The meeting was called to order at approximately 6:30 pm by commission chairman, Ben Elenbaas.
After the flag salute and roll call, the floor was opened to public comments.
Glen Morgan led off the public comment, speaking in favor of Proposed Amendment 16 from Wes Kentch: Shall the Charter be amended to increase transparency in funding between Whatcom County and nonprofit non-government organizations (NGOs)? Glen is well known to Washington conservatives for his tenure at the Freedom Foundation.
Local activist Bob Burr held forth on a variety of topics, ranging from non-partisanship to representation by district. He's in favor of non-partisanship, and opposed to representation by district. The partisanship topic came up numerous times as the meeting progressed. Many of the votes were not along party lines, and various commissioners lightheartedly pointed that out.
Several other speakers expressed concern about Proposed Amendment 16, but were somewhat reassured upon hearing that the amendment was being revised, and was on the agenda to be discussed later in the meeting.
As usual, there was mixed testimony about Proposed Amendment 1 from Joe Elenbaas: Shall the Charter be amended to provide for election of councilmembers within the council district from which the candidate was nominated? A.K.A., district-only voting, or representation by district.
(Results of the commission deliberation and voting will be posted here after the audio has been transcribed. Watch this space, and stay tuned.)
Here is the audio from the first 2:13 of the meeting (evidently 24 hours or approximately nine meetings is the upper limit for batteries in my recorder):
The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:40 p.m.
Here is the audio from the first 2:13 of the meeting (evidently 24 hours or approximately nine meetings is the upper limit for batteries in my recorder):
The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:40 p.m.
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