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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM/WEBEX SPECIAL MEETING WEDNESDAY 10:00 A.M. FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Board members present: Chairman Laura Osiadacz, Vice-Chair Cory
Wright; and Commissioner Brett Wachsmith.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Neil Caulkins, Deputy
Prosecutor; Kristine Foreman, Human Resource Director; Chris Horner,
Deputy Prosecutor; Jim Goeben, IT Director; and 3 members of the
public.
SPECIAL MEETING PETRICHOR BROADBAND COMMISSIONERS
At 10:00 a.m. Chairman Osiadacz called the Special meeting to obtain
an update from Petrichor Broadband.
Joe Poire, Petrichor Broadband, reviewed a power-point presentation
regarding the Broadband Feasibility Study and Public Works Board
Grant Overview. He reviewed the Community Economic Revitalization
Board (CERB) Broadband Feasibility Contract; Scope of Work; Public
Works Board Grant Application; County priorities for Broadband
participation; Possible Interlocal Agreement between Kittitas County
and Petrichor Broadband; Future Opportunities for Expansion
Financing; Public/Private Partnership Goals; and next steps. He
said they were looking forward to an agreement with Kittitas County
and applying for grants in the future.
OTHER BUSINESS EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMISSIONERS
At 10:47 a.m. Chairman Osiadacz announced the Board would recess
into Executive Session with Kristine Foreman, Human Resources
Director; Chris Horner, Deputy Prosecutor; and Neil Caulkins, Deputy
Prosecutor; 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. Possible action anticipated.
At 10:57 a.m. the Board reconvened out of Executive Session. The
Board directed Staff to schedule a Special Meeting for Tuesday
morning at 8:00 a.m. to consider an appointment of an acting
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Superior Court Clerk, due to the recent resignation of Clerk Val
Barshaw.
Meeting adjourned at 10:59 a.m. KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Laura Osiadacz, Chairman