HomeMy WebLinkAboutSpecial Council November 11 1987JOINT MEETING
SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SKAGIT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
November 11, 1987
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Acting Chair
Burton at the Inn at Semi -ah -moo in Blaine, Washington. Present
were San Juan County Commissioners Douglas R. "Doug" Corliss,
Jeff McKay, and Thomas R. Cowan; Skagit County Commissioners Otto
Walberg, Bill Vaux, and David C. Rohrer; and Whatcom County
Council Members Tom Burton, Donald G. Hansey, J.V. "Jim" Hawley,
Jr., C.J. "Corky" Johnson, R.W. "Bob" Muenscher, and William P.
Roehl. Council Member Daniel M. Warner arrived at 7 :20 p.m.
APPOINTMENT OF REPLACEMENT FQR PAT MCMULLEN TO THE WASHINGTON
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 40TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT,
POSITION 2
The meeting began with discussion about the procedures to be
used during the meeting.
CORLISS MOVED, SECONDED BY WALBERG, TO USE ROBERTS' RULES OF
ORDER.
The motion carried.
COWAN MOVED, SECONDED BY JOHNSON, TO RECOGNIZE BURTON AS THE
CHAIR, THAT THE SELECTION OF AN APPOINTEE BE BASED ON A SIMPLE
MAJORITY, AND THAT THE PERSON WITH THE LOWEST NUMBER OF VOTES BE
ELIMINATED FROM THE BALLOT IF THERE WERE NO CLEAR MAJORITY ON THE
FIRST BALLOT.
The motion carried.
HAWLEY MOVED, SECONDED BY COWAN, TO NOMINATE JIM FOX, JAMIE
BELETZ AND VINCE SELLEN AS THE THREE CANDIDATES FOR THE
APPOINTMENT.
The motion carried.
Vince Sellen, Jamie Beletz, and Jim Fox were then asked to
speak briefly on their qualifications for the position.
Following the candidates' presentations, each Commissioner and
Council Member was given the opportunity to ask questions of the
candidates. The questions concerned the following issues:
accessibility to constituents; state - mandated programs which
force local governments to appropriate funds; a state income tax;
problems related to the aquaculture industry; state vs. local
government authority; legislation to remove mandatory binding
arbitration; the financial problems of the counties; projects the
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applicants would like to pursue as legislators; problems
resulting from cutbacks in aid to the elderly; economic
development for the counties; economic development vs.
environmental concerns; environmental issues facing the 40th
District; Phase II of the Boldt decision; the State Salary
Commission; and the State Constitution.
Following the question- and - answer session, it was determined
that a simple majority would be 4 and 4/7 of the vote, with each
Commissioner having 1 vote and each Council Member having 3/7 of
a vote.
Corliss, McKay, and Rohrer spoke in support of Jim Fox.
Roehl and Walberg spoke in support of Vince Sellen.
A roll -call vote resulted in 4 and 6/7 votes for Jim Fox,
giving him a simple majority of the vote. Corliss, Cowan, McKay,
Rohrer, Burton (3/7) and Hansey (3/7) voted for Fox. Vaux,
Walberg, Hawley (3/7), Johnson (3/7), Muenscher (3/7), Roehl
(3/7), and Warner (3/7) voted for Sellen, giving him a total of 4
1/7 votes.
JOINT RESOLUTION OF SAN JUAN, SKAGIT, AND WHATCOM COUNTIES,
DECLARING THE APPOINTMENT OF JIM FOX AS STATE REPRESENTATIVE,
40TH LEGISLATIVE DISIRIC1, POSITION 2
COWAN, SECONDED BY MCKAY, MOVED TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION
APPOINTING JIM FOX.
The motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Tom Burton, Chair
ATTEST:
Clerk of the Council