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January 6, 2015
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
AGENDA REQUEST
Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
Tami Pokorny, Environmental Health Specialist II
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Nomination of Mary Biskup to the Conservation Futures Citizen
Oversight Committee
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Conservation Futures Citizen Oversight Committee (CF Committee) Chair Lorna Smith, Members Jerry
Gorsline and Rob Harbour, and staff recommend that the County Commissioners appoint Mary Biskup to
serve a full, 4 -year term on the CF Committee as a Citizen — District #1 representative.
ANALYSIS /STRATEGIC GOALS/PRO'S and CON'S:
A District #1 vacancy on the CF Committee was advertised in the The Leader on November 5, 2014. Ms.
Biskup expressed interest by the November 28 deadline. She resides in the City of Port Townsend, and was
the only applicant for this seat.
CF Committee members and staff reviewed Ms. Biskup's application materials and interviewed her in
person on January 5. We agreed that she is exceptionally well qualified and would make an excellent
addition to the Committee. Ms. Biskup worked as a paralegal at a private law firm and has a long held
interest in land use planning and protection — particularly with respect to agricultural lands. In Fresno
County, California, she served on a League of Women Voters committee working with a major developer to
implement an agricultural land trust there. She was also an active member of the Sierra Foothill
Conservancy, operating in a three- county area, since its inception in the 1990s. She was a board member of
the Conservancy for nearly eight years and President of the Board for three of those. Since moving to the
Quimper Peninsula a few years ago, Ms. Biskup has volunteered for the Marine Science Center in several
capacities.
FISCAL IMPACT /COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS:
There is no fiscal impact to the county's General Fund for appointing Ms. Biskup to serve on the CF
Committee.
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RECOMMENDATION:
The Conservation Futures Citizen Oversight Committee members and staff who interviewed Ms.
Biskup highly recommend her to fill the vacant District #1 seat on this Committee.
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