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Planning commission sets aside bylaw for this meeting, elects Solberg as chair and Feuer as vice chair
Summary
The commission agreed to set aside a bylaw requiring pre-meeting nominations and secret ballots, held open nominations and appointed Tom Solberg as chair and Phil Feuer as vice chair by voice vote; Chair said a bylaw change will require City Council approval and a later workshop.
Facing a bylaw that calls for pre-meeting nominations and a secret ballot, the Liberty Lake Planning Commission on Jan. 14 voted to set that bylaw aside for the current meeting and proceeded with open nominations and voting.
The chair explained the bylaws require nominations by email the day before an election and a secret ballot; the commission had not followed that process in previous years and the chair asked for a motion to permit open nominations and voting for the meeting. Commissioner Garcia moved to set aside the bylaw for this meeting; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Commissioner Garcia then made a joint motion nominating Tom Solberg as chair and Phil Feuer as vice chair. The motion was seconded and the commission approved the appointments by voice vote. The chair noted that because the process is governed by a bylaw, any permanent change to the election process will require a bylaw amendment and approval by the City Council and that a workshop will be scheduled to address the bylaw formally.
The newly elected chair will assume duties following the meeting. No secret ballot or written roll-call record of individual votes was taken in the public record at the meeting.
