The six sitting council members interviewed Washougal residents Killion, Pam Rollins, Bill Durgan, Julian Good, John Henriksen and Brian Johnson for the position, brought back Killion and Rollins for a second round of questioning, then cast their final votes, four of which went to Killion.
“This was tough,” Council member Molly Coston said. “(We had) six highly qualified people, so I’m very, very pleased with the level of applicants that we had. It was a difficult decision.”
Killion practiced law for 19 years, mostly as a public agency attorney for the city of Santa Rosa, Calif., and Napa County.
“I’m a public agency attorney by trade and practice, so I know the legal duties and limitations of government — public records, open-meeting laws, ethics, public contracting, federal and state funding, and all of that,” she told the council. “I don’t need an education on government. I want to serve on the city council because the last decades of my career were spent representing local governments. I’m a public servant at heart, for better or worse.”
Killion, who moved to Washougal in 2017, volunteers as a court appointed special advocate for foster care youth in Clark County. She also served as a member of the Clark County Clean Water Commission from 2018 to 2020.
