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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS CONFERENCE ROOM
REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY 9:40 A.M. JANUARY 8, 2018
Board members present: Chairman Laura Osiadacz & Vice-Chairman Obie
O’Brien & Commissioner Paul Jewell.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Robin Read, PH
Administrator; Lisa Young, HR Director and Tristen Lamb, EH
Supervisor.
REGULAR MEETING DEPARTMENT HEAD PUBLIC HEALTH
Robin Read, PH Administrator apologized for not having the PAF’s
ready in advance and requested the Board to allow her to promote two
of her EH Specialist I’s to EH Specialist II’s. She stated that the
funds are in her budget due to savings in hiring an EH Supervisor at
the entry level, as it was budgeted for at the rate that former EH
Supervisor Holly Myers left at. There was significant discussion
about the County’s policy for a promotion as well as the delicate
status of the budget for Public Health. Ms. Read provided various
reasons why she was seeking the promotion for the two employees and
Tristan Lamb, EH Supervisor stated that although she has only been
supervising them a short time they are assets to the Department and
she values the work product they bring forward.
Commissioner Jewell stated that he was not in favor of violating the
County’s policy. He stated that he could appreciate the arguments
that were made but the County just did a significant market rate
survey and increased salaries and benefits for employees. He felt
the employees are getting a fair salary and suggested they get the
8% salary increase as that puts them at the bottom of the EH
Specialist II pay scale and not allowing the additional 2% that
employees received for 2018.
Commissioner O’Brien stated that initially he was not in support of
the request but now given all the information he is okay with what’s
being proposed.
Chairman Osiadacz stated that she can see both sides but would be
siding with Commissioner Jewell and his expertise in the topic. She
stated that he played a big part in the salary review implementation
and therefore would support the 8% increase only for 2018.
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The Board indicated that they would all support an 8% increase for
2018 (not 10%) moving two of the EH Specialist I’s to EH Specialist
II’s.
Robin Read asked the Board to consider a proposal for modifying her
Health Promotion Supervisor Kasey Knutson job duties to include the
DD Coordinator (dedicated funding) duties and then hiring a Part
Time employee to oversee the Health Promotion duties that Ms.
Knutson would no longer oversee. She explained that it’s been a
revolving door for the DD Coordinator position and each time she
gets someone trained up they leave and she feels moving Ms. Knutson
into this would stop the revolving door on the position. Ms. Read
stated that the change should be budget neutral so no impact there
and Ms. Knutson has already agreed to the proposal as her current DD
Coordinator is preparing to leave. She stated that this change
should allow for a fairly flawless transition.
Meeting adjourned at 10:15 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Laura Osiadacz, Chairman