The Clatsop County
Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday to appoint itself the governing body of
the Clatsop County Housing Authority in place of the agency’s existing governing
board.
The commissioners
voted 4-1 to take the action, with Commissioner Patricia Roberts voting no. The
action becomes effective immediately.
The board acted in
response to concerns about whether the CCHA board properly followed state public
meetings requirements in handling the agency’s business, in particular that
subcommittees of the board were given power to deliberate over contracts and
other items outside of properly noticed public meetings.
The housing authority
manages several low-income housing facilities around the county, including
Owens-Adair in Astoria, Tilikum and Wapiti in Warrenton, and Clatsop Shores in
Seaside, and makes housing grants available to a number of local social service
organizations.
Board Chair Peter
Huhtala said the commissioners’ decision to appoint themselves as the CCHA
governing body will not result in any changes to the agency’s staff or
facilities. “We are just replacing one board with another,” he said.
The board scheduled a
special meeting for Friday, Dec. 14 at 9 a.m. at the Judge Guy Boyington
Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria to meet as the housing authority
board.
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