? What: Woodland City Council will interview and appoint new member.
? When: 7 p.m. Tuesday.
? Where: Woodland City Hall, 100 Davidson Ave.
? Also on the agenda: Presentation on waste control, report on levee certification, creation of citizen committee that will advise council, adoption of E-Verify to check worker eligibility on contracts of $10,000 or more.
The Woodland City Council on Tuesday will select a new member from three applicants vying to fill Position No. 7.
The council will interview, appoint and swear-in its newest member at its 7 p.m. meeting.
Three Woodland residents applied for the position vacated by Tom Mattison, who resigned last month due to conflicts with his job and location.
? What: Woodland City Council will interview and appoint new member.
? When: 7 p.m. Tuesday.
? Where: Woodland City Hall, 100 Davidson Ave.
? Also on the agenda: Presentation on waste control, report on levee certification, creation of citizen committee that will advise council, adoption of E-Verify to check worker eligibility on contracts of $10,000 or more.
At the meeting, each of the applicants — Barbara Karnis, Darwin Rounds and Gene Silvey — will have five minutes to give a presentation to the council. Then the council will nominate and select a person to fill the vacancy. The new member will then be sworn into office. The selection process will take place in open session.
Karnis, 74, has lived in the area for 65 years, including 49 within the city limits. Karnis served on the city council for eight years and the planning commission for 20 years. She’s currently vice chairwoman of the Friends of the Library and a member of the county parks and recreation board.
Karnis, a retired educator, said in her application she wants to serve on the council because she is unhappy with how the council and mayor are interacting with each other.
Rounds, 51, has lived in the area for 25 years and in the city for 21 years. Rounds currently serves on the Horseshoe Lake Management Committee. In the past, he served on the park board, planning commission and city council.
Rounds is an instructor at West Coast Training. Rounds said he applied for the position because he cares about Woodland.
Silvey, 76, has lived in Woodland for 16 years. Silvey, who is retired, served as president of the Local 1707 Carpenters and Jointers of America union from 1957 to 1963. He also served on the Woodland park board in 2010.
Silvey said he wants to serve on the council because he wants to see changes in the way the city operates.
Whoever is selected to fill the vacant position will serve until the end of the year and would need to be elected in November to retain the seat in 2012.
Marissa Harshman: 360-735-4546 or marissa.harshman@columbian.com.
