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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON COMMISSIONERS AUDITORIUM/WEBEX SPECIAL MEETING
FRIDAY 9:00 A.M. NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith, Vice-Chairman Laura
Osiadacz, and Commissioner Cory Wright.
Others in attendance & via Webex: Taylor Crouch, Administrative
Assistant; Jim Goeben, IT Director; Judy Pless, Budget & Finance
Manager; Kristine Foreman, HR Director; Pat Gigstead, Chief
Probation Officer; Greg Zempel, Prosecutor; Elishia Harvill, Chief
Administrator; Mike Hougardy, Assessor; Ken Grannan, Airport
Director; Todd Davis, Noxious Weed Director; Jessica Miller,
Administrative Assistant; Kari Elkins, Office Administrator; Katrina
Mankus, Juvenile Court Administrator; Sarah Keith, Superior Court
Administrator; Diana MacKenzie, Upper Court Administrator;; Sue
Higginbotham, Office Administrator; Patti Stacey, Solid Waste
Director/Interim Maintenance Director/Project Manager; Chris
Whitsett, Inspector; Sharrie McPherson, Fiscal Analyst; Clay Myers,
Sheriff; Mark Cook, Public Works Director; Katie Odiaga, Fiscal
Analyst; Carly Brettmann, Communications Director; Cori McKean,
Office Administrator; Steve Panattoni, Jail Superintendent; Tip
Hudson, Extension Agent; Jerry Pettit, Auditor; Dan Carlson, CDS
Director; Val Barschaw, Clerk; Judge Paul Sanders; Jesse Cox,
Environmental Health Supervisor; Lisa Murray, Administrative
Supervisor; Marc Eylar, Assistant Coordinator; Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk
of the Board, and 1 member of the public. SPECIAL MEETING BUDGET REVIEW COMMISSIONERS
At 9:00 a.m. Chairman Wachsmith opened a Special Meeting for the
2022 Budget Review.
Judy Pless, Budget and Finance Manager reviewed the preliminary
budget results for 2022. Currently the budget is 3 million dollars
out of balance.
Mike Hougardy, Assessor explained the increases the County will see
from property assessments. He also stated that he was withdrawing
the request for new laptops in his office.
The Board had some discussion on areas that would be cut, but asked
that each department look at their proposed budgets and make cuts on
their own.
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There will be a final review meeting scheduled for the end of
November.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:17 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Taylor Crouch Brett Wachsmith, Chairman