Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: BOCC - Board of County Commissioners

Directors' Update: Feb. 5, 2025

Business Meeting: Feb. 11, 2025

Summary:

Appoint three individuals to the Lewis County Citizens' Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials (Salary Commission)

Publications:

Cover Letter To: Kayla Macewen: kayamarie6496@gmail.com Colby Moore: moorejoecolby@icloud.com

Additional Copies To: Terry Petty 199 Little Creek Lane Toledo, WA 98591

Resolution

WHEREAS, salaries for county commissioners and councilmembers may be set by salary commissions established by ordinance or resolution as outlined in RCW 36.17.024; and

WHEREAS, the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) established the Lewis County Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials (“Salary Commission”) via Resolution 01-317 on Sept. 10, 2001; reconvened the Salary Commission via Resolution 19-152 on May 20, 2019; and revised the parameters of the commission via Resolution 25-047 on Feb. 11, 2025; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with state law, commission members must be registered voters eligible to vote at the time persons are selected for appointment to full terms on the commission, and the county auditor must select, by lot, at least one commission member living in each commissioner's district; and

WHEREAS, the terms for all previous Salary Commission appointees expired on or before Sept. 22, 2023; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with state law, the Lewis County Auditor's Office selected by lot at least one registered voter from each commissioner's district to potentially serve on the Salary Commission; and

WHEREAS, the following registered voters, as selected by lot by the Auditor's Office, have indicated a willingness to serve on the Salary Commission: 

• District 1: Kayla Macewen of Centralia
• District 2: Colby Moore of Chehalis
• District 3: Terry Petty of Toledo

WHEREAS, RCW 36.17.024 further states the following:

• No person may be appointed to serve more than two terms.
• No member of the commission may be removed by the county legislative authority during his or her term of office unless for cause of incapacity, incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office, or for a disqualifying change of residence.
• The members of the commission may not include any officer, official, or employee of the county or any of their immediate family members. ... "Immediate family member" means the parents, spouse, siblings, children, or dependent relatives of the officer, official, or employee, whether or not living in the household of the officer, official, or employee

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the BOCC appoints the following to the Lewis County Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials (Salary Commission) for four-year terms to expire Dec. 31, 2028

• District 1: Kayla Macewen of Centralia
• District 2: Colby Moore of Chehalis
• District 3: Terry Petty of Toledo

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 11th day of February, 2025.