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Appointment to a special district vacancy on the Butler Diking Drainage District Board of Supervisors, Position 2, Applicant: Mark Westhoff
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Appointed term will expire at the special district general election of February 2026.
Butler Ditch Diking Drainage District
1 Vacancy, Supervisor Position 2. District boundary is located +/- 2-3 miles westerly of Ferndale in the area roughly bounded by Aldergrove, Olson, Thornton, and North Star Roads. Butler Ditch flows westerly into Lake Terrell, tributary to Terrell Creek/Birch Bay.
Drainage Districts: Duties include field review of drainage needs, attending an annual meeting to determine the next year’s work schedule and assessment levy, elect internal officers, and review, discuss, or act on any other official and district business. (RCW 85.06 and RCW 85.38.170 and .180)
Diking Districts: The Board of Commissioners shall have the exclusive charge of the construction and maintenance of all dikes or dike systems, including stream bank protection, which may be constructed within the district, and shall be the executive officers thereof, with full power to bind the district by their acts in the performance of their duties, as provided by law (RCW 85.05.085).