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Residents say recent committee appointments lacked notice; callers urge more transparent process
Summary
Multiple residents used the citizens’ forum to criticize a recent midterm reappointment of committee members and to urge the council to restore transparency and respect for staff. Speakers alleged inadequate notice for LTAC and committee changes and called for clearer agenda procedures and apologies where appropriate.
Several residents at Tuesday’s Battle Ground council meeting criticized the council’s handling of committee appointments at a prior meeting and urged clearer public notice and respect for staff.
Public commenters repeatedly raised the same process concern: that the council had changed committee membership midterm without public notice. Reverend Kate Lohr said she was "here tonight to raise a concern about the lack of due process and transparency that occurred at the last council meeting" and that the…
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