Thursday, Dec 22 2011 - The San Juan County Charter Review Commission  will convene its first meeting at 9:00 A.M. on 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 January 7 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. Ten members are from districts on San Juan Island, 7 from Orcas, and 4 from Lopez/Shaw. Click Here to view Agenda.

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