Are the positions of councilmember and PUD commissioner incompatible?
If a Public Utility District is providing service to all or portions of the city, then the positions would appear to be incompatible. When analyzing similar factual patters, MRSC has generally opined that the positions of councilmember and elected commissioner of a special purpose district that is either located or providing services within the city results in an incompatibility problem. There do not appear to be any court decisions or Attorney General opinions that deal specifically with the incompatibility of councilmember and PUD commissioner positions. However, see AGO 1978 No. 12 wherein the Attorney General’s Office concluded that the same individual may not simultaneously serve as a port district commissioner and as mayor of a town that is situated entirely within the boundaries of the port district.
