At a joint public hearing Sept. 18, the Kittitas County Board of Health and the Board of County Commissioners adopted resolutions approving an amended 2025 Kittitas County Public Health fee schedule that includes fees to allow the health department to accept passport applications. Adi Martinez, health promotion manager for Kittitas County Public Health, asked both bodies to approve the change so the department could begin accepting passport applications."Good morning. Adi Martinez, health promotion manager, and I'm just here to ask for the board of health and the board of county commissioners to approve and adopt the amended 2025 Kittitas County public health department fee schedule that includes the passport acceptance fees," Martinez said during the public hearing. The chair opened the hearing for public comment and recorded no speakers for the public comment period. A motion to adopt the Board of Health resolution (2025-003) was made and seconded; the board voice vote was recorded as "Aye" and the motion passed. The chair then moved to approve the companion Board of County Commissioners resolution (2025-170) adopting the amended fee schedule; that motion was seconded and also passed by voice vote. The boards did not receive any public testimony during the hearing. The adopted amendments are intended to permit the public health department to accept passport applications at its offices; the transcript shows staff presented the passport fee as an addition to the department's existing fee schedule. The hearing concluded and the boards returned to their regular agenda. No other changes to the fee schedule were discussed during this joint hearing segment.