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Thurston County commissioners authorize 7% pay increase and 40 hours leave for county manager
Summary
After an executive session on Aug. 20, 2025, the Thurston County Board of County Commissioners voted to authorize a 7% salary increase for the county manager effective Jan. 1, 2025, grant 40 hours of paid administrative leave and ask HR to draft an employment contract for board review.
Following an extended executive session on Aug. 20, 2025, Chair Ty Mentzer moved that the Board of County Commissioners authorize the director of human resources to raise the county manager’s salary by 7% effective Jan. 1, 2025, award the county manager 40 hours of paid administrative leave and authorize the director of human resources to draft an employment contract for the full board to review. A second was recorded and the chair called for a vote; the board chair announced, “All in favor say aye.” The chair then said, “Aye. Motion carries.”
The motion was introduced after the board’s executive session described in the meeting as being held “pursuant to RCW 42 31 10 1 g to evaluate qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to review performance of a public employee.” Commissioners said they had given feedback to the county manager and to the director of human resources during the closed session.
The motion text as stated on the record was: “I move to authorize director of human resources to increase the county manager's salary effective 01/01/2025 by 7% reflecting a COLA and performance increase and to award the county manager 40 hours of paid administrative leave to be used by the December '30 first 20 25 and to authorize the Director of Human Resources to draft an employment contract for the County Manager for the full Board to review.” The transcript contains a garbled reference to the deadline for the leave; that deadline was stated on the record as the phrase above and is unclear in wording.
The motion was adopted and the chair said the board would memorialize the performance‑review process in a brief written document prepared with the human resources director and circulate it for signature. The record does not include the name of the human resources director who would implement the pay change nor an itemized budget line for the salary adjustment. The motion’s mover was the chair, Ty Mentzer; a second was made on the record but the seconder was not named during the public motion.
No separate roll‑call votes were read into the public record; the chair announced the motion carried after the board responded “Aye.”
