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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
CONFERENCE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY 9:00 A.M. FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Board members present: Chairman Cory Wright; Vice-Chairman Brett
Wachsmith; and Commissioner Laura Osiadacz (via Webex).
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; David Ohl, Airport
Director; Chelsey Loeffers, Public Health Director; Amy Cziske,
Treasurer; and Katrina Mankus, Juvenile Probation Administrator.
SPECIAL MEETING MANAGEMENT TEAM EXEC. COMMITTEE COMMISSIONERS
At 9:00 a.m. Chairman Wright opened a Special Meeting with the
Management Team’s Executive Committee.
Amy Cziske, Treasurer, indicated the Management Team members have
requested information on how the Board intends on evaluating and
prioritizing the upcoming salary survey results, so they are
prepared for questions from their employees. Commissioner Osiadacz
said there’s been a delay due to the consultant not being able to
obtain comparable data with the City of Ellensburg however, the
results should be coming in shortly. Chairman Wright explained that
the salary survey was part of the information gathering stage and
the results may not be budgetarily feasible at this time.
There was discussion on Exempt Employees and various issues that
they are wanting to be addressed including timekeeping since every
department/office does them differently; increasing the accrual of
vacation hours (some Union employees accrue more hours per month
than Exempt Employees who max out at 14 hours a month); longevity;
training development, education pay, and step increases. There is a
group of Exempt employees who have begun meeting to review and
prioritize their concerns to bring forward such as those listed
previously. The Board felt they’ve been as fair as possible when
making decisions in difficult situations. The Board encouraged them
to have a discussion and express their concerns with Brian Carlson,
Budget & Finance Director, relating to timekeeping as it’s currently
being worked on by HR, the Prosecutors office and Director Carlson.
Amy said Greg Zempel, Prosecutor, asked the Executive Committee to
have a discussion on increasing the authority to Department Heads.
The Department Heads in attendance expressed their concerns of
increasing authority to make decisions where they should be made by
the Board.
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Amy said the Management Team members were hoping to get an update on
the ARPA funding expenditures. Chairman Wright said Brian Carlson is
scheduled to provide an update at the next Finance meeting and then
he could provide an overview at the next Management Team meeting.
There was an update on investments and the concentrated efforts. Amy
explained how we are moving towards self-directed and should be a
fully invested County within the next 2-years.
The meeting was concluded at 9:58 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Cory Wright, Chairman