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Kittitas County commissioners sign CDS Director Chad Bala's annual evaluation and direct staff to prepare PAF
Summary
After a series of executive sessions May 19, 2025, Kittitas County commissioners signed CDS Director Chad Bala's annual evaluation and directed staff to prepare a personnel action form (PAF); the sessions were held under RCW 42.30.110(q).
Kittitas County commissioners signed the annual evaluation of Chad Bala, identified in the minutes as CDS Director, and directed staff to prepare a personnel action form (PAF) following a sequence of executive sessions on May 19, 2025.
The Board of Commissioners met in a special session that began at 10:06 a.m. Chairman Laura Osiadacz announced the board would enter an executive session for 20 minutes with Director Bala under RCW 42.30.110(q) "to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to review the performance of a public employee," and reiterated that RCW 42.30.140(4) requires final actions on hiring, salary-setting or discipline to occur in a meeting open to the public.
The minutes record the board reconvened at 10:26 a.m. with "no action taken," then recessed into a further 15-minute executive session and later a 5-minute executive session. At 10:45 a.m. the board reconvened and the minutes state Vice-Chairman Cory Wright and Director Chad Bala signed Bala's annual evaluation and that staff were directed to prepare a PAF. The minutes do not record a formal vote or additional public deliberation on salary or hiring actions.
The meeting adjourned at 10:46 a.m., and the minutes include clerical certification by Office Administrator Mandy Buchholz.
The minutes cite RCW 42.30.110(q) as the statutory authority for the closed sessions and RCW 42.30.140(4) regarding the limits on closed deliberations and the requirement that final personnel actions occur in public meetings.
