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Deschutes County commissioners default to longest-serving member as chair after no second to nominations
Summary
A self-nomination for chair drew no second and, under the county code, the longest-serving commissioner will serve as chair for 2025; the exchange highlighted tensions among commissioners about how chair and vice chair are chosen.
Commissioners on the Deschutes County Board started 2025 by addressing leadership for the year after a nomination for chair drew no second and county code automatically assigned the posts by tenure.
Commissioner Phil Chang nominated himself to serve as chair for 2025, saying he was “willing to serve as chair” if the board returned to a rotating tradition. County legal counsel later told the board, “Pursuant to the code, it would default to the member with the longest tenure and would become chair. The member…
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