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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />EC STUDY SESSION MINUTES <br />BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM, 205 WEST 5TH ROOM 108 - ELLENSBURG <br />Regular Meeting <br />MONDAY 1 10:00 AM March 27, 2023 <br />Board members present: Chairman Cory Wright, Commissioner Laura Osiadacz <br />Others: Kady Porterfield, CFE (Event Center Director) <br />The meeting was called to order at 10:02am. <br />Citizen Comments: none. <br />General Event and Rental Updates: Things are going well, and the crew is keeping up with the <br />schedule. Minimal issues with construction conflict and everyone has made the best of the <br />situation. Bloom will be shut down for remaining construction at the end of this week until Jr. <br />Horse Fair in August. <br />Staff and Seasonal Hire Updates: Still missing both our Event Operations Aides, but we have <br />two seasonal positions starting next week that will help with the event load so the maintenance <br />team can focus on projects. <br />Approval of Returning Fair Worker Wages Proposal: Kady presented the Staff Report <br />(attached) with the explanation and analysis completed by herself, Jeanne Kilgore (HR), and <br />Andrew Yoder (Auditor's Office). Andrew created a spreadsheet to help calculate the budget <br />impact. Chairman Wright asked how many people have returned more than three years in a row. <br />Kady shared that there is a handful in tickets and parking departments that have been around <br />quite a while, but still a lot of turnovers with certain areas in those departments as well as in the <br />custodial positions. Everyone at the meeting agreed that the reward gained by creating an <br />incentive for returning workers was worth the minimal budget impact shown in the report, so the <br />proposal is approved. <br />Self -Promoted Events Business: <br />Fair Board Updates — The Fair Board has requested an extension to continue working on <br />their bylaws revisions. They will return their revisions to the BOCC for review after their April <br />meeting. Extension request was approved. Kady also shared the resolutions that will be presented <br />in the future with an increase in bedding fees as well as a new fair promotion on Friday of Fair. <br />There will be two other resolutions regarding credit card processing and ticketing fees as well. <br />Chairman Wright asked Kady to check with Stephanie Hartung on the state law and alignment of <br />2023-03-27 MINUTES 1 <br />