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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
CONFERENCE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY 2:30 P.M. JUNE 1, 2026
Board members present: Vice Chairman Brett Wachsmith & Commissioner
Laura Osiadacz. Excused: Chairman Cory Wright
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Office Administrator; Stephanie Hartung,
Chief Deputy Prosecutor; Therese Murphy, Deputy Prosecutor III;
Jeanne Kilgore, Director Human Resources; Bryan Elliott, Auditor (by
phone).
SPECIAL MEETING EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMISSIONERS
At 2:32 p.m. Vice-Chairman Wachsmith opened a Special Meeting and
announced the Board would enter into an Executive Session for 15
minutes, with Stephanie Hartung, Chief Deputy Prosecutor; Therese
Murphy, Deputy Prosecutor III; Jeanne Kilgore, Director Human
Resources; Bryan Elliott, Auditor, under RCW 42.30.110(g) 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 2:47 p.m. the Board reconvened out of Executive Session. No
action taken.
At 2:47 p.m. Vice-Chairman Wachsmith announced the Board would
recess back into an Executive Session for 15 minutes, with Stephanie
Hartung, Chief Deputy Prosecutor; Therese Murphy, Deputy Prosecutor
III; Jeanne Kilgore, Director Human Resources; Bryan Elliott,
Auditor, under RCW 42.30.110(g) 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.
2026-06-01 MINUTES 2
At 3:02 p.m. The Board reconvened out of Executive Session with
direction to Bryan Elliot, Auditor, to continue contract
negotiations as discussed.
Meeting adjourned at 3:02 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Brett Wachsmith, Vice-Chairman