By Stan Matthews
County Website and Communications Manager
The San Juan County Charter Review Commission will convene its first meeting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, January 7, 2012 in the County Council Chambers, 55 Second Avenue in Friday Harbor.
The County’s Charter calls for a review by an elected Charter Review Commission after five full years of operation under the new form of government, and at least every ten years thereafter. The County’s home rule charter was adopted by voters in 2005 and put in place in 2006.
At its first meeting, the Commission’s members will select officers, be briefed on its mission and the resources they will have available, and establish ground rules for the Commission’s work.
The 21 members of the Charter Review Commission were elected in the November 8 election. Membership slots were allotted by Council district, with population factored in. 10 members are from districts on San Juan Island, 7 from Orcas, and 4 from Lopez/Shaw.
The Commission’s members are:
District 1 (SJI South)
Maureen See
Gordon Petersen
Mary Jean Cahail
District 2 (SJI North
William Watson
Robert Levinson
Ronald Zee
Janice Peterson
District 3 (Friday Harbor)
James Stegall
Frank Penwell
Thomas Starr
District 4 (Orcas West)
Robert Gamble
William Appel
Edwin Sutton
Ralph Gutschmidt
District 5 (Orcas East)
Moana Kutsche
Linda Tretheway
Stephen Garrison
District 6 (Lopez/Shaw)
Madrona Murphy
Larry Hendel
Richard Ward
Barbara C. Thomas
