Kittitas County approves resolution to expand duties of short-term rental committee

Kittitas County commissioners approved a resolution to expand the duties of the Kittitas County Short Term Rental Committee during a CVS study session. The resolution, identified in the meeting as Resolution No. 2025-S-93, directs the committee to develop draft regulations for short-term rentals to proceed through the county planning process.

Jeremy Johnson, with CVS, said the updated resolution would charge the short-term rental committee with developing draft regulations that would then go through the planning commission process and return to the commissioners. Johnson moved to approve the resolution; CS Director Chad Veil seconded the motion. Recorded "aye" votes in the meeting transcript were Jeremy Johnson and one commissioner (unnamed). Following those votes, the chair said, "Motion passes."

The resolution expands the committee's role from advisory discussion to producing draft regulatory language intended for formal review by the planning commission and subsequent consideration by the commissioners. The meeting record does not specify further details of the regulations to be drafted, timelines for the committee's work beyond the procedural next steps, or whether additional staff resources will be assigned.

No public comment was recorded for this item during the session.

The commissioners gave no further direction on revisions to the draft regulations during this meeting; the record reflects approval of the resolution to expand the committee's duties and the intention that any draft regulations will move through the planning commission process before returning to the board.