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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
CONF. ROOM
REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY 9:00 A.M. MAY 15, 2023
Board members present: Chairman Cory Wright; Vice-Chairman Brett
Wachsmith; Commissioner, Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Office Administrator; Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk
of the Board; Greg Zempel, Prosecutor.
REGULAR MEETING OFFICE STAFF MEETING COMMISSIONERS
At 9:00 a.m. Chairman Wright 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.
CORRESPONDENCE LOG REVIEW OF CORRESPONDENCE LOG COMMISSIONERS
No Log for the week.
DIRECTION ADMIN ASSISTANT - BOCC COMMISSIONERS
Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board updated the Board on recruitment
for the Administrative Assistant vacancy. She stated that they have
received 30 applications and interviewed at least 6 applicants. She
stated that they had one they really liked, however the candidate is
related to Commissioner Osiadacz and so that won’t work. She stated
that the Board of Equalization (BoE) is about to get busy and with
no new hire on the horizon there is no way we can keep that in our
office any longer. She explained there is only two fulltime
employees in the office and listed out the current committees we are
responsible for as well as all the other duties we cover. There is
also anticipated time off and a surgery expected so it’s not
possible to commit someone from our office to that any longer. She
stated that BoE used to be in CDS and it came to our office in 2008
during the recession due to their department being cut back so much
they could no longer support it. She asked the Board for help and
direction on how to proceed. The Board directed Commissioner
Wachsmith to meet with CDS Director Carlson and let him know that
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BoE will be moving back to CDS and the BoCC will take on Public
Lands Advisory Committee (PLAC)from CDS, effective immediately. She
also updated the Board on the recent CDBG Grants that have landed in
the office and the impact they have had on her time with no training
or guidance. She stated that she wasn’t clear if this would be
sustainable and said she would report back and keep them in the
loop.
DIRECTION WEBEX/RECORDING/LIVE STREAM COMMISSIONERS
Mandy Buchholz, Office Administrator stated that she had received
some inquiries from County Staff now that Webex is back in the
Auditorium on whether or not the Board was going to do everything
like before such as record and live-stream, then publish all
meetings, or if the Board would like to do like what they did before
with AVCapture All where they recorded the meeting and published it
for viewing.
Commissioner Wachsmith moved to just record the set meetings they
always have and publish them but not live-stream. He said they can
offer live-stream on a case by case basis if some hot topic comes up
and its needed and or if they get a lot of feedback asking for it
they will discuss it. He said that they have not had public on in a
long time so will see how it goes. Chairman Wright seconded. Motion
carried 2-1 (Osiadacz opposed).
DISCUSSION COUNTY FACEBOOK COMMISSIONERS
The Board determined that for the week of May 15, 2023, they would
publish on their Facebook the following: Notice that Commissioner Of
Public Lands Hillary Franz will be in town this week; Deputy Mark
Rickey’s retirement and share the Sheriff Office reminders about
water safety.
UPDATE BOCC/ DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS COMMISSIONERS
Each Commissioner was assigned three different Department Heads to
meet with on a weekly basis for the year. The assignments for 2023
were determined at the Board of County Commissioners Office Admin
meeting earlier on and they will continue to provide updates at
future meetings.
Each Commissioner reviewed discussions held with their respective
departments and exchanged details of those meetings.
UPDATES BOCC/WHITE BOARDS COMMISSIONERS
The Board reviewed their updates/edits to each of their white
boards.
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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 9:56 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Cory Wright, Chairman