County Council Members Richard Fralick, District 4, Orcas West, Gene Knapp, District 5, Orcas East, County Administrator Pete Rose and County Auditor Milene Henley will meet on Orcas Island next Thursday, March 11 for a Town Hall conversation.

The meeting will take place at the Eastsound Fire Hall from 4 to 5:45 p.m.

Items for discussion will be the continuing county Budget Crisis, the Solid Waste Program, the Uplands’ Critical Areas Ordinance, the Shoreline Master Plan Update and other important issues facing the County.  An open questions and answers forum will follow this presentation.   For more information please contact the Clerk of the County Council at (360) 378-2898.

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