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Wahkiakum County commissioners dismiss Fairgrounds manager after executive session
Summary
After an executive session on personnel complaints, Wahkiakum County commissioners voted 2–0 with one abstention to dismiss Fairgrounds Manager Patty Dursteler. The dismissal followed Dursteler reading a prepared statement responding to prior accusations.
Wahkiakum County Chair Dan Cothren and Commissioner Mark Letham voted to dismiss Fairgrounds Manager Patty Dursteler following an executive session held under RCW 42.30.110(1)(f); Commissioner Lee Tischer abstained. The Board reconvened at 11:16 a.m. and the motion that "Patty (Dursteler) is no longer employed as the Fair Manager and dismissed" was recorded as passed by majority vote.
Dursteler had earlier read a written statement in open session addressing hiring decisions, employee hours and staffing, billing for the crab feed, liquor-license rules, the physical condition of the fairgrounds and cash-management procedures. The record shows the Board recessed at 10:55 a.m. for an executive session to consider complaints against a public employee and reconvened at 11:16 a.m. to take action. No further personnel details were disclosed in the public minutes.
