Proposed rules would make chair the official spokesperson and streamline minority-report forwarding to BOCC

Scott Diener told commissioners the proposed rules include a provision that the commission spokesperson will be the Chair or, when appropriate, the Vice Chair; the proposal removes the ability to designate another commissioner to speak on behalf of the commission. He also described a streamlined minority-report process: a commissioner in the minority may submit a brief minority report to the department "which will then be forwarded to the Kitsap County Board of County Commissioners for consideration."

Commissioners asked whether forwarding the minority report is discretionary or mandatory; Diener read the draft language aloud and explained the draft would forward minority reports to the Board as a matter of practice in the proposed rules. The change is intended to ensure alternate perspectives are transmitted to the BOCC as part of the record.