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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON COMMISSIONERS CONFERENCE ROOM SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY 10:30 A.M. MARCH 31, 2020
Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith (via phone), Vice-
Chair Laura Osiadacz (via phone), and Commissioner Cory Wright.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Lisa Young, Human
Resources Director; and the following via phone: Jim Goeben, IT
Director; and Taylor Crouch, Deputy Clerk of the Board I.
RESOLUTION 2020-067 PERSONNEL POLICY AMENDMENTS HUMAN RESOURCES
Lisa Young, Human Resources Director reviewed a draft Resolution
referencing changes caused by the Department of Labor and Federal
Leave options.
Commissioner Wright moved to approve Resolution No. 2020-067,
Approving Emergency Temporary Amendments to the Kittitas County
Personnel Policy Relating to COVID-19. Commissioner Osiadacz
seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
AGREEMENT SERMO DIGITAL COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Wright said he would recuse himself from the Agreement
with Sermo Digital and left the meeting room.
Chairman Wachsmith and Commissioner Osiadacz said they thought the
scope of work with Sermo Digital was to be limited to the emergency
website development and updates. Chairman Wachsmith said he had
talked to Mr. Lundh of Sermo Digital and he questioned if he was
going to get paid for the work he’s already performed. The Board was
concerned with the amount of the retainer and how if it’s going to
be an ongoing website, the County should probably house it
internally rather than pay an outside vendor. The Board said they
were unclear what additional work Sermo Digital has been doing and
suggested a follow up conversation with Jim Goeben and Mr. Lundh.
Jim Goeben, IT Director said he has very little knowledge of the
exact projects that he’s been working on as IT has been very busy,
but thought Mr. Lundh had been working with Commissioner Wright. He
said they were going to create a process to streamline posting
content from agencies. Content is needed to be first approved by
Kasey Knutson and Lianne Bradshaw. Discussions were held on IT
possibly taking it on at a later time and Mr. Goeben said he would
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talk to his Staff about it. The website will be used for any future
emergencies as well.
Chairman Wachsmith moved to approve a Professional Services
Agreement between Kittitas County and Sermo Digital to develop a
public-facing website to serve as a central hub and information
aggregator for the COVID-19 emergency and curate website content and
keep the information up-to-date, effective March 20, 2020 through
April 30, 2020. Commissioner Osiadacz seconded. Motion carried 2-0.
The Budget Amendment for LTAC – Chamber Budget was removed from the
Agenda at the request of the LTAC Clerk Taylor Crouch.
Meeting adjourned at 10:57 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Brett Wachsmith, Chairman