HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-12-28-minutes-bocc-office-admin-meeting12/28/2020 MINUTES 1
COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON WEBEX REGULAR MEETING MONDAY 9:00 A.M. DECEMBER 28, 2020
Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith & Commissioner Cory
Wright(via WebEx). Excused: Vice-Chairman Laura Osiadacz.
Others Via WebEx: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Taylor Crouch,
Deputy Clerk of the Board I; Patti Johnson, Solid Waste
Director/Interim Maintenance Director/Project Manager; and Jeanne
Killgore, HR Representative.
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 December 25, 2020 was
presented.
EXECUTIVE SESSION SOLID WASTE
At 9:01 a.m. Chairman Wachsmith announced the Board would recess
into Executive Session for 2 minutes with Patti Johnson, Solid Waste
Director/Interim Maintenance Director/Project Manager, to consider
the selection of a site or the acquisition of real estate by lease
or purchase when public knowledge regarding such consideration would
cause a likelihood of increased price. Action was anticipated.
At 9:03 a.m. the Board reconvened out of Executive Session.
Commissioner Wright moved to approve and authorize Patti Johnson,
Solid Waste Director/Interim Maintenance Director/Project Manager,
to sign a Purchase and Sale Agreement for Unit #57 at Shady Acres.
Chairman Wachsmith seconded. Motion carried 2-0.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMISSIONERS
At 9:04 a.m. Chairman Wachsmith announced the Board would recess
into Executive Session for 5 minutes with Jeanne Killgore, HR
Representative, to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for
public employment or to review the performance of a public employee.
However, subject to RCW 42.30.140(4), discussion by a governing body
of salaries, wages, and other conditions of employment to be
generally applied within the agency shall occur in a meeting open to
the public, and when a governing body elects to take final action
hiring, setting the salary of an individual employee or class of
employees, or discharging or disciplining an employee, that action
shall be taken in a meeting open to the public. No action was
anticipated.
At 9:09 a.m. the Board reconvened out of Executive Session. No
action taken.
LETTER SOLID WASTE GRANT SOLID WASTE
Commissioner Wright moved to approve and authorize the Chairman’s
signature on a letter regarding a Commitment of Funds, Building
Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Hazard Mitigation Grant
(BRIC) for the Kittitas County Washington Waste Transfer Station
Flood Mitigation. Chairman Wachsmith seconded. Motion carried 2-0.
DISCUSSION FACEBOOK WEEKLY POSTS COMMISSIONERS
There were no items to add for the weekly Facebook posts on the
Commissioners page. OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL UPDATES
There were general updates on meetings & conversations that the
Board participated in, individually over the past week.
The Board agreed to notify the Human Resources Department to
schedule interviews for the top 2 candidates for the Public
Relations Administrator position.
The Board discussed the Courthouse Advisory Committee and how seven
members would be comprised of two members from each District and the
seventh would be a City of Ellensburg resident from either District
#1 or #3.
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Meeting adjourned at 9:15 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Brett Wachsmith, Chairman