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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
CONF. ROOM
REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY 9:00 A.M. DECEMBER 4, 2023
Board members present: Chairman Cory Wright; Commissioner Laura
Osiadacz. Excused - Vice-Chairman Brett Wachsmith.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Office Administrator; Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk
of the Board; Debbie Stanavich, Administrative Assistant.
REGULAR MEETING OFFICE STAFF MEETING COMMISSIONERS
At 9:00 a.m. Chairman Wright opened the Office Administration
Meeting.
CITIZEN COMMENT – N/A
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
The Board of County Commissioners reviewed the weekly Correspondence
Log, a listing of all incoming mail and correspondence for the week
ending December 1, 2023.
APPOINTMENT McCORMICK - WCB COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Osiadacz moved to approve and authorize Chair signature
on a letter of appointment for a 6-year term to the Kittias County
Water Conservancy Board effective immediately and to end on
4/4/2029. Chairman Wright seconded. Motion carried 2-0.
DISCUSSION COUNTY FACEBOOK COMMISSIONERS
The Board determined that for the week of December 4, 2023, they
would post on their Facebook page the following: Sharing the
Facebook Post from Public Health regarding HVAC/Furnace Filter;
Certificate of Appreciation to Lisa Ferguson for her 30 years of
service to Kittias County; Notice that the Sanda City Sister City
Committee is sending Josh Aubul to Sanda City Japan this December to
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run in the ½ marathon.
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.
OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL UPDATES – STAFF UPDATES & DISCUSSION
There were general updates on meetings & conversations that the
Board participated in, individually over the past week.
Staff asked the Board for direction and discussion on next steps
with the vacant Administrative Assistant position. The Board
discussed and determined that with the current workload there was no
way to maintain the Committee and Board work and that they needed to
look at reassigning those Committee’s and Boards to larger
departments. They determined that they would leave the position
vacant for the time being and work on shuffling the workload around
amongst other departments that were larger and could absorb that
work. They discussed that the HAHC would be a good fit for Public
Health; PLAC could be in Public Works and LTAC could be in the
Auditor’s Office potentially. They discussed that Brian Carlson,
Budget and Finance Director has requested a higher caliber of
employee every time the position is filled so it may work well in
his office. Staff was directed to set up a meeting with those
departments to discuss.
Meeting concluded at 9:46 a.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Cory Wright, Chairman