10/18/2006: "Council Approves Hiring Help For Prosecutor"

The County Council has approved a request from the Prosecutor's office for a onetime "Emergency Appropriation" of $20,000.00 to hire a temporary replacement for Cameron Carter, who recently resigned to take a position on the mainland. (Previous Stories)

Gaylord told the Council he has been unable to hire a fulltime replacement in time to meet the upcoming deadlines of the ongoing ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) appeals, but was able to locate someone "qualified and familiar with San Juan County and the ADU issues" that was willing to step in and take over the filings due by December 6th, and to represent the County in the appeals scheduled for January in Eastsound.

Chairman Alan Lichter asked Ranker if he was interested in reviewing the qualifications of the person selected by Gaylord, and while Ranker seemed to be taken a bit off guard by the question, he resonded that he would not mind reviewing them. Lichter then turned to Myhr for his input, Myhr said that he was "happy to defer to the Prosecuting Attorney to make the proper decision". Gaylord told Lichter that while it would not be appropriate for them to make their approval of the request contingent upon their review of the attorney's qualifications, but that he would be happy to introduce the attorney to the Council.

Gaylord said he would set up an informal meeting between the parties, and this put an end to the discussion.