrator The following Topics were presented and discussed during the Prosecuting Attorney's Office Update: • Contract Review List • Signature Authority, Liability of Contract Signer o Board Intend to Sign Agreement • Avista Franchise Agreement COMMISSIONER'S MEETING 11:00a.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 JONES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BURGESS, TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO WALK-ON ITEMS, AS PRESENTED. MOTION PASSED WITH TWO COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE. D. Board Correspondence • Quincy Camping Concern: Follow -Up with Public Works • Vantage Highway Landslide Location • Request for Meeting w/ Planning— History of Request • Employee Appreciation Barbeque Planning • Tourism Marketing Coordinator Application Period Page 3 of 7 BOCC Minutes Week of September 14, 2026 E. Commissioner's Roundtable - Miscellaneous Discussion The following topics were presented and discussed during the Commissioner's Roundtable - Misc. Discussion: • NACo Legislative Conference -Washington D.C., Commissioner Attendance o Additional Conference Attendance, 2027 • Budget Meetings- Public Comment Evening Meetings Only 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 $6639648.66) COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE 2. Approve Commissioners' Minutes for the week of September 7, 2026. 3. Held from the 917126 Consent - Approve Letter of Support for the HopeSource Lakeview Apartments Housing project, Certification of Consistency with the Grant County Five -Year Plan to End Homelessness and Letter of Consistency with the Grant County Comprehensive Plan. (Denied) 4. Held from the 917126 Consent - Approve Letter of Support for the proposed Residential Treatment and Withdrawal Management Facility, Holman Recovery Center (HRC), in Moses Lake, WA. (Denied) 5. Approve Resolution No. 26-071 -CC Amending the Header of Title 6 of the Grant County Code to align with current Law. 6. Approve Invoices from the Tourism Advisory Committee for Social Media Management Services and Travel Planner Distribution in the amount of $9,365 to be paid from Fund 114 (Tourist Advertising). 7. Approve Reimbursement Request from Port District 8 Warden on the Strategic Infrastructure Program (SIP) No. 2024-02 & 2024-06, Truck Access/Bypass Project in the amount of $190,173. This will pay the Port District's portion of the total matching funds, per their agreement with Washington State Department of Transportation (WS D OT) . Page 4 of 7 BOCC Minutes Week of September 14, 2026 CENTRAL SERVICES Approve Construction Contingency Use Authorization Number 5 from Lydig Construction in the amount of $160,620 paid with Contractor Contingency funds for the Grant County Jail and Law & Justice Center Project. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 9. Approve Spill Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Equipment Grant Agreement with the State of Washington Department of Ecology and Grant County Emergency Management. Grant Amount is for $142,000 agreement No. SPPREG-2527- GCoEmM-00077 from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. JUVENILE COURT &YOUTH SERVICES 10. Approve Resolution No. 26-072-CC and request for Suhail, PaLacios, Juvenile Court Administrator, to DocuSign Interagency Agreement AOC3580 for Language Access and Interpreter Reimbursement program. Term is July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. 11. Approve request for So-k-m' JU11C11% A A mft; P%: io+ wo r%U11111110LICI Kevin Burgess, Chair, to DocuSign Federal General Grant No. F23-31219-607 with Washington State Department of Commerce, Office of Crimes Victims Advocacy Community Services Division, specifically for Victims of Child Abuse and Neglect (VCAN). Term of contract is July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028 in the amount of $97, 000. 12. Approve request for 11L1MC-w &'"%0%JU1-E MU11111110LIOLUN , Kevin Burgess, Chair, to DocuSign Amended. Contract No. 26-31219-064 with the Washinton State Department of Commerce, Office of Victims Advocacy, specificaLLy for the Crimes Victim Service Center (CVSC) Comprehensive Service Grant. Term of contract July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, with anew contract amount of $4101000. NEW HOPE 13. Approve Resolution No. 26-073-CC and request for Kim Pope, Director, to Federal Interagency Agreement, Contract 27-31310- 165 with the Washington State Department of Commerce, Office of Crime Victims Advocacy for the Core and Specialized Sexual Assault Service SFY 2027 in the amount of $331,650 for the July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 grant cycle. PUBLIC WORKS 14. Approve Resolution No..26-074-CC Notice of Hearing to Rescind, Resolution 06-139-CC, address reopening Viewmont Drive, and remove the gate as shown on Exhibit A. Hearing is scheduled for September 29, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. Page 5 of 7 BOCC Minutes Week of September 14, 2026 SHERIFF'S OFFICE 15. Approve ID Application and Subscriber Agreement between Interactive Data, LLC and the Sheriff's Office, to change web service company from Trans Union TLOxp to iDiCore, at the monthly minimum rate of $75 per month. IDiCore subscription services are used to search public records and other data sources, with a Lower monthly subscription cost than Trans Union TLOxp. This is an annually budgeted item. 16. Approve Out of State Travel Request for Marine Deputy James Mitchell to attend the Investigation and Analysis of Boating Incidents training in Boise, ID, offered by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA). Dates of travel are September 20 through September 25, 2026. Estimated cost is $1,700, cost to attend the training is free. VETERAN SERVICES 17. Held from the 8125126 Consent - Approve Recommendation to Deny Application for appointment to the Veterans Advisory Board. 18. Approve Agreement between Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) and Grant County Veteran Services Contract No. 305V-26-082 to host a Vet Corps AmeriCorps member. The Vet Corps member will assist Grant County Veteran Services by delivering workshops and conducting outreach to impacted veterans. The County's participation fee is $4,500. Service term is September 16, 2026, through August 31, 2027. MOVED BY COMMISSIONER JONES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BURGESS, TO APPROVE ITEMS 1 and 2, DENY 3 and 4 BY REQUEST OF CITIES OF LOCATION, APPROVE ITEMS 5 THROUGH .10 AS PRESENTED, AMEND 11 and 12 TO CHANGE SIGNER TO THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, and APPROVE 13 THROUGH 18 AS PRESENTED. MOTION PASSED WITH TWO COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE. G. Board Discussion/Decision Items * Walk -On Items: • Commissioners' Office Letter of Support for the Grant Transit Authority (GTA) application for funding through the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) 2027-2029 Consolidated Grant Program. • Commissioners' Office Letter of Support to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for the Grant Transit Authority (GTA) Federal Transit Administration Grants, 5339(b) Bus & Bus Facilities Grant Program application. MOVED BY COMMISSIONER JONES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BURGESS, TO APPROVE THE TWO WALK-ON ITEMS AS PRESENTED. MOTION PASSED WITH TWO COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE, Page 6 of 7 BOCC Minutes Week of September 14, 2026 I. Adjournment The Commissioner's Meeting adjourned at 11:27 a.m. 11:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Washington Counties Risk Group (WCRG) Insurance Update Staff Present: Shane Heston, Acrisure; Tom Gaines, County Administrator The following Topics were presented and reviewed during the WCRG Insurance Update: • Claims Report Review • Renewal Estimates, Excess Policy Update • State of County Insurance Policies • Grant County Loss Run Policy - Open Claims ® Wrongful Termination Claims • WCRG Board Retreat The Tuesday, September 15, 2026 session was closed at 11:42 a.m. Meeting Minutes for the week of September 14, 2026 were approved this 4day of f , 2026. Attest: \'*'taitlin E. Manell, Clerk of the Board BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Grant County, Washington Kevin Burges , Chair Page 7 of 7 BOCC Minutes Week of September 14, 2026