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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS CONFERENCE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 9:00 A.M. JANUARY 16, 2018
Board members present: Chairman Laura Osiadacz; Vice Chairman Obie
O’Brien and Commissioner Paul Jewell.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Julie
Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Judy Pless, Budget & Finance Director;
Lisa Young, HR Director.
REGULAR MEETING OFFICE STAFF MEETING COMMISSIONERS
At 9:00 a.m. Chairman Osiadacz opened the Office Administration
meeting.
CALENDAR WEEK AT A GLANCE COMMISSIONERS
The Board of County Commissioners reviewed their weekly calendar.
PAF/VOUCHERS REVIEW OF PAF’S & VOUCHERS COMMISSIONERS
The Board of County Commissioners approved and signed County
Employee Personnel Action forms and vouchers.
CORRESPONDENCE LOG REVIEW OF CORRESPONDENCE LOG COMMISSIONERS
The Board of County Commissioners reviewed the weekly Correspondence
Log, a listing of all incoming mail and correspondence for the week
ending January 12, 2018.
DISCUSSION FACEBOOK WEEKLY POSTS COMMISSIONERS
The Board determined for the week of January 15, 2018 they would
post the Press Release about the new site for the transfer station
(if the press release goes out this week) and also post the results
of the BoCC contest from the week prior with information about Board
Meetings etc.
UPDATE BOCC/ DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS COMMISSIONERS
Each Commissioner was assigned three different Department Heads to
meet with on a weekly basis. This was determined at a Special
Meeting with the Board of County Commissioners held on June 18,
2009. Each Commissioner reviewed discussions held with their
respective departments and exchanged details of those meetings. On
January 3, 2011 the Board determined it would be beneficial to
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alternate Commissioners that will oversee the different Department
Head’s on an annual basis. They determined at the end of 2013 they
would review the various committees they participate in and provide
beneficial updates to the Board as needed during this time as well.
REQUEST TREASURER’S OFFICE CLOSURE COMMISSIONERS
Chairman Osiadacz explained that she received an e-mail from County
Treasurer Brett Wachsmith requesting permission to close his office
on the following days for 2018: ½ day on the Wednesday before
Thanksgiving; ½ day on Christmas Eve and the Friday of Labor Day
Weekend.
The Board was in agreement that it’s important for County
Departments to be open for the public to conduct their business and
that they would not support the request for closures for ½ day on
Wednesday before Thanksgiving; nor would they support the closure of
the Treasurer’s office on the Friday of Labor Day Weekend. They
stated that they would address the ½ day closure on Christmas Eve
later in the year when the request comes from HR on behalf of all
County Departments. The Board asked Chairman Osiadacz to follow up
with Mr. Wachsmith letting him know the Boards decision.
FOLLOW UP FUNDING REQUEST COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Jewell stated that he had some funding options to
report on. He indicated that he met with Judy Pless, Budget &
Finance Director and they are still working on hard numbers however,
he thought the County could contribute a one-time payment of
$5,000.00 dollars and then do a percapita analysis to determine
funding to put in place through a Contract where a percentage would
be dedicated to the Upper County Youth Activities Program. He
thought that removing the funding that HopeSource currently gets for
Upper County Youth Activities and putting it in place for Ms. Bass’s
program could reach more folks. He stated that it’s not the
$10,000.00 Ms. Bass was looking for however, it would provide some
guaranteed funding every year.
The Board indicated that they were in support of Commissioner
Jewell’s funding suggestion.
Commissioner Jewell stated he will continue to work on the details
and report back to the Board.
REQUEST FUNDING AGENDERATOR DISPLAY COMMISSIONERS
The Board ran out of time and the discussion was to be moved to the
January 22, 2018 Office Admin. Meeting.
OTHER BUSINESS-N/A
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Meeting adjourned at 10:03 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Laura Osiadacz, Chairman