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Executive committee debates role, timing and 'ripeness' of committee work products
Summary
Members disagreed over whether the executive committee should vet and time committee work products before full-commission consideration; proponents called it workload management, opponents warned it could create gatekeeping that blocks the majority’s access to the full commission.
At the May 12 executive committee meeting, commissioners discussed changes to how committee work products reach the full Columbia River Gorge Commission, with differing views on whether the executive committee should assess "ripeness" before items go on the full‑commission agenda.
"It would make sense to me for those committees to basically ask them out of committee... and the executive committee then makes a decision like, is this... something that…
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