Commissioners Reschedule Gov. Review Board Meeting

July 22, 2021 3:35 am

Washington County Commissioners announced on Wednesday that a special meeting scheduled for Friday, July 23rd, has been rescheduled for Thursday, July 29th at nine a.m.  The meeting, which was to be held virtually, was to discuss the creation of an eleven-member board to study and review county government. The board, which would first have to be approved by voters in the next election, along with electing eleven county residents to sit on the board, would conduct a review of government operations and could recommend changes. An ordinance to get the process moving had to be advertised for seven days before the commissioners voted on it. Friday’s special meeting, was going to be virtual, and they were expected to vote on whether to put the issue on the ballot for the public to decide. Commissioners say the change in the meeting time and date is an effort to let all residents who want to be heard on the matter attend in person.