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03/26/2020 MINUTES 1 <br /> COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON COMMISSIONERS CONFERENCE ROOM SPECIAL MEETING THURSDAY 10:00 A.M. MARCH 26, 2020 <br />Board members present: By phone: Chairman Brett Wachsmith; Vice- <br />Chairman Laura Osiadacz and Commissioner Cory Wright. <br /> Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Taylor Crouch, Deputy <br />Clerk of the Board I; Clay Myers, Sheriff; Susan Grindle, Executive <br />Director of HopeSource; John Raymond, HopeSource and Judy Pless, <br />Budget & Finance Director. <br /> SPECIAL MEETING PLANNING & UPDATES COVID-19 COMMISSIONERS <br />At 10:00 a.m. Chairman Wachsmith opened a Special Meeting to discuss <br />planning and updates relating to COVID-19. <br /> <br />The Board discussed temporarily assigning Department Heads to each <br />individual Commissioner. Chairman Wachsmith will be the liaison for <br />the Elected Officials. Commissioner Osiadacz will have CDS, Public <br />Works, Solid Waste, and Maintenance. Commissioner Wright will have <br />the Airport, Human Resources, IT, Event Center and Cooperative <br />Extension. The Public Health Department is part of the EOC so they <br />are currently reporting directly to Dr. Larson. Chairman Wachsmith <br />said he would send out an email to the Management Team to let them <br />know of the temporary assignments. He said he’s also send out an <br />email to all employees to let the know what the Board has been <br />working on in the interim. <br /> <br />Sheriff Myers explained how the daily briefings were to provide <br />information on day to day operations of the County and to keep the <br />Management Team informed and allow a time for questions. Since it’s <br />not a Board meeting, the Board decided to have Commissioner Osiadacz <br />be designated as the person to ask questions or make comments due to <br />OPMA. The Board discussed various items that should be looked at <br />soon, since there will be financial impacts to the budget. Other <br />items discussed was a possible hiring freeze, having each department <br />go through their budgets and provide reductions because no one will <br />be traveling or training in the near future. <br /> <br />Commissioner Osiadacz said she would draft letter a to the Governor <br />regarding construction and the differences between the local Public <br />Health Order and the Governor’s Order. Staff was asked to place the <br />item on the March 30, 2020 Office Administrative Meeting for Board <br />consideration. <br />