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Kittitas County commissioners approve routine contracts, materials awards and a $24,000 mental‑health consulting agreement
Summary
At their March 3 meeting the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of consent‑agenda items including signature authority for a Cayenta managed‑services contract, a $24,000 agreement with Robin H. Read Consulting for a mental‑health and homelessness plan, multiple Public Works material awards, and a $212,200 Distressed County sales‑and‑use‑tax agreement with the county chamber.
The Kittitas County Board of Commissioners met March 3, 2026, and approved a package of routine contracts, procurement awards and resolutions, including a $24,000 professional services agreement to develop a two‑year strategic plan for mental health and substance use disorder prevention and an action plan on homelessness and affordable housing.
Chairman Wright called the session to order at 10:00 a.m.; Vice‑Chairman Wachsmith moved to approve the agenda and the consent agenda, and the board carried those motions 2‑0. The minutes record no public comments, administrative matters, or executive‑session action at the meeting.
Among the consent items the board authorized the County Auditor to sign a Cayenta Managed Services contract covering county financial system services and approved several resolutions under the Treasurer and Assessor offices, including Resolution No. 2026‑040 and Resolution No. 2026‑041 to cancel uncollectible mobile‑home and personal‑property taxes pursuant to RCW 84.56.240, and Resolution No. 2026‑042 to update application fees for current‑use classification of farm, agricultural and designated forest lands.
The board also approved a professional services agreement with Robin H. Read Consulting for $24,000 to prepare a two‑year strategic plan for mental‑health and substance‑use‑disorder prevention, an action plan addressing homelessness and affordable housing, and an updated biennial plan for the county’s Developmental Disabilities Advisory Committee; the agreement includes a March 31 deliverable date listed in the minutes.
Facilities and construction items approved on the consent agenda include signature authority for Change Order 7 (and a second listed change order) with Belsaas & Smith Construction, Inc., for the jail facilities renovation project. The board approved multiple Public Works procurement resolutions for calendar year 2026: Resolution No. 2026‑044 awarding liquid asphalt to Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions; Resolution No. 2026‑045 awarding crack‑sealant materials to SealMaster Washington; Resolution No. 2026‑046 awarding asphalt materials to Granite Construction Company and Interstate Concrete and Asphalt; and Resolution No. 2026‑047 awarding maintenance rock to Ellensburg Cement (Schedules A–C). The Public Works Director was authorized to sign related contract documents.
The board authorized the Chair to sign documents for a Local Agency Federal Aid Project for corridor improvements (CRP 323‑26) under Resolution No. 2026‑048 and approved Resolution No. 2026‑050 authorizing the Public Works Director to submit a Washington State Department of Transportation airport aid application for Bowers Field improvements.
The board approved Resolution No. 2026‑049 to allocate $212,200 in Distressed County Sales and Use Tax funds to an infrastructure improvement program agreement with the Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce, effective Jan. 1, 2026.
The minutes record the consent agenda approval and individual resolutions as carried as part of the consent items; specific roll‑call tallies are recorded as 2‑0 for the agenda and consent motions. The meeting adjourned at 10:13 a.m.
Votes at a glance: Vice‑Chairman Wachsmith moved and Chairman Wright seconded the motions recorded in the minutes; the agenda approval and the consent agenda were recorded as carried 2‑0. Items listed on the consent agenda — including Resolutions 2026‑040 through 2026‑050, the Cayenta contract signature authorization, change orders for the jail renovation, and the Robin H. Read Consulting agreement — are shown as approved on the consent agenda.
