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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
WEBEX/CONF. ROOM
REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY 9:00 A.M. SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith, Vice-Chairman Laura
Osiadacz and Commissioner Cory Wright (virtual).
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Administrative Supervisor; Julie Kjorsvik,
Clerk of the Board; Taylor Crouch, Admin. Assistant; Judy Pless,
Budget & Finance Manager and Carly Brettmann, Communications
Director.
SPECIAL 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 calendar.
PAF/VOUCHERS REVIEW OF PAF’S & VOUCHERS COMMISSIONERS
The Board of County Commissioners approved and signed County
Employee Personnel Action forms and vouchers. (Commissioner Wright
authorized the Clerk of the Board to sign documents so they could be
processed timely).
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 September 10, 2021.
AGREEMENT WASHINGTON STATE AUDITOR COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Osiadacz moved to approve and authorize Chair signature
on an Interagency Data Sharing Agreement between Kittitas County &
the Office of the Washington State Auditor, as presented.
Commissioner Wright seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
APPOINTMENT GREEAR/GLAHN - AAC COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Osiadacz moved to approve the appointment of Tyler
Glahn (2 year appointment) and Aaron Greear (3 year appointment) to
the Kittitas County Airport Advisory Committee effective
immediately. Commissioner Wright seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
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APPOINTMENT SOLTZ - WCB COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Osiadacz moved to approve the appointment of Roberta
Soltz to the Kittitas County Water Conservancy Board for a 6-year
term effective immediately and expiring on December 31, 2023.
Commissioner Wright seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
AGREEMENT PHIL BACKLUND COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Osiadacz moved to approve and authorize Board signature
on a Personal Services Agreement between Kittitas County & Phil
Backlund, as presented. Commissioner Wright seconded. Motion carried
3-0. (Commissioner Wright authorized the Clerk of the Board to sign
on his behalf so staff could process in a timely manner).
UPDATE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR COMMISSIONERS
Carly Brettmann, Communications Director provided updates and
received recommendations from the Board on what they felt was a
priority focus for her. The Board discussed Facebook posts for the
week they wanted to be published.
UPDATE BOCC/ DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS COMMISSIONERS
Each Commissioner was assigned three different Department Heads to
meet with on a weekly basis. The assignments for 2021 were
determined at the Board of County Commissioners Office Admin meeting
on 1-11-2021.
Each Commissioner reviewed discussions held with their respective
departments and exchanged details of those meetings.
EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMISSIONERS
At 9:57 a.m. Chairman Wachsmith announced the Board would recess
into Executive Session with just the Board of County Commissioners
for 10 minutes, 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
anticipated.
At 10:00 a.m. the Board reconvened out of Executive Session. No
action taken.
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OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL UPDATES
There were general updates on meetings & conversations that the
Board participated in, individually over the past week.
Meeting adjourned at 10:15 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Brett Wachsmith, Chairman