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01/13/2021 MINUTES 1 <br />COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />WEBEX <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br /> <br />WEDNESDAY 3:30 P.M. JANUARY 13, 2021 <br /> <br /> <br />Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith, Vice-Chair Laura <br />Osiadacz and Commissioner Cory Wright. <br /> <br />Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Lisa Young, <br />Human Resources Director; Judy Pless, Budget and Finance Director; <br />Clay Myers, Sheriff; Dan Carlson, CDS Director; Mark Cook, Public <br />Works Director; Mike Flory, Building Official; Christopher Horner, <br />DPA III; Doug Mitchell, DPA III; Chris Whitsett, Inspector; Taylor <br />Crouch, Deputy Clerk of the Board I and 4 members of the public. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION ADMIN LEAVE COVID – 19 QUESTIONS COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />Sheriff Myers asked the Board for input on using Paid Admin Leave, <br />for COVID-19 as they use Paid Admin Leave for different reasons not <br />just discipline. They used it prior to the federal funding coming <br />available, so now that the leave is gone, they planned to return to <br />that practice. He reviewed scenarios where it would be used <br />currently and stated that in his opinion there is not a budget <br />impact by doing this. Lisa Young, HR Director reviewed the policy <br />and stated its their opinion that an employee’s sick leave should be <br />used as it would for any other illness, as it’s a benefit the County <br />offers to it’s employee’s. She stated that one option would be to <br />create a bank that employees could donate to for folks to use for <br />COVID-19 specific leave if an employee is out of sick leave, but we <br />can’t be spreading whatever a sick employee has. There are other <br />options to use including comp-time, vacation leave or even FMLA if <br />it’s a significantly long term illness. There was discussion over <br />policy amendments that could be made or that are in existence. <br />Inspector Whitsett stated that they also have situations where folks <br />are asymptomatic but have tested positive and he doesn’t want to <br />discourage them from being forthright about symptoms and testing, <br />even when they feel ok. There was discussion on the risk to County <br />employees working around employees who are asymptomatic or have <br />minimal symptoms. The Board asked Lisa Young, HR Director, Judy <br />Pless, Budget and Finance Manager, Clay Myers, Sheriff and their <br />attorney’s to work through this and come back to meet with the Board <br />on 1/21/2021 at 9:00 a.m. and present options for the Board to <br />consider. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION UPPER COUNTY TRUCK TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS <br />