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Kittitas County staff directed to prepare public hearing ahead of 1/10th mental health tax sunset review
Summary
Kittitas County Public Health staff were directed to compile data, solicit public comment and plan a Board of County Commissioners public meeting to review the scheduled sunset of the 1/10th of 1% Mental Health and Chemical Dependency tax.
Kasey Knutson reviewed preparations for the scheduled sunset of the 1/10th of 1% Mental Health and Chemical Dependency tax at the Kittitas County Public Health study session on July 23, 2025. The board asked staff to compile committee-requested data, solicit public comment and award-recipient comment, assemble contractual reporting and plan a public meeting for the Board of County Commissioners to address the sunset clause.
Commissioners asked staff to include concrete information in their packet: success stories from funded projects, details on recidivism-prevention efforts, counts of people served, descriptions of afterschool activities for children supported by the tax, and information on the use and success of cellphone pouches in schools. Chelsey Loeffers was asked to reach out to absent Commissioner Laura Osiadacz before the board proceeds further.
No formal vote was recorded on the item during the study session; staff were given direction to gather materials and schedule public outreach and a public hearing on the tax sunset. The transcript does not list a date for the hearing, the specific data sources staff should use, or the full list of award recipients to be consulted.
