Port holds ‘virtual’ meeting

In response to meeting guidelines established during the COVID-19 pandemic, commissioners and staff from the Port of Anacortes met “remotely” at their March 19 meeting. Commissioners logged on to the session using technology that allowed each to hear and speak in the livestream session. Port Executive Director Dan Worra was on site at the Port facility. Among actions taken at the online session was approval of a 2020 comprehensive recreation plan essential to pursuit of grants from the state Recreation & Conservation Office (RCO). Past grants from RCO have been used toward the cost of improvements including docks C-Q. “This is essentially our wish list to make us grant eligible,” said Commissioner Joe Verdoes,” who voted with the rest of the commission to approve it. Another element of the online meeting was election of officers for the Port Commission sub-group operating as the Port of Anacortes Industrial Development Corporation. Officers for 2020 were elected: President Ken Goodwin, Vice President Jon Petrich, Secretary Bonnie Bowers. Click to see web link to this session.