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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON COMMISSIONER’S CONFERENCE ROOM SPECIAL MEETING WEDNESDAY 9:00 A.M. NOVEMBER 28, 2018
Board members present: Chairman Laura Osiadacz; Vice-Chairman Obie
O’Brien and Commissioner Cory Wright.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Clay Myers,
Undersheriff; Mark Cook, Public Works Director/Interim Engineer;
Heather Seibert, Chief Financial Officer; Gene Dana, Sheriff; Dan
Carlson, CDS Director; Tristen Lamb, Environmental Health
Supervisor/Interim Public Health Administrator; Elishia Harvill,
Office Administrator; Sarah Keith, Superior Court Administrator;
Barb Demory, Lower District Court Administrator; Patti Johnson,
Solid Waste Director/Project Manager; Sue Higginbotham,
Administrative Assistant III; Kari Elkins, JCA Assistant; Michael
Stafford, Juvenile Court Administrator; Val Barschaw, Clerk; Jeanne
Kilgore, Human Resource Representative; Lisa Young, Human Resource
Director/Interim Event Center Director; Todd Davis, Noxious Weed
Program Coordinator; Tip Hudson, Extension Agent; Jerry Pettit,
Auditor; Mike Hougardy, Assessor; Judy Pless, Budget & Finance
Manager; Pat Gigstead, Chief Probation Officer; Brett Wachsmith,
Treasurer; Jim Hurson, Lower District Court Judge; Jim Goeben, IT
Director; and Greg Zempel, Prosecutor.
SPECIAL MEETING 2019 BUDGET UPDATE COMMISSIONERS
At 9:00 a.m. Chairman Osiadacz opened a Special Meeting to review
the 2019 preliminary budgets.
Various Departments provided additional reductions and revenues in
their preliminary budgets to help assist in obtaining a balanced
budget. Judy Pless, Budget & Finance Managers announced the County
is still out of budget by approximately 1.5 million dollars. The
Board reviewed each budget and determined where additional cuts
would be made.
The Board recessed for a 15 minute break at 10:15 a.m. The Board
reconvened at 10:30 a.m. to continue reviewing preliminary budgets
and a reduction in expenditures. It was noted the Public Hearing to
adopt the budget is scheduled for December 3, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in
the Commissioners Auditorium.
VOUCHERS
The Board approved vouchers submitted by the Auditors office.
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Meeting adjourned at 12:05 p.m. KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Laura Osiadacz, Chairman