2018-45-Minutes for Meeting January 04,2018 Recorded 2/2/2018In the County Courts of the State of Oregon for Grant, Harney, Malheur and
Wheeler Counties; and the Boards of County Commissioners of Baker,
Deschutes, Jefferson, Lake and Wasco Counties
Minutes of the Joint Special Session
January 4, 2018
The County Courts and Boards of Commissioners convened in a Joint Special Session
at the Grant County Regional Airport, in John Day, Oregon, at 1:00 p.m., on January 4,
2018 for the sole purpose of filling the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly, State
Senate District 30. All Commissioners were present either in person or via telephone.
Deschutes County Commissioner Tammy Baney served as Chair.
Harney County Clerk Derrin (Dag) Robinson was selected to serve as recording
secretary and Jefferson County Administrative Officer Jeff Rasmussen served as timer.
Both gentlemen agreed to tally the votes for the selection.
The nominees of the Republican Party were Cliff Bentz, Suzan Ellis Jones and Eric
Wattenburg. Mr. Bentz and Dr. Wattenburg were present, and Ms. Ellis Jones was not.
The Commissioners agreed upon interview questions of the nominees, and agreed that
each nominee would have 2.5 minutes to answer each question.
Each county asked their proposed question of both nominees in attendance.
Upon completion of the interviews, Commissioner Baney called for the vote. Each
Commissioner was provided a sheet of paper to list their name, and the name of the
nominee in which they voted for.
Mr. Robinson and Mr. Rasmussen tallied the votes. The official list of votes cast is
attached.
Mr. Bentz received 73.59, Ms. Jones received 4.66 and Dr. Wattenburg received 5.66.
Commissioner Baney passed around the Statement of vote tabulation selecting Cliff
Bentz to fill the vacancy for the individual Commissioner's signatures, and then sent the
signature sheets to the counties attending via phone.
There being no further discussion, the meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Derrin (Dag) Robinson, C.C.C.
Harney County Clerk
Recorded in Deschutes County CJ2O18-45
Nancy Blankenship, County Clerk
Commissioners' ,Journal 02/02/2018 10:32:14 AM
2018-45
County
Votes Per Bentz
Commissioner
Jones
Wattenburg
Baker
Bennett
4.00 1.0
4.00
0.00
0.00
Bennett
Harvey
4.00 1.0
4.00
0.00
0.00
Harvey
Nichols
4.00 1.0
4.00
0.00
0.00
Nichols
Deschutes
Baney
5.33 1.0
5.33
0.00
0.00
Baney
DeBone
5.33 1.0
5.33
0.00
0.00
DeBone
Henderson
5.33
0.00
0.00
1.0
5.33
Henderson
Grant
Britton
1.66 1.0
1.66
0.00
0.00
Britton
Hamsher
1.66 1.0
1.66
0.00
0.00
Hamsher
Myers
1.66 1.0
1.66
0.00
0.00
Myers
Harney
Dorroh
1.66 1.0
1.66
0.00
0.00
Dorroh
Owens
1.66 1.0
1.66
0.00
0.00
Owens
Runnels
1.66 1.0
1.66
0.00
0.00
Runnels
Jefferson
Ahern
4.66 1.0
4.66
0.00
0.00
Ahern
Fording
4.66 1.0
4.66
0.00
0.00
Fording
Huston
4.66
0.00
1.0
4.66
0.00
Huston
Lake
Kestner
0.33 1.0
0.33
0.00
0.00
Kestner
Shoun
0.33 1.0
0.33
0.00
0.00
Shoun
Winters
0.33 1.0
0.33
0.00
0.00
Winters
Malheur
Hodge
5.00 1.0
5.00
0.00
0.00
Hodge
Joyce
5.00 1.0
5.00
0.00
0.00
Joyce
Wilson
5.00 1.0
5.00
0.00
0.00
Wilson
Wasco
Hege
5.00 1.0
5.00
0.00
0.00
Hege
Kramer
5.00 1.0
5.00
0.00
0.00
Kramer
Runyon
5.00 1.0
5.00
0.00
0.00
Runyon
Wheeler
Morley
0.33 1.0
0.33
0.00
0.00
Morley
Ordway
0.33
0.00
0.00
1.0
0.33
Ordway
Starkey
0.33 1.0
0.33
0.00
0.00
Starkey
Bentz
Jones
Wattenburg
TOTAL
TOTAL
84 73.59
4.66
5.66
$4'
TOTAL VOTERS 27.0