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Ellensburg council reappoints Teresa Devine to DEI commission after extended, sometimes heated public comment
Summary
The Ellensburg City Council voted May 5 to reappoint Teresa Devine to the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commission after a lengthy public-comment period in which residents offered sharply divided views on DEI work and the council agreed to continue hearing signed speakers after the regular agenda.
The Ellensburg City Council voted May 5 to reappoint Teresa Devine to the city’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commission after more than 30 minutes of public comment on DEI and a separate council vote to continue remaining speakers later in the evening.
Council members moved and seconded a motion to accept the DEI subcommittee’s recommendation to reappoint Teresa Devine; the motion was approved by the council. Council members described Devine as a tenured faculty member at Central Washington University who teaches in the law and justice department and who has previously worked with local law enforcement and community programs.
The reappointment came amid a large public-comment block that the mayor opened…
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