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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONER’S AUDITORIUM
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 4:00 P.M. JUNE 20, 2017
Board members present: Chairman Paul Jewell; Vice-Chairman Laura
Osiadacz and Commissioner Obie O’Brien.
Others: Mandy Buchholz Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Lisa Young, HR
Director; Neil Caulkins, Deputy Prosecutor. Freedom Foundation:
Scott Roberts, Matthew Hayward and David Dewhirst.
SPECIAL MEETING EVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION COMMISSIONERS
At 4:00 p.m. Chairman Jewell opened a Special Meeting to meet with
representatives from the Freedom Foundation to discuss open contract
negotiation policies.
Matthew Hayward, Freedom Foundation stated that as of right now only
two agencies (Lincoln County and Pullman School Dist.) so far have
passed Resolutions adopting this process for open public contract
negotiations. There was review of why this is beneficial for all
parties involved and who the unlikely supporters are that the County
would receive support from. He reviewed handouts provided. There was
a review of different levels of openness and how different
jurisdictions have processed the idea and how they have moved
forward with adopting versions of the negotiation process.
There was a brief update on Lincoln County and where they are at in
the process.
Lisa young, HR Director questioned why haven’t any other Counties
jumped on the wagon. She explained that the County has worked hard
building relationships with the Unions. She stated that she really
doesn’t want to ruin that and go backwards with them.
Chairman Jewell questioned if Kittitas County wanted to move forward
how would it be done and allow the County to preserve its
relationships with the Unions.
Matthew Hayward, Freedom Foundation explained that he thinks why
Lincoln County had a successful process and not all the outcry from
the public is because they went into the process as “this is what we
are doing”. It wasn’t up for discussion, but that anyone was welcome
to listen to the process so they were informed, etc.
Commissioner Jewell directed Lisa Young, HR Director to set up a
follow up Special Meeting in a month with the Freedom Foundation,
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Union Members/Reps., and at least a Commissioner from Lincoln County
so they can share their experience. He stated that the meeting
should be set for approximately an hour and half.
Meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Paul Jewell, Chairman