Expiring Positions and Annual Election

The KCCD has two expiring positions on our Board of Supervisors. The Board is made up of 5 Supervisors. Three are elected locally and 2 are appointed by the Washington State Conservation Commission. One expiring position is currently held by Mark Moore and is an elected position. The second is held by Dale Dyk and is an appointed position. Read on to learn how you can be considered for these positions or how you can vote in the KCCD election.

Elected Position


Individuals interested in the elected position must complete a candidate information form and submit it to the KCCD office by 4:30PM on January 11, 2010. If a candidate wishes for their name to be pre-printed on the ballot, they must also submit a nominating petition with signatures from at least 25 registered voters residing within the KCCD boundaries by 4:30PM on January 11, 2010. If a valid candidate information form is submitted, but a nominating petition is not, the candidate will be considered a "declared write-in" and their name will not be pre-printed on the ballots. Both the candidate information form and the nominating petition can be downloaded from the KCCD website at (http://kccd.net/). The links are on the right hand side of the page.


The Board of Supervisors conducts an annual election to fill the elected positions. The 2010 election is scheduled for February 9, 2009. There are two ways that voters can participate. First is to vote in person at one of the two polling stations (Council Chambers at City Hall 119 W First, Cle Elum or KCCD office at 607 E Mountain View in Ellensburg) from 10AM to 2PM on February 9th. The second is to request a mail-in ballot. Ballots must be requested by 4:30 on February 2nd. They will be mailed February 3rd and must be returned to the KCCD office by 4:30PM on February 9th. Please note that postmarking the ballot by the 9th will not be sufficient- the ballot must be received in the office by 4:30PM. Ballot requests can be made by phone (925-8585 ext. 4), by mail (607 e Mountain View Ave, Ellensburg 98926), or by e-mail.

Polling officers counting ballots in the 2009 Election at the Cle Elum polling station.

Appointed Position

Individuals interested in applying for the appointed position need to complete an application form. That form must be submitted directly to the Washington State Conservation Commission by the close of business on March 31, 2010. The application form is available on the KCCD website at http://kccd.net/.



If you have any questions regarding the expiring positions or the 2010 Election, please contact Anna or Sara at 925-8585 ext. 4. For more information on elections see the KCCD webpage at http://kccd.net/Meet_The_People/Board_Elections.html


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Cold Weather

The cold weather is affecting the Manastash Creek projects. At Barnes Road, progress continues. Another wall pour was completed last week. With the cold weather, the contractor worked to cover and heat the concrete so it will cure properly.

Wall No. 3 at Barnes Road was poured last Friday.

The newly poured wall is covered and heated. The exposed walls were poured a few weeks ago. They are the walls for the fish ladder.

At the MWDA/Consolidated diversion, the single digit and sub zero weather caused icing problems, affected the contractors equipment and generally slowed work. For these reasons, and because of delays with temporary power, the project is now 3 weeks behind schedule. The good news is that temporary power is now available making the pumping for dewatering easier. The contractor has proposed an aggressive new concrete pour schedule and will be working hard to make up time in the schedule. We'll all keep our fingers crossed for better weather!

Manastash Creek and the diversion work site has accumulated more ice every day during this cold spell making work difficult for the contractor.

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Barnes Road Progress

The Manastash Creek fish screen projects continue to move forward. The Barnes Road facility involves several pours. So far, the slabs that are the bottom of the structure have been poured, along with two walls forming the lower portion of the fish ladder. We are hopeful that the pours will be complete before the end of the year and the work into January and February will be the installation of the fish screen panels and the screen's air burst cleaning system.

Excavation for the screen facility at the MWDA/Consolidated Diversion has begun. The first pour at that site is not expected for another week or two.

Barnes Road fish screen/passage facility with two major walls completed and the floor slabs completed.

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