Votes at a glance: Okanogan County moves on zoning, waivers, budget and routine business
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Summary
Commissioners voted to adopt ordinance 2024-5 and Resolution 192-2024, approved fee waivers for veterans services at the Agriplex, authorized a small supplemental appropriation for the Mazama Water Quality Fund and approved consent-voucher batches and an interlocal inspection agreement.
The Okanogan County Board of Commissioners recorded the following formal outcomes during the meeting:
- Ordinance 2024-5 (zoning code Chapter 17, water-availability codification and definitions for special uses): Motion to adopt carried. Board directed staff to address a definition change and spelling review before publication. (See ordinance adoption.)
- Resolution 192-2024: Adopted. The resolution affirms the board’s commitment to revisit a set of zoning items — including potential subarea planning, conditional-use standards, and other enumerated topics — through an extended public process.
- Agriplex fee waiver for OCCAC (veterans outreach): Motion carried to allow use of the Agriplex and annex at no charge for veterans outreach and services; user to cover propane/heating costs. Chair authorized to sign fee-waiver paperwork.
- Budget supplemental appropriation (Mazama Water Quality Fund): Motion carried to move $2,550 from the ending fund balance to professional services (to cover an invoice received after last fiscal year cutoff).
- Procurement and maintenance: Motion carried to accept Tenascan Interiors’ quote of $45,013.10 for carpet replacement in the prosecutor’s office; maintenance staff noted prevailing wage and a $13 difference over budget.
- Consent agenda, vouchers and interlocal agreement: Board approved special batch vouchers ($34,426.78), general vouchers ($1,387,809.55), a payment to Community Action Council ($2,415.96), and an interlocal agreement with the City of Oakville for building inspection services.
Votes were recorded by voice; in most cases the board adopted motions by unanimous ayes. Where specific roll-call names were not read into the record, outcomes are recorded as the motion carried by voice vote.