By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Local Republicans forwarded three names to the Lewis County Board of Commissioners to be considered to replace Lewis County Clerk Kathy Brack.
Brack retired in mid-September from the elected position, after serving since 2003.
All three candidates have experience working in a county clerk’s office. The job pays $75,108 a year.
In order of preference as chosen by Republican precinct committee officers, they are:
• Carla Shannon, currently a deputy clerk in the Lewis County Clerk’s Office.
• Tiffini Walker, currently works in the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office and previously was a deputy clerk in the Lewis County Clerk’s Office.
• Scott Tinney, currently a deputy clerk in the Thurston County Clerk’s Office.
County commissioners have scheduled interviews beginning at 1 p.m. next Wednesday and expect to announce their decision by Nov. 14.
Local Republican party Chairman Mark Anders indicates the party considered six candidates and by statute, must send an ordered list of three to county commissioners, though the commissioners may pick any one of the three.
Because Brack served as a Republican, her party gets that role in the process of replacing her.
The Lewis County clerk serves as the official record keeper for the Lewis County Superior Court. The office on the second floor of the Lewis County Law and Justice Center in Chehalis has 15 employees.
A special election will be held in November 2017 for the position. The position will again be on the ballot in November 2018 for a normal four-year term.
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For background, read “Lewis County Clerk Brack stepping down” from Wednesday September 14, 2016, here [1]