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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />TUESDAY 10:00 AM OCTOBER 13, 2015 <br />Board members present: Gary Berndt, Paul Jewell <br />Others: Lisa Young, Mark Cook, Jerry Pettit, Gene Dana, Clayton <br />Myers <br />REGULAR MEETING COMMISSIONERS <br />1) Call to Order – 10:00 AM <br /> <br />2) WCIF – Premera Network Selection – Board decision – HR <br />Director Young presented a request to approve a Premera <br />network selection for 2016 benefits. She indicated that <br />Premera was offering a new network of doctors called the <br />Prime Network, and that she had done some research to <br />ensure local providers were included in the network, and <br />also sent an email out to all employees asking them to <br />double check that their providers are in the network as <br />well, with no negative responses. The change comes with a <br />premium savings of about 6%. The Board approved moving to <br />the Prime network. <br /> <br />3) Christmas Eve 2015 – Request approval to allow closures – <br />Director Young requested the ability for Department Heads <br />and Elected Officials to choose to close their office for <br />the full day on Christmas Eve. She said policy provided <br />for a ½ day closure when Christmas Eve falls on a Monday – <br />Thursday and past practice has been to allow employees to <br />use leave to take the full day off and allow offices to <br />close. The Board approved. <br /> <br />4) Policy Update Recommendations – Request to move to Agenda – <br />Director Young discussed an amendment to the Holiday policy <br />that would allow holidays to be paid per day rather than by <br />a set number of hours. This way when employees are <br />scheduled to work an alternate schedule, such as nine or <br />ten hour days, their paid holiday covers all scheduled <br />hours rather than requiring the employee to use banked <br />vacation to cover any hours over eight. The Board approved <br />moving the policy to the Agenda.