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The Whatcom County Executive is not a member of the council, and is a separately elected official. The Executive submits legislation to the council for consideration. The Executive has veto power over ordinances passed by the council. The Council requires a vote of five of the seven council members to override the Executive's veto. [3]
Nick Lewis, a member of the Lummi Indian business council and chairman of the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, said Bellingham and Whatcom County are setting policy of “helping but ...
Members of the Whatcom County Council voted unanimously in a special meeting Tuesday to conduct an independent investigation into a 2022 sexual harassment settlement involving former Public Works ...
Whatcom County Council members knew nothing about a deal that allowed the county’s Public Works Department director, Jon Hutchings, to resign amid sexual harassment allegations, an incident that ...
Pete Kremen is an American politician of the Democratic Party.He served for 12 years as a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 42nd district, then served for 16 years as the Whatcom County Executive, the county's highest elected official, and the longest tenure for any county executive in state history.
County voters approved the adoption of a home-rule charter for Whatcom County on November 7, 1978, creating the position of a seven-member county council. [2] The position of county executive was created in 1996. Prior to the adoption, the county government was led by three commissioners elected at-large. [3]
In a special meeting Tuesday, Whatcom County Council members rejected a measure to defund 22 North, a housing complex for 40 previously homeless youth, veterans and people with disabilities that ...
Whatcom County Council members are scheduled to discuss a proposal next week that would withdraw the county’s financial support from a subsidized housing project in downtown Bellingham because ...