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10/17/2016 MINUTES 1 COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON COMMISSIONERS CONFERENCE ROOM REGULAR MEETING MONDAY 9:40 A.M. OCTOBER 17, 2016 Board members present: Chairman Obie O’Brien; Vice-Chairman Paul Jewell & Commissioner Laura Osiadacz. Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board; Greg Zempel, Prosecutor & Lisa Young, HR Director. REGULAR MEETING DEPARTMENT HEAD PROSECUTOR At 10:15 a.m. Greg Zempel followed up from a Department Head Meeting from 9/19/2016, where his department requested to hire a temporary Receptionist due to their current one being out for a potentially extended period of time due to health issues. Commissioner Jewell recalled the conversation and explained that the Board left off with needing to know where the funding was coming from and/or when they had previously authorized funding for an additional position. He stated that to his knowledge that information has not been provided. Greg Zempel, Prosecutor explained that the position is very important and they have been down a few positions for quite some time. He questioned using some of the funds from the salary survey being allocated for his department to fund the Receptionist position. The Board felt there is still a lot of confusion over the lack of details on the position. Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board offered to go back and look again for any minutes of Board meetings to see if they could shed some light on the topic, however she stated that after the last meeting the Board directed Staff to look at the minutes and she was not able to find anything with regard to this topic. Lisa Young, HR Director stated that she would look back on her minutes as well as work with Judy Pless, Budget & Finance Manager and Robin Raap, Administrative Assistant to see if they can get the history of this position figured out and would report back. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m. KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS