Charter Review Commission forwards recommendation to county commissioners on town-hall process and proposed steward position

The Clallam County Charter Review Commission voted to forward a resolution recommending that the Board of County Commissioners consider creating a steward position and adopt a district town-hall process, commissioners said. The motion, which the commission characterized as a recommendation rather than a charter amendment, passed on a roll-call vote.

Commissioners and members of the public framed the item as a next-step recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners, not an immediate change to the county charter. Commissioner Richards said the commission had put its proposed charter language and the recommended qualifications into a recommendation for the county commissioners to consider and then forward to the director of the Department of Community Development as appropriate. "The recommendation is for the county commissioners to turn around and recommend this to the director of the Department of Community Development," Richards said during the discussion.

Why it matters: the commission’s action sends the proposal…