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Deputy election clerk resigns, cites hostile work environment
Summary
Kaylee Andrews, identified in the record as deputy election clerk, read a statement to commissioners announcing an immediate resignation and describing pervasive hostility, verbal attacks, long hours and staff turnover that she said made her post untenable.
Kaylee Andrews, identified in the meeting as a deputy election clerk, announced an immediate resignation during the Osage County Board of Commissioners meeting on May 12, saying she could no longer continue amid what she described as persistent hostility and mistreatment.
Andrews read a prepared statement saying that, over three years, she had endured long hours and a workplace she described as “intimidation, manipulation, and making employees miserable.” She said staffing shortages and low wages increased workloads, that staff were frequently criticized rather than supported, and that the environment had contributed to other resignations across county offices. “I have decided to resign my position effectively immediately,” the statement concluded.
The presentation was made during the meeting’s correspondence and new business sections. Commissioners recessed multiple times later in the agenda for attorney‑client privileged executive sessions; the record shows no formal acceptance vote on Andrews’s resignation during the public session. The board did not report any formal personnel action publicly recorded in this meeting packet that explicitly accepted or processed the resignation.
The statement portrayed the resignation as driven by personnel and operational problems rather than policy disputes. Commissioners did not publicly rebut Andrews’s description during the session. The board’s near‑term business included follow‑up on payroll and bank‑signatory resolutions; commissioners scheduled additional meetings and directed staff to continue resolving administrative issues raised earlier in the agenda.
No additional investigation or personnel action was announced publicly at the close of the meeting. The commission’s next scheduled follow‑up on administrative matters was a phone meeting set for Friday, May 15, at noon.
