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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 10/27/2026
Board Members Present: Brett Wachsmith, Laura Osiadacz, Jeff Leichleiter
Others Present: Josh Fredrickson, Eileen Murphy, Greg Zempel, Zack DeHaven, Andrew Yoder, Jeanne Killgore
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:00 AM.
CITIZEN COMMENTS (1 MINUTE TIME LIMIT)
None.
DISCUSSION/DECISION – SOLID WASTE STAFFING
Solid Waste Director Cox requested approval to permanently reclassify his part-time Scale House Attendant I
position to full-time. The Board approved the request.
DISCUSSION/DECISION – PUBLIC WORKS STAFFING
Public Works Director Fredrickson requested Board approval to reactivate the Road Foreman position and recruit
for two positions; one assigned to the Upper County Shop and one assigned to the Lower County Shop. The
Board approved the request.
DISCUSSION/DECISION – PUBLIC DEFENSE ATTORNEY I / DEPUTY PROSECUTOR I SALARY
HR Director Killgore presented a request to move the Public Defense Attorney I and Deputy Prosecutor I position
from pay grade 23 to pay grade 24 on the non-union salary matrix effective 1/01/2027. She summarized that this
movement would retain the positions’ exempt status in 2027. The Board provided direction to move forward.
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 discussed the County’s composite rate medical benefits structure and alternative options, such as a
tiered structure with rates dependent upon the number of family members covered by the employee’s benefits.
The Board expressed interest in further discussing this topic at their Monday Morning Admin. Meeting.
The Board entered executive session at 10:22 AM under RCW 42.30.110(G) to discuss the performance of a
public employee for an anticipated length of 25 minutes. No anticipated action. The executive session was
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attended by the Board and HR Director Killgore. The Board reconvened out of executive session at 10:47 AM
with no action taken.
CONCLUDED
The meeting was concluded at 10:47 AM.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Jeanne Killgore, HR Director Brett Wachsmith, Chair