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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONER’S AUDITORIUM
SPECIAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY 3:30 P.M. JULY 27, 2016
Board members present: Chairman Obie O’Brien & Commissioner Laura
Osiadacz. Excused: Vice-Chairman, Paul Jewell.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board; Chris Horner,
Deputy Prosecutor and Neil Caulkins, Deputy Prosecutor.
SPECIAL MEETING EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMISSIONERS
At 3:30 p.m. Chairman O’Brien opened a Special Meeting and announced
the Board would recess into Executive Session for 20 minutes to
discuss with legal counsel representing the agency matters relating
to agency enforcement actions, or to discuss with legal counsel
representing the agency litigation or potential litigation to which
the agency, the governing body, or a member acting in an official
capacity is, or is likely to become, a party, when public knowledge
regarding the discussion is likely to result in an adverse legal or
financial consequence to the agency. Possible action anticipated.
At 3:50 p.m. the Board reconvened from Executive Session. Chairman
O’Brien moved to accept the recommendation from the County
Prosecutor’s Office and the County Risk Pool to hire an outside
party Attorney Kelly Konknight to work on the Panattoni Case, and
direct the County Prosecutor’s office to draft a Professional
Services Agreement. Commissioner Osiadacz seconded. Motion carried
2-0.
Meeting adjourned at 3:54 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Obie O’Brien, Chairman