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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
WEBEX
SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY 9:00 A.M. SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith; Vice-Chairman Laura
Osiadacz; Cory Wright, Commissioner. (via WebEx)
Others Via WebEx: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mandy
Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Taylor Crouch, Deputy Clerk
of the Board I; Amy Cziske, Treasurer; Jeanne Killgore, HR Rep.;
Judy Pless, Budget & Finance Manager.
REGULAR MEETING OFFICE STAFF MEETING COMMISSIONERS
At 9:00 a.m. Chairman Wachsmith opened the Office Administration
meeting.
CALENDAR WEEK AT A GLANCE COMMISSIONERS
The Board of County Commissioners reviewed their weekly calendars.
PAF/VOUCHERS REVIEW OF PAF’S & VOUCHERS COMMISSIONERS
The Board of County Commissioners approved the County Vouchers and
PAF’s.
CORRESPONDENCE LOG REVIEW OF CORRESPONDENCE LOG COMMISSIONERS
The Correspondence Log for the week ending September 11, 2020 was
presented.
DISCUSS COURTHOUSE COMMITTEE COMMISSIONERS
Chairman Wachsmith asked the Board to help him address the questions
posed by the Clerk of the Board Julie Kjorsvik to put some
parameters around the new Courthouse Committee. The Board determined
they would collect applications until the end of the month
(9/30/20). They would like 5 members one from each District and two
At-Large Positions with development experience and or history of the
building. They determined that they would have Patti Johnson, Solid
Waste Director/Project Manager/Interim Maintenance Director be the
lead staff for the Committee if she was up for it. Chairman
Wachsmith said he would follow up with her and discuss options
regarding meeting frequency. Chairman Wachsmith stated he would like
additional time to consider whether or not a BoCC Member would Chair
the Committee and there was discussion on the applicant from the
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Treasurer’s Office being the Clerk and provide bonding information
to the Committee.
DISCUSSION PIO FOLLOW UP COMMISSIONERS
The Board discussed with Jeanne Killgore, HR. Rep reviewed potential
titles to consider and job description updates for the County Public
Information Officer. She stated that she reached out to the top two
candidates from the previous screening and she hasn’t heard back
from them.
The Board agreed that they should go back out to ad and then and
directed Ms. Killgore to make the discussed changes/updates.
DISCUSSION DEFERRING PAYROL TAX AUDITOR
Judy Pless, Budget & Finance Manager stated that this decision is
voluntary to the employer, and after discussion with the Auditor HR
Director, they highly recommended the County does not participate in
the deferral of payroll taxes. The taxes an employee defers in
September through December 2020, will have to be paid back in
January through April 2021. She said they feel this will be a
double hit on the employees (as they will have to pay their current
taxes and the arrears) starting in January, and the implementation,
tracking and reporting will become extremely burdensome.
She also noted that guidance has not been released on how to
complete the W-2’s, and what software changes must occur which has
not been determined, let alone reporting the Social Security wages
for those employees wanting to retire in the next 5 years.
The Board agreed with Ms. Pless recommendation to not implement the
temporary deferral to the payroll tax.
DISCUSSION FACEBOOK WEEKLY POSTS COMMISSIONERS
The Board determined for the week of September 14, 2020 that they
would continue to share on their Facebook page any Press Releases
from Public Health relating to COVID-19; as well as information abut
air quality and the Press Release from the Auditor’ office for
Absentee Ballots.
OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL UPDATES-
Chairman Wachsmith questioned the Board if they shouldn’t be
discussing air quality concerns. He stated that the Health
Department reached out as their air quality in that building is as
bad indoors as it is outside. He wanted to get the Boards thought on
allowing folks to work from home if they need to. Commissioner
Wright felt that it should be up to the Department Head/Elected
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Official and he wanted to get input from the Risk Manager.
Commissioner Osiadacz was in favor of leaving it up to the
Department Heads and or Elected Officials.
Meeting adjourned at 9:25 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Brett Wachsmith, Chairman