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Commissioners discuss changes to salary commission; board signals preference to retain labor voice
Summary
A proposed ordinance to update the Thurston County Salary Commission (composition and selection) drew questions about ensuring organized-labor representation; commissioners directed staff to preserve labor representation language in revised code before next week's hearing.
Thurston County commissioners discussed a proposed ordinance to amend county code governing the county Salary Commission and signaled they want to preserve a seat for an organized-labor representative while also broadening eligibility to avoid chronically vacant positions.
Staff said the ordinance is tied to the board’s change from three to five commissioner districts and would create five citizen seats selected by lot (one per district) drawn from voter registrations, plus four commissioner-appointed seats required to have…
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