Human resources seeks to refill planner position; board held multiple executive sessions with no decisions
Summary
Human Resources requested authorization to refill an assistant/associate planner vacancy; the board then held a series of executive sessions for applicant qualifications and collective bargaining (multiple extensions were recorded) and returned with no decisions before adjourning.
Jessica Warren, Cowlitz County human resources, asked commissioners to authorize filling an assistant/associate planner vacancy in Building and Planning after the employee submitted a resignation. Warren also scheduled two executive-session items: one on qualifications of an applicant and a 15‑minute collective‑bargaining session with outside counsel calling in.
The board recessed for executive session and recorded multiple five- and ten-minute extensions during the morning; when the board reconvened it stated no decisions had been made. Warren later requested an additional executive session for applicant qualifications; again the board recessed and returned with no action recorded. The meeting concluded with the board adjourning after confirming there were no remaining agenda items.
No roll-call votes were recorded during the HR items in the transcript.
