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Clallam County committee debates limits on commissioners serving on nonprofit boards

5507085 · July 24, 2025
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Committee members and a public commenter debated whether county commissioners should be barred or restricted from serving on nonprofit boards that seek county funds; the committee asked staff to compile NGO lists and draft conflict-of-interest language.

Clallam County's Charter Review and Ethics Committee turned July 24 to whether county commissioners should serve on nonprofit or quasi-governmental boards that may receive county funding, with members and a public commenter urging clearer rules on recusal and possible limits.

Public commenter John Worthington urged the committee to "change them back," arguing commissioners should not serve on boards that both seek county money and make policy for those organizations. "To serve on the board where they are making policy when the NGOs are…

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