Whitcom panel eyes strategic planner hire

At Monday’s commissioner workshop, Commissioner Dean Kinzer, who also serves on the Whitcom executive board, reported on the discussions from Friday’s Whitcom finance meeting.

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Kinzer explained at the Friday meeting it was suggested to bring in an outside company to do strategic planning for Whitcom. He noted that this most likely would be brought before the full Whitcom Board at its Wednesday meeting.

“They are proposing to bring in a company to do strategic planning for $40,000....