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01/07/2026 MINUTES 1 <br />COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />CONFERENCE ROOM <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br /> <br />WEDNESDAY 1:00 P.M. JANUARY 7, 2026 <br /> <br />Board members present: Chairman Cory Wright; Vice-Chairman Brett <br />Wachsmith & Commissioner Laura Osiadacz. <br /> <br />Others: Mandy Buchholz, Office Administrator; Bryan Elliott, <br />Auditor & Patti Stacey, Facilities Maintenance Director. <br />PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE <br />REQUEST SOW KC AUDITOR’S OFFICE AUDITOR <br />Chairman Wright opened a Special Meeting to consider a Scope of <br />Work for the Auditor’s Office modification. <br /> <br />Bryan Elliott, Auditor, reviewed a Staff Report explaining that <br />the Auditor’s Office currently utilizes a 24 x 15 multipurpose <br />break and storage room located on the east side of the front <br />office. While functional for storage, the space is currently <br />underutilized as a non-permanent workspace. In support of the <br />Board of County Commissioners’ broader objective to maximize <br />usable Courthouse square footage, the Auditor’s Office and <br />Maintenance Department propose renovating this area into <br />permanent office suites. The renovated space would house the <br />Budget and Finance Director and, eventually, the Auditor. This <br />reconfiguration would allow the Auditor’s current office to be <br />repurposed for the County’s pending new Project Manager <br />position. <br /> <br />Vice-Chairman Wachsmith moved to approve the Scope of Work, not <br />to exceed $65,000.00. Commissioner Osiadacz seconded the motion. <br />Motion carried 3-0. <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SESSION RCW 42.30.110 (g) COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />At 1:11 p.m. Chairman Wright announced the Board would recess <br />into an Executive Session for 10 minutes with the Board only; <br />under RCW 42.30.110 (g) To evaluate the qualifications of an <br />applicant for public employment or to review the performance of <br />a public employee. However, subject to RCW 42.30.140(4), <br />discussion by a governing body of salaries, wages, and other <br />conditions of employment to be generally applied within the