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Public works asks commissioners to authorize enabling documents for COG executive director and Chamber funding
Summary
Kittitas County public works told commissioners a COG executive-director position (up to $300,000 one-time/startup) and a $211,200 annual Chamber contract meet 0.09 fund criteria and asked the board to direct staff to prepare enabling contract documents.
Kittitas County Public Works presented a plan to use 0.09 distressed county sales-and-use-tax funds to seed two economic-development items: up to $300,000 to establish and onboard an executive director for the Conference of Governments (COG) and $211,200 to continue an annual contract with the Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce.
"These are the distressed county sales and use tax funds," Public Works project lead Josh Preverson told the board, saying the COG had discussed a not-to-exceed $300,000 amount to cover salary, benefits, recruiting and initial office…
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