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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS CONFERENCE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 11:00 A.M. OCTOBER 25, 2016
Board members present: Chairman Obie O’Brien; Commissioner Paul
Jewell; and Commissioner Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Lisa Young, Human
Resource Director; John Fergeson, Attorney representing Deanna
Jo Panattoni; and via phone: Ken Harper, Kittitas County Special
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney; and Kelly Konkright, Kittitas
County Special Deputy Prosecuting Attorney.
SPECIAL MEETING PANATONNI FEES & COSTS PROSECUTOR
At 11:00 a.m. Chairman O’Brien opened a Special Meeting to
consider a Resolution regarding defense costs in the matter
Kittitas County vs. Panattoni.
Kelly Konkright, Kittitas County Special Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney, explained there had been a Resolution drafted for the
Board’s consideration and recommended approval of denying Ms.
Panattoni’s request to pay Attorney fees and costs.
John Fergeson, Attorney representing Deanna Jo Panattoni,
indicated he had written a letter to Prosecutor Greg Zempel on
October 12, 2016. He wished the Board of County Commissioners
had read the complaint as he felt the County should pay for Ms.
Panattoni’s defense costs.
RESOLUTION 2016-139 PANATONNI FEES & COSTS PROSECUTOR
Commissioner Jewell moved to approve Resolution No. 2016-139,
Determining that Kittitas County is Not Obligated to Pay Deanna
Jo Panattoni Attorney Fees and Costs she incurs to defend
herself against the Claims filed by Kittitas County in the
Superior Court of Washington in and for Kittitas County, Cause
No. 16-2-00095-1. Commissioner Osiadacz seconded. Motion
carried 3-0.
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The meeting was adjourned at 11:14 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Obie O’Brien, Chairman