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04.02.2024 Tues PM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
For $84,000, heartbeat detector and ankle bracelet monitors to help depleted jail staff deal with health crises; corrections officer training on the rise, Okanogan awaits graduates
Records Coordinator position to be reinstated, Deputy Board Clerk will apply
County administrator discussion revived
What to show in refreshed version of county website video
Regional director from Ecology forecasts 60% to 70% water availability, AH advocates meeting between Methow Watershed Council and Ecology, sediment study results awaited before dismantling Enloe Dam, Commissioner Hover asks about funds for water bank and Aeneas Lake irrigation district
Resigning Juvenile Court/Superior Court administrator to be replaced by two employees
Courtroom renovation discussed amid uncertainty over courtsʼ eventual location
Emergency manager must transfer hundreds of sandbags to new storage site