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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
Port Angeles, Washington
June 29, 1993
CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Hallett called the special meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order
SPECIAL MEETING: at 6:05 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Members Present: Mayor Hallett, Councilmen Braun and Ostrowski,
Councilwoman Sargent, and Councilmen Schueler and
Wight.
Members Absent: None - one position vacant.
Staff Present: Manager Pomeranz, Attorney Knutson, Clerk Upton, and
K. Godbey.
Public Present: None signed in.
Interview Candidates Interview Candidates for Vacancy on City Council
for Vacancy on City
Council The purpose of this special meeting was to interview the candidates and make an
appointment to fill the vacancy on the City Council. Prior to the interviews, the
Council held a discussion as to how the appointment would be made. Based on input
from Attorney Knutson, the Council decided by consensus to conduct an Executive
Session to evaluate the candidates and review their qualifications. Further, the
Council decided by consensus to cast written ballots identifying each Council member
and each Council member's preferred candidate with the results of the balloting to
be tallied and read aloud by the City Clerk.
The Council then proceeded to interview the following: Cathleen McKeown, Jim
Hulett, Danetta Rutten, Donald Bettger, Julie Bondy, and Cindy Souders.
Break Mayor Hallett recessed the meeting for a break at 8:15 p.m. The meeting
reconvened at 8:24 p.m.
ADJOURN TO The meeting was adjourned to Executive Session at 8:27 p.m. to evaluate the
EXECUTIVE candidates and review their qualifications for approximately fifteen minutes. At 8:45
SESSION: p.m., Attorney Knutson advised the members of the public that the City Council
would need approximately fifteen more minutes for the Executive Session.
RETURN TO OPEN The meeting returned to open session at 9:09 p.m.
SESSION:
Mayor Hallett commented on the excellence of the candidates and the difficulty in
making a decision. The Council then cast written ballots and forwarded them to
Clerk Upton who tallied and read aloud the votes, as follows: Councilman Wight
cast a ballot for Jim Hulett, Councilman Schueler cast a ballot for Donald Bettger,
Councilwoman Sargent cast a ballot for Jim Hulett, Councilman Ostrowski cast a
ballot for Jim Hulett, Mayor Hallett cast a ballot for Cindy Souders, and Councilman
Braun cast a ballot for Jim Hulett. By receiving the majority of the votes, Jim Hulett
was appointed to the City Council.
Mayor Hallett indicated Mr. Hulett will be administered the oath of office on July
6, 1993. Congratulations were extended to Mr. Hulett. The members of the
Council expressed their appreciation to all applicants and noted the qualifications
were so impressive that the decision-making process was extremely difficult.
Additionally, the unsuccessful candidates were encouraged to mn for a seat on the
City Council in the upcoming election.
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
June 29, 1993
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
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