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Residents press commissioners to appoint Mark Scholl to vacant seat; board says open application process applies
Summary
A large group of residents urged the Board of County Commissioners to appoint Mark Scholl to fill the vacant Commission seat; commissioners said they will follow an open application process and counsel clarified the cited 30-day statutory deadline applies to partisan offices.
Hundreds of residents in person and online urged the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners on April 3 to appoint Mark Scholl to the vacant commissioner seat, citing his vote totals in the 2024 election and his prior service. Commissioners answered that they are conducting an open application process and that the statutory deadline cited by speakers applies to partisan offices, not this nonpartisan board.
Multiple public speakers argued that Mark Scholl had strong voter support and should be appointed. Rick Riley, chair of the Clackamas County Republican Party, urged the board to appoint Scholl and cited a statutory deadline he said would expire within days. Several speakers repeated a figure they…
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