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County faces short-term board-of-equalization staffing gap; commissioners to act on direct-appeal request
Summary
A resignation left Clallam County’s Board of Equalization below the three-member minimum required by statute; commissioners discussed designating themselves as the board or appointing hearing examiners so hearings can continue and agreed to consider related resolutions and a direct-appeal request at the next regular meeting.
Clallam County officials told the Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 3 that a recent resignation dropped the county’s Board of Equalization below the three-member minimum established by state statute, creating an immediate need for action so hearings and appeals can proceed.
County legal staff cited RCW 8448014 (as referenced in the meeting packet) and said the county legislative authority — the Board of County Commissioners — may constitutionally serve as the board of equalization when the statutorily required membership is not met. To allow the county’s two remaining equalization members…
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