PORT ANGELES — Mayor Gary Braun said he doesn’t know when the City Council will discuss its problems publicly.
“We have no time frame set,” Braun said on Wednesday.
After some 15 Port Angeles residents scolded the council and asked for explanations on Tuesday, City Councilwoman Karen Rogers moved to have an open discussion.
City Attorney Bill Bloor reminded the council of its policy of refraining from response to public comments immediately after they were made, and the council agreed to a public discussion sometime in the future.
Braun said he doesn’t know when that will be.
“We want to do due diligence to this subject matter.
“I wouldn’t want to hazard a guess on a time frame.”
City Manager Mark Madsen resigned on July 9, citing hostile working conditions and a rift in the council, saying he would stay no later than Sept. 1.
After a June 30 executive session, Madsen had issued two four-page memos in which he referred to “increasingly open and destructive display of disrespect for fellow council members.”
He also accused one or more council members of interfering with personnel and labor issues and with two police investigations.
He named no council members.
Council members and Madsen remained tight-lipped on specific issues on Wednesday.
Deputy Mayor Betsy Wharton, and Council members Dan Di Guilio, Don Perry, Larry Williams and Cherie Kidd said they had no more comment on the concerns Madsen brought up.
Rogers did not return telephone calls requesting comment on Wednesday.
Madsen was not available for comment on Wednesday.
