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2016-08-19 MINUTES 1 <br />COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />COMMISSIONER’S CONFERENCE ROOM <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br /> <br />FRIDAY 3:00 P.M. AUGUST 19, 2016 <br /> <br />Board members present: (by phone Chairman Obie O’Brien); Vice- <br />Chairman Paul Jewell; and Commissioner Laura Osiadacz. <br /> <br />Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board; Lisa Young, <br />Human Resource Director; Jim Goeben, IT Director & Andrew Drain, <br />Application Development Manager. <br /> <br />SPECIAL MEETING IT STAFFING COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />At 3:00 p.m. Vice-Chairman Jewell opened a Special Meeting to meet with <br />Staff from the County’s IT Department and consider a Staffing request. <br /> <br />Jim Goeben, IT Director explained that with his Web Developer position <br />being vacant they have quite a bit of savings. He stated that for the <br />past 3 months they have had an exceptional intern who he would like to <br />extend a temporary offer of employment so he can assist the department <br />during an extremely busy time. He explained that Calvin Lee is going to <br />be on an extended vacation and he would like to use the savings of the <br />Web Developer vacant position and offer a temporary position to Gabe <br />Dehaven, Intern for IT. He stated that Gabe has been working with Doug <br />Fessler, Network Administrator on the fiber project and has been a quick <br />learner and a great worker. Chairman O’Brien questioned if Mr. Dehaven <br />was capable of the Web Developer position. Mr. Goeben explained that <br />they hope to see during this temporary time frame but he feels he could <br />learn the position easily. <br /> <br />Commissioner Jewell stated that he was okay with a 90 day temporary <br />position and then re-visit at the end of 90 days. Lisa Young, HR <br />Director questioned what pay Mr. Goeben was proposing to offer. He <br />explained that it would be the current base pay of the Service Desk <br />Technician ($3,482.00). The Board signed the PAF as presented. <br /> <br />Jim Goeben & Andrew Drain – Left the meeting. <br /> <br />SPECIAL MEETING EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />At 3:14 p.m. Vice-Chairman Jewell 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