PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Charter Review Commission meeting for tonight (Thursday) has been canceled.
After consultation with legal counsel, it was determined that the commission’s first meeting was not properly noticed in compliance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, said Trish Holden, clerk of the Board of County Commissioners.
Specifically, notice of the meeting, which was set for 6:30 p.m., was not posted on the Clallam County website, Holden said.
The meeting has been rescheduled for next Tuesday.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the commissioners’ meeting room (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse at 223 E. Fourth St. in Port Angeles.
Commission members will take oaths of office, elect officers and discuss rules of procedures, meeting schedules and “any other matters regarding the conduct of the business of the commission,” convening member Sue Forde said in a Dec. 10 notice.
Fifteen members were elected to the commission during the Nov. 4 general election, five from each of the three county commissioner districts.
The panel will review the charter, Clallam County’s “constitution” for government, and recommend amendments that will go before voters next November.
District 1 extends from the eastern county line to Boyce Road in Carlsborg. District 2 is the area between Boyce Road and Valley Creek in Port Angeles. District 3 covers the West End beginning at Valley Creek.
District 1 is represented on the Charter Review Commission by Forde, Ken Hays, Ronald Bell, Nola Judd and Ted Miller.
District 2 committee members are Glenn Wiggins, Norma Turner, Maggie Roth, Steven Burke and Selinda Barkhuis.
District 3 is represented by Mike Doherty, Barbara Christensen, Connie Beauvais, Cheryl Williams and Rod Fleck.
Clallam County is one of seven of 39 counties in the state that operate under a home-rule charter, unlike most where procedures are dictated by the Legislature.
A Charter Review Commission is elected every eight years.
