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Council interviews two applicants for budget committee and signals tentative selections
Summary
Council interviewed two citizen applicants — Arien (who described CEO and treasurer experience) and Lloyd (nonprofit and small‑business experience) — and indicated general consensus to proceed with in‑person candidates; formal appointments are scheduled for an April council meeting.
The Newport City Council held interviews at its March 30 work session to fill four citizen slots on the budget committee and heard from two applicants in person.
Candidate identified in the transcript as speaker 6 described prior experience as chief executive of a manufacturing company with about 40 employees and managing a roughly $10,000,000 annual budget, and said he currently serves as treasurer for the Lincoln County MLS. “Consensus is reached with discussion… If consensus can’t be achieved, then majority decides,” he told the council when asked how he would work through differing opinions. The other candidate (speaker 5) described mid‑level nonprofit budget experience involving roughly $16,000,000 and participation in a larger $32,000,000 campus budget, later operating a small Colorado business for 25 years. He said he reviewed the draft budget for several hours and anticipated bringing useful questions to the committee.
Councilors noted there were five applicants for four seats (one—Jason Mueller—had withdrawn before interviews). Several councilors expressed a preference for candidates who could participate in person and suggested staff inform candidates of tentative selection prior to the formal April 6 appointment meeting so appointees can prepare for the first budget committee meeting on April 8. The council did not take a formal appointment vote during the work session.
