PORT ANGELES — An ethics board meeting scheduled for 2:30 p.m. today was cancelled after lawyers entered the fray.
It has been tentatively reset for March 31 at a time that has not been determined, City Clerk Jennifer Veneklasen said Monday.
The meeting in the City Council chambers had been set for the panel made up of Ken Williams, Jerry Dean and William Yucha.
They were to begin reviewing a complaint by Our Water Our Choice against Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd and City Councilman Dan Gase.
Port Angeles lawyer Peter Perron notified city officials Wednesday that he would represent Our Water, Our Choice!.
After Perron was hired, Kidd and Gase hired lawyer Michael Kenyon of Issaquah, Veneklasen said.
Kenyon asked for a delay in the ethics board meeting to March 31.
The complaint is one of three filed by fluoridation opponents against City Council members who favor fluoridation.
The fluoridation opponents are upset over City Council actions toward them at council meetings and Kidd’s abrupt adjournment of a contentious Feb. 2 council meeting.
Perron has filed a complaint against City Attorney Bill Bloor regarding actions surrounding fluoridation that will be independently reviewed, city officials have said.
Hiring Kenyon was “a general precaution,” Gase said Monday.
“It was important to also have legal counsel on my side,” Gase said.
Said Kidd: “They got an attorney, that’s all I can say.”
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