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Snohomish County Council delays vote on Charter Review coordinator after commissioners raise conflict concerns
Summary
Public-commenting Charter Review commissioners raised undisclosed ties between the recommended coordinator and developer lobbyists; after council members questioned the process and the executive’s role, the council voted 3-1 to continue consideration of motion 26-0-85 to next Tuesday.
Demi Chatters and Robin McGee, both members of the county's Charter Review Commission, urged Snohomish County Council to reject the commission's recommended coordinator, saying the candidate’s connections to developers were not disclosed and posed a conflict of interest.
Chatters, who identified herself as a Charter Review Commissioner for District 2, told the council she had been informed that the recommended coordinator was employed by the brother of a fellow commissioner as a paid lobbyist for a firm that works on behalf of developers in Snohomish County. “This was never disclosed to…
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