By Jaye Bell
What to do…. What to do
I was thinking about the BOC solutions to problem solving.
The appointed BOC members have stated they did not know how to run the county so they created two committees (Structure and Governance ) to direct them. A year later their committees came up with a solution, ‘hire’ an Administrator to run the county and direct the BOC on what it should do. ( The Administrator would attend BOC meetings and confer with them before they voted. ) Now ( from the Lakeside BOC meeting ) Mr. Messerle wants the Board to give two officials of Portland University’s National Policy Consensus Center $500 to come to Coos County and explain how our local government should operate.
The interesting thing is, the NPCC letter to Mr. Messerle states, “Our volunteer time on this project is limited. Our commitment to NPCC is to volunteer up to 80 hours over a six month period. Because of limitation, our recommendations to you may frequently point out that more research is needed or more time is needed to reach a conclusion, or certain issues cannot be resolved in the short time available. In all cases, we think that–at a minimum–we can suggest some next steps to you.”
It would seem BOC members who stated they needed two committees to tell them how to approach doing their job were advised, after a year of meetings, to hire an Administrator to do their job. These same BOC members have now decided they need to pay expenses to someone from Portland University NPCC to instruct them on how to do their job. Now then guess what, these Portland University people ( NPCC ) have told them to spend more time and hire an NPCC committee to tell them how to do their job.
What new expenses are they incurring for us?
I suggest citizens vote for Measure 6-143, The Voice of the Voters Charter, for simple but enforceable constitutional guidelines for a more efficient and less expensive, representative Coos County government.
