HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-04-01-minutes-planning-update-covid-1904/01/2020 MINUTES 1
COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON COMMISSIONERS CONFERENCE ROOM SPECIAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY 1:00 P.M. APRIL 1, 2020
Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith (via phone), Vice-
Chairman Laura Osiadacz (via phone) and Commissioner Cory Wright.
Others: Patti Johnson, Solid Waste Director/Interim Maintenance
Director/Project Manager; Lisa Young, Human Resources Director; and
the following via phone – Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mandy
Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Mark Cook, Public Works
Director/Interim Engineer; Stephanie Hartung, Deputy Prosecutor;
Neil Caulkins, Deputy Prosecutor; Jim Goeben, IT Director; and Kady
Porterfield, Event Center Director.
SPECIAL MEETING PLANNING UPDATE/COVID-19 COMMISSIONERS
At 1:00 p.m. Chairman Wachsmith opened a Special Meeting for the
Board to provide planning updates relating to COVID-19 and the
upcoming Agenda Session, Study Session and Public Hearings.
The Board discussed essential versus non-essential employees and
concerns expressed by local Unions and the recent the Department of
Labor’s additional rulemaking relating to the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act and the additional guidance to help
employers administer the new leave options available under FFCRA.
The Board asked Staff to obtain an opinion from Prosecutor Zempel as
well as Judy Pless, Budget & Finance Manager and report back to them
as soon as possible.
The following were still on the phone for the next item on the
Agenda: Chairman Brett Wachsmith; Vice-Chairman Laura Osiadacz;
Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of
the Board II; and Stephanie Hartung, Deputy Prosecutor.
Stephanie Hartung, Deputy Prosecutor, provided information on the
Governor’s recent Order and Proclamation relating to the Open Public
Meetings Act and the statutory requirements while considering social
distancing. Options included listing information to log in on Webex
to listen in only, or post a conference call number for call in, as
well as livestream the Agenda and only have the Chairman and Clerk
in attendance while the other two Commissioners call in to attend
the meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 1:39 p.m.
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KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON Julie Kjorsvik Brett Wachsmith, Chairman