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Commissioners plan for interim auditor appointment after upcoming retirement
Summary
Commissioners discussed the process to fill a midterm auditor vacancy under state law, directing staff to prepare a plan while party interviews and nomination timelines proceed; they cited RCW guidance and a likely short-term acting appointment.
Commissioner Kimball told colleagues on Dec. 23 that the county will face a temporary vacancy in the auditors office after the incumbent retires and raised state statutory guidance for filling midterm vacancies.
"RCW 30 six-sixteen-one hundred and 15" was cited by Commissioner Kimball as the statute that "lets the county know what to do when an elected [official] retires in the middle of a term." He said the county party was collecting names and expected…
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