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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS CONFERENCE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 2:30 P.M. JANUARY 7, 2020
Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith; Vice-Chairman Laura
Osiadacz; and Commissioner Cory Wright.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Patti Johnson, Solid
Waste Director/Project Manager/Interim Maintenance Director; Tristen
Lamb, Public Health Administrator; and Amy Cziske, Treasurer.
SPECIAL MEETING WAGE SURVEY/MAINTENANCE STAFFING HUMAN RESOURCES
At 2:30 p.m. Chairman Wachsmith opened a Special Meeting to discuss
the recent wage survey and staffing in the Maintenance Department.
Patti Johnson, Solid Waste Director/Project Manager/Interim
Maintenance Director, explained how they were losing their Tech. 1
employee to the Event Center and she wanted to get direction from
the Board on how they’d like to proceed moving forward with the
Maintenance Department. She reviewed examples of various ways and
positions to re-organize the Maintenance Department and the impacts
to the budget. Some positions discussed were an Assistant Director;
a Lead position; and a blended position of Solid Waste
Director/Maintenance Director. Another option to consider was to
have a few hours dedicated to administration in the Solid Waste
Department. She said if no one is in the Maintenance Department
office, the phone is not answered, and they could forward it to the
Solid Waste Department during business hours where messages could be
taken. There was discussion on the need of having a preventative
maintenance plan. Ms. Johnson explained how she had already started
the plan before the recent Maintenance Director was hired and it
wouldn’t take much for her to start working on it again. The Board
authorized advertising for the Maintenance Tech. 1 position and to
add further discussion on the reorganization of the Maintenance
Department at the next Solid Waste Study Session.
Lisa Young, Human Resource Director, reviewed group scenarios with
wage scales for Administrative Assistant positions. She provided
options for the Boards consideration and after review and
discussion, the Board indicated they’d like to go with Option C-1.
There was discussion on implementation of the wage survey. The Board
determined they’d like to have a Special Meeting with Judy Pless,
Budget & Finance Manager along with Ms. Young for further discussion
and to also obtain data from the Auditor’s office. Once that
meeting has been completed at that time, they would like to schedule
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a Special Meeting with the Management Team to provide information on
the implementation of the wage survey.
Meeting adjourned at 3:20 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Brett Wachsmith, Chairman