Alert from the Josephine County Charter

The county commissioners have added APPOINTMENT OF NEW COMMISSIONER OR COMMISSIONERS to their agenda for the December 4 County Administration meeting (not the business meeting). Here is what the Josephine County Charter requires for filling vacancies.

Section 24. FILLING OF VACANCIES.

(1) The Board shall publish notice of a vacancy to be filled by appointment in newspapers of general circulation in the County. This notice shall request qualified individuals to apply to serve until the person elected at the next general election takes office by filing an application with the Board of Commissioners. The Board shall appoint a qualified person to the vacancy from the applications received. The Board shall fill a vacancy within 30-days after the occurrence of the vacancy.

If the Board does not have a quorum because of vacancies on the Board, the power to appoint, to fill such vacancy, is thereby transferred to a Temporary Board composed of the other elective administrative officers. [Amended May, 1992]

(2) A vacancy in an appointive office of the county shall be filled by the Board or pursuant to its authority.