Clallam County Moves on Charter Review Recommendations

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  Clallam County Commissioners approved two recommendations from the 2025 Charter Review Commission on July 14, 2026No usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  The first recommendation involves creating a new Water Resource Specialist position within Community Development“The first recommendation was to create a new position of "Water Resource Specialist" within the Department of Community Development "with the necessary expertise to collect, analyze, and provide water resource data to all entities managing water resources in the County."”
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  The County will consider this during 2027 budget planning“After discussion between the Director of Community Development and the Board of Commissioners on how to move forward with consideration of this recommendation, the Director of Community Development is considering options for the creation of this new position within his department and will be prepared to discuss his recommendation(s) for doing so as a component of the annual budget planning process for 2027.”
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  The second recommendation establishes policies for responding to state and federal land transfer requests“The second recommendation was to "develop policies and procedures for responding to requests from State and Federal agencies for comments on the potential impact of transfers or acquisitions of land to or by those agencies where such transfers or acquisitions would affect the County's taxing, revenue raising, legislative, regulatory, and/or law enforcement jurisdiction." The vast majority of public input related to this recommendation was supportive, particularly recognizing that the intent and best practice is to provide a response to all requests for comment and in light of the high percentage of land in Clallam County that is already under State or Federal ownership.”
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  A draft policy now being developedNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  The County Administrator has already drafted a response letter to a federal agency“The County Administrator and Commissioners have drafted, adopted and sent a response to a request from a Federal agency for comment regarding the potential impact of a land transfer or acquisition and expect to utilize this letter as a template for future efforts.”
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  The response letter is a template for future land transfer reviews“The County Administrator and Commissioners have drafted, adopted and sent a response to a Federal agency for comment regarding the potential impact of a land transfer or acquisition and expect to utilize this letter as a template for future efforts.”
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  Three additional Charter amendments will appear on the November 2026 ballot“Three additional potential Charter amendments will be on the November 2026 ballot.”