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| Resolution to Abolish Elected County Treasurer Position Tabled for Further Review 09/05/18 07:30am |
presented last evening to set a public hearing to start the process to potentially abolish the elected position of County Treasurer, in favor of an appointed Director of Finance, sending the plan back to the Human Resources legislative committee for further review. The legislators were presented with a resolution to set a public hearing on the matter for September 18, during a special meeting. At that time they would have decided whether to move forward with a public referendum for the general election ballot. That plan changed when Lewis County Attorney Joan McNichol informed the board that there needs to be a 60 day period between the hearing and the referendum vote, which didn't leave enough time to get the referendum on to the general election ballot for this November. Legislators ultimately tabled the resolution, asking the Human Resources committee to determine if the County could instead have an elected Comptroller position replace a Treasurer position, which could possibly allow minimum qualifications to be set for candidates, That suggestion was made by Legislator Greg Kulzer and seemed favorable to most board members. Mrs. McNichol said she would have to do some additional research to make sure that can be done in a non-charter county like Lewis County. The Human Resources legislative committee next meets on September 19. You can see the full board discussion on the subject in the video below. |
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