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2020-07-30 MINUTES 1 <br />COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />WEBEX MEETING <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br /> <br />THURSDAY 9:00 A.M JULY 30, 2020 <br /> <br />Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith; Vice-Chairman Laura <br />Osiadacz and Commissioner Cory Wright (all via Webex). <br /> <br />Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Julie <br />Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Taylor Crouch, Deputy Clerk of the <br />Board I; Lisa Young, HR Director; Jim Goeben, IT Director; Benjamin <br />West, Airport Director (all via Webex). <br /> <br />SPECIAL MEETING AIRPORT/IT STAFFING REQUESTS COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />At 9:00 a.m. Chairman Wachsmith opened a Special Meeting to consider <br />staffing requests from Airport Director West and IT Director Goeben. <br /> <br />Benjamin West, Airport Director and Lisa Young, HR Director <br />reviewed documents previously submitted to the Board that entailed a <br />Job Description for the Airport Coordinator, Job Title with pay <br />scale spreadsheets for comp’s and budget figures including salaries <br />and benefits. Mr. West explained that he needs help as the <br />maintenance is more than he can manage alone. He stated that he has <br />Committee Meetings, maintenance, day to day office duties such as <br />vouchers, filing, phones and the fact that he has to be available <br />24/7 makes it hard for him to do it all. <br /> <br />The Board was in agreement that Mr. West needed a support position <br />and noted that since it was budgeted for they were comfortable with <br />approving option one, as presented. <br /> <br />SPECIAL MEETING EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />At 9:12 a.m. Chairman Wachsmith announced the Board would recess <br />into an Executive Session for 15 minutes to evaluate the <br />qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to review <br />the performance of a public employee. However, subject to RCW <br />42.30.140 (4), discussion by a governing body of salaries, wages, <br />and other conditions of employment to be generally applied within <br />the agency shall occur in a meeting open to the public, and when a <br />governing body elects to take final action hiring, setting the <br />salary of an individual employee or class of employees, or <br />discharging or disciplining an employee, that action shall be taken <br />in a meeting open to the public. Action was anticipated. <br /> <br />At 9:27 a.m. the Board reconvened out of Executive Session. No <br />action was taken.