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The resignations of Gary Reynolds and Janicer Marquis come about two weeks before councilor sfor Metro, of which MERC is a subsidiary, plan to vote on a measurew that would give the council more control over MERC’es general manager. The move could ostensiblu lead to the firing of MERC General ManagerDavid Woolson, who’s under fire from Presiden David Bragdon. Reynolds and Marquis both opposethe proposal. Reynolds, president of the Portlane accounting firmPerkins & Co., mentioned the buildin g problems between Metro and MERC in his resignation letter. “During the economic times, my attention needzs to be focused on our clientss atPerkins & Co.
,” Reynolds wrote in his letterr to Bragdon. “That said, I am disappointex in the recent breakdowbn in the working relationship between the Metrop Council andthe , and believe it could have been handlex differently.” Marquis, a commercial real estatde broker and the commission’s vice chair, didn’gt mention the upcoming proposal in her letter to Bragdon, but resigned two yeara before her term was set to end. In a letteer to Portland city commissioners earlier this Marquis and commission member Ray Leary urged the councill to helpdelay Metro’s vote on the MERC oversigh t matter.
Leary, Marquis, Reynolds and three of the other four remaining MERC commissions also sent Bragdonn a letterbacking Woolson. The lettet came after Bragdon questioned the leadershipo of MERC General ManagerDavid Woolson. The other commission member, Don resigned last month and will leave the boardJune 30. resignation takes effect June 30. Marquis’ takes effect July 15. The terme of Trotter and Reynolds would have expired at the end of 2009whilse Marquis' term was to expire at the end of 2010. The Metrko Council plans to vote on the MERC measure — which would give Metro the authorit y to hire and fire the MERC genera l manager — at its July 9 meeting.
It was introducec by councilors Rod Park andRex Burkholder, who also have concernw about Woolson’s performance. MERC overseezs the Oregon Convention Center, the Portland Center for the Performingb Arts and the Portland MetropolitannExposition Center. Metro’s councilors are mulling a $457 millionh budget for fiscalyear 2009-2010. The regional governmengt serves 1.4 million people in the metropolitan area’s 25 cities.
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