WASHOUGAL — The Washougal City Council on Monday appointed members to two committees tasked with preparing statements for and against a proposition to change the city’s form of government.
The council appointed Jeff Guard, Larry White and Marilyn Tyrell to write the statement opposed to the proposition. The statement will appear in the general election voters’ pamphlet. Councilmembers Brent Boger, Jennifer McDaniel and Joyce Lindsay will write the supporting statement, which would change the form of government to a manager-council form with a weak mayor.
The city received four applications to write statements opposing the proposition. By law, three people can sit on a committee. Former mayor Les Sonneson, who couldn’t attend Monday’s meeting, was the fourth applicant.
Boger, a top proponent for the change in government, said it would make sense if Mayor Sean Guard took the lead on appointing a committee to write an opposing statement because he was also against the proposition.
