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Seaside commission forms challenge-coin subcommittee and tentatively honors two local advocates
Summary
Commissioners voted to form a redesign subcommittee for the Seaside Homeless Commission challenge coin and tentatively to name the award for Kenneth Murray and Seth Pollock, pending family approval; two commissioners were assigned to the subcommittee and the commission agreed to include a coin in the city time capsule.
The Seaside Homeless Commission voted July 1 to form a subcommittee to redesign the commission's challenge coin and tentatively to name the award in honor of two local advocates.
Chair Benjamin Strickland proposed adding the names of Pastor Kenneth Murray and Professor Seth Pollock to the coin design to recognize community members who have since died. "I was thinking of naming it, like, the Murray Pollock humanitarian challenge coin," the chair said. Commissioners discussed whether to seek family approval before finalizing the name; the commission adopted a motion to form a redesign subcommittee and included a proviso that naming would be tentative pending family consent.
The commission appointed Commissioners Joseph Ruffin III and Chan Freeman to serve on the Challenge Coin subcommittee. Commissioners also voted to place one of the commission's inaugural challenge coins in the city's bicentennial time capsule opening this month.
Why it matters: The coin is a symbolic recognition the commission has used to honor volunteers and partners; the naming decision prompted discussion about family notification and continuity of the award.
What happens next: The subcommittee will review design options, pursue family approvals and, if appropriate, bring a revised design and RFP recommendations back to the full commission at a future meeting.
