BEFORETHE BOARDOF COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS FORMULTNOMAHCOUNTY,

RESOLUTION NO. 07-179

Filling a Vacancyin the LegislativeAssembly, District 14

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners Finds: a. Effective October 28, 2007, there is a vacancy in Oregon State senate, District 14, due to the resignation of State senator . b. Pursuant to state law, on October 29, 2007, the Democratic Party Precinct Committeepersons of senate District 14 met to choose nominees to fill the vacancy. c. The nominees chosen were: Elizabeth Ann Bode, Mike Bohan, and Shantu Shah. d. In accordance with procedures established by the Secretary of State, the Washington and Multnomah County Board of Commissioners considered the nominations at a joint public meeting at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 20, 2007. e. In accordance with ORS 171.062 each County is entitled to one vote for each 1,000 registered electors or major fraction of 1,000 (more than 500 registered electors, but less than 1,000) within Oregon State senate District 14; and each County Commissioneris allotted the follOWingnumber of votes:

Washington County: 60,685 or 61 votes divided by 5 = 12-1/5 votes per Commissioner Multnomah County: 2,855 or 3 votes divided by 5 = 3/5 vote per Commissioner f. At the conclusion of the public meeting the Commissionersvoted to appoint Mark Hass to fill the vacancy, said nominee having received the highest number of votes as indicated on the vote tabulation attached as Exhibit A.

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners Resolves:

1. Mark Hass is selected as the appointee to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly, Oregon State senate District 14.

1 of 3 - Resolution 07-179 Alling legislative Vacancy, Oregon State senate District 14 2. This Resolution shall promptly be forwarded to the Secretary of State as required by ORS 171.060(3).

ADOPTED this 20th day of November, 2007; ratified this 29th day of November, 2007.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON (b~tJH~~ Ted Wheeler, Chair ~qpc6~

Maria Rojo de Steffey, Commissioner District 1 V Jeff Cogen, Commissioner District 2

Lisa Naito, Commissioner District 3

Excused Lonnie Roberts, Commissioner District 4

REVIEWED:

AGNES SOWLE, COUNlY AlTORNEY FOR MULTNOMAH COUNlY, OREGON

By =- _ Agnes Sowle, County Attorney

2 of 3 - Resolution 07-179 Filling legislative Vacancy, Oregon State senate District 14 Exhibit A

VOTE TABULATION

In the matter of filling the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly, Oregon State Senate District 14, the following votes were cast at the Washington and Multnomah County Boards of Commissioners joint public meeting on Tuesday, November 20,2007:

BOARD Of COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NOMINEE fOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON

Ted Wheeler Chair, At Large Mark Hass

Maria Rojo de Steffey Vice-Chair, Commissioner District 1 Mark Hass

JeffCogen Commissioner District 2 Mark Hass

Usa Naito Commissioner District 3 Mark Hass

Lonnie Roberts Commissioner District 4 Excused

BOARD Of COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NOMINEE fOR WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON

Tom Brian Chair, At Large Mark Hass

Dick SChouten Commissioner District 1 Mark Hass

Desari Strader Commissioner District 2 Abstained

Roy Rogers Vice Chair, Commissioner District 3 Mark Hass

Andy Duyck Commissioner District 4 Mark Hass

3 of 3 - Resolution 07-179 Riling Legislative Vacancy, Oregon State Senate District 14