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KITTITAS COUNTY
HR STUDY SESSION MINUTES
BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM, 205 W 5TH AVE., ROOM 108, ELLENSBURG
Regular Meeting
TUESDAY 10:00 AM 5/26/2026
Board Members Present: Brett Wachsmith, Laura Osiadacz
Others Present: Cori McKean, Josh Fredrickson, Andrew Yoder, Miko Tempsky, Therese Murphy, Leslie
Erickson, Jeanne Killgore
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:00 AM.
CITIZEN COMMENTS (1 MINUTE TIME LIMIT)
None.
DISCUSSION/DECISION – AUDITOR’S OFFICE STAFFING
HR Director Killgore summarized a request to approve the promotion of one of the Auditor ’s Accountants from
Accountant I to Accountant II. The Board provided direction to move forward.
DISCUSSION/DECISION – PUBLIC WORKS STAFFING
Public Works Director Fredrickson requested approval to provide travel reimbursement for a County Engineer
candidate who must travel from out-of-state for an in-person interview. The Board also discussed relocation
assistance if an ideal candidate is hired from out of the area. The Board approved travel reimbursement for
candidate travel expenses in accordance with the presented Candidate Travel Reimbursement Procedures and
expressed support of possible relocation assistance for the ideal candidate.
OTHER BUSINESS
EXECUTIVE SESSION – 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.
The Board entered executive session at 10:05 AM to discuss the performance of a public employee for an
anticipated length of 15 minutes. No action anticipated. At 10:20 AM the Board extended executive session for an
additional 10 minutes. At 10:30 AM the Board extended executive session for an additional 10 minutes. At 10:40
AM the Board extended executive session for an additional 15 minutes. The Board exited executive session at
10:55 AM with no action taken.
CONCLUDED
The meeting was concluded at 10:55 AM.
2026-05-26 MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Jeanne Killgore, HR Director Cory Wright, Chair