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Human-resources report: executive sessions held, attorney discovery authorized and staffing requests submitted

Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners · July 7, 2026
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Summary

Human-resources director Jessica Warren asked for executive sessions on collective bargaining and a public-employee performance matter; after the closed session the board authorized attorneys to continue discovery on a tort claim and reviewed staffing requests to temporarily overlap a lead payroll specialist and reclassify a legal specialist to paralegal step 2.

Human-resources director Jessica Warren told the board she needed executive sessions covering collective bargaining and a possible performance review of a public employee. She estimated the collective-bargaining session would take about 10 minutes and the performance matter about five minutes.

After the executive sessions, the chair said the board had authorized county attorneys to continue discovery related to a tort claim; no additional public decisions were recorded. Warren also requested approval to backfill the auditor’s office lead payroll specialist with up to six months of overlap because the incumbent will be on intermittent leave, and she presented a request from the prosecuting attorney’s office to reclassify a legal specialist to paralegal step 2 at $5,127 per month, a roughly $223 monthly salary increase; Warren said the reclassified employee would be trained by other paralegals until a retirement occurs.

These personnel items were presented for the board’s consideration; the transcript records the briefing and requests but does not record a formal vote on either staffing item at the meeting.