HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes-2017-204 SalariesBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION
NO.: 2017-do+
IN THE MATTER OF SETTING SALARIES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
(Excluding BOCC and Judges)
,
WHEREAS: The Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners believes the salaries of elected
officials should be subject to periodic public review; and
WHEREAS: At the time the 2018 Kittitas County budget was adopted on December 8,2017, the
Board reserved the fixing and authorizing of increases in the amounts budgeted for the salaries of
elected officials; and
WHEREAS: At the time the 2018 Kittitas County budget was required to be adopted, the BOCC
had not yet finalized the establishment of the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Salaries for Elected
Officials; and
WHEREAS: The Constitution of the State of Washington prohibits the salary of an elected
official being diminished during the course of their existing term; and
WHEREAS: The State of Washington establishes, in consultation with the Citizen's Commission
on Salaries for Elected Officials, the salaries of Superior Court Judges, and Kittitas County Policy
establishes District Court Judges salaries based on Superior Court Judges' salaries; and
WHEREAS: The salaries for County Commissioner -Districts 1 & 2 were set prior to the filing
period for said offices in 2016, and the salaries for Assessor, Auditor, Clerk, Coroner, Treasurer,
Prosecutor, and Sheriff must now be set for 2018;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners hereby adopts
the following:
Section 1: All prior resolutions insofar as they are inconsistent herewith are repealed .
Section 2: The salaries of Kittitas County's elected officials will be as follows :
j!osftio:n ]2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
County Assessor $5,688 $5,859 $6,035 $6,186 rBO** rBO***
County Auditor $5,688 $5,859 $6,035 $6,186 rBO** rBO***
County Clerk $5,688 $5,859 $6,035 $6,186 rBO** rBO*** -County Coroner $5,688 $5,859 $6,035 $6,186 rBO** rBO***
County Treasurer $5,688 $5,859 $6,035 $6,186 rBO** rBO***
County Prosecutor* $10,874.62 $11,011.10 $11,151.67 $11,272.33 rBO** rBO***
County Sheriff $7,386 $7,608 $7,836 $8,032 rBO** rBO***
County Commissioner 1 $5,919 $6,067 $6,219 $6,374 I $6,565 I $6,762
County Commissioner 2 $5,919 $6,067 I $6,219 I $6,374 I $6,565 1 $6,762
County Commissioner 3 $5,919 $6,067 I $6,219 I $6,374 I rBO** I rBO**
Items to note:
Information in bold reflects changes made per this Resolution.
Information in italics indicates data beyond the current term.
* Effective September 1, 2013 the State increased its portion of the Prosecutor wage per SSB 6297
from $6,201.33 to $6,325.38. The increase for 2018 is applied to the County's portion of the salary
only (previously $4,826.29, now $4,946.95).
**To Be Determined -Prior to the first full week of May 2018, the salary for County Assessor,
Auditor, Clerk, Coroner, Treasurer, Prosecutor, Sheriff, and County Commissioner 3 will be
determined by the Board of County Commissioners, in consultation with the Citizens' Committee on
Elected Official Salaries, Human Resources, and the Management Team, for the term commencing
January 1, 2019.
***To Be Determined -If not already set prior to the first full week of May 2018, the 2020 salary
for County Assessor, Auditor, Clerk, Coroner, Treasurer, Prosecutor, and Sheriff will be determined
by the Board of County Commissioners, in consultation with the Citizens' Committee on Elected
Official Salaries, Human Resources, and the Management Team, no later than December 31, 2018.
Section 3: The salaries of the Superior and District Court Judges are set by the Washington
State Salary Commission and will be reviewed and adjusted as necessary to comply with State Law
and the Policies and Ordinances of Kittitas County.
Section 4:
2018.
The salary increases set forth in this Resolution shall be effective as of January 1,
ADOPTED this 19th day of December, 2017 .
ATTEST: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
U , WASHINGTON
ABSENT
Obie O'Brien, Commissioner