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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
UPPER DISTRICT COURT
700 EAST FIRST STREET
CLE ELUM, WA
SPECIAL MEETING
WEDESDAY 6:00 P.M. APRIL 13, 2016
Board members present: Chairman Obie O’Brien and Vice-Chairman.
Commissioner District #2 Position – Vacant.
District #2 Republican Party Candidates: Jerry Martens, Laura
Osiadacz, and Ian Elliot.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Patti Johnson, Solid
Waste/Maintenance Director/Project Manager; Val Barschaw, Clerk;
Clay Myers, Undersheriff; Marsha Weyand, Assessor; Mark Cook,
Public Works Director/Interim County Engineer; Jerry Pettit,
Auditor; Holly Myers, Environmental Health Supervisor; Robin
Read, Public Health Administrator; and approximately 30 members
of the public.
SPECIAL MEETING COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #2 COMMISSIONERS
Chairman O’Brien opened a Special Meeting to consider an
appointment to the recent vacancy of Kittitas County
Commissioner District #2. He reviewed the process and procedures
of appointment and how the Board had requested a panel of
Department Heads and Elected Officials to ask questions of each
candidate. The Republican Party submitted three names in order
preference of appointment including: Jerry Martens, Laura
Osiadacz, and Ian Elliot. He announced that at the conclusion of
the questions and answer session the Board of County
Commissioners along with the Department Heads and Elected
Officials, would recess into an Executive Session, followed by
another one with just him and Commissioner Jewell to determine
who to appoint to the vacancy.
The panel and Commissioners asked questions of the three
candidates relating to their views on various subjects and
issues that are going on within the County.
At 8:10 p.m. Chairman O’Brien announced the Board would recess
into Executive Session with the following Elected
Officials/Department Heads: Patti Johnson, Clay Myers, Robin
Read, Mark Cook, and Marsha Weyand for 15 minutes to evaluate
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the qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to
review the performance of a public employee. However, subject to
RCW 42.30.140 (4), discussion by a governing body of salaries,
wages, and other conditions of employment to be generally
applied within the agency shall occur in a meeting open to the
public, and when a governing body elects to take final action
hiring, setting the salary of an individual employee or class of
employees, or discharging or disciplining an employee, that
action shall be taken in a meeting open to the public. Action
was anticipated at the conclusion of the Executive Session.
At 8:25 p.m. the Board reconvened out of Executive Session. No
action was taken. The Department Heads and Elected Officials
were dismissed from the Executive Session. Chairman O’Brien
announced the Board would recess back into an Executive Session
for 10 minutes to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant
for public employment or to review the performance of a public
employee. However, subject to RCW 42.30.140 (4), discussion by a
governing body of salaries, wages, and other conditions of
employment to be generally applied within the agency shall occur
in a meeting open to the public, and when a governing body
elects to take final action hiring, setting the salary of an
individual employee or class of employees, or discharging or
disciplining an employee, that action shall be taken in a
meeting open to the public. Action was anticipated at the
conclusion of the Executive Session.
At 8:35 p.m. the Board reconvened out of Executive Session. No
action was taken. Chairman O’Brien announced the Board would
recess back into an Executive Session for 5 minutes to evaluate
the qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to
review the performance of a public employee. However, subject to
RCW 42.30.140 (4), discussion by a governing body of salaries,
wages, and other conditions of employment to be generally
applied within the agency shall occur in a meeting open to the
public, and when a governing body elects to take final action
hiring, setting the salary of an individual employee or class of
employees, or discharging or disciplining an employee, that
action shall be taken in a meeting open to the public. Action
was anticipated at the conclusion of the Executive Session.
At 8:40 p.m. the Board reconvened out of Executive Session.
APPOINTMENT LAURA OSIADACZ COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Jewell moved to appoint Laura Osiadacz to the
vacancy of Kittitas County Commissioner, District #2. Chairman
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O’Brien seconded. The Board expressed their appreciation to
everyone who came forward and put their name in for the
appointment.
Motion carried 2-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Obie O’Brien, Chairman