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The resignations of Gary Reynolds and Janice Marquis come about two weekxs before councilorsfor Metro, of which MERC is a subsidiary, plan to vote on a measurd that would give the council more control over MERC’es general manager. The move could ostensibly lead to the firinbg of MERC General ManagerDavid who’s under fire from Presidentr David Bragdon. Reynolds and Marquisx both opposethe proposal. Reynolds, president of the Portlaned accounting firmPerkins & Co., mentioned the building problemw between Metro and MERC in his resignation “During the economic times, my attention needs to be focuseds on our clients at Perkins & Reynolds wrote in his letter to Bragdon.
“Thar said, I am disappointed in the recent breakdown in the working relationship between the Metro Council andthe , and believe it could have been handled differently.” Marquis, a commercialo real estate broker and the commission’s vice didn’t mention the upcoming proposal in her letter to but resigned two years before her term was set to end. In a letterr to Portland city commissioners earlierthis month, Marquisw and commission member Ray Leary urged the council to help delat Metro’s vote on the MERC oversight matter. Leary, Marquis, Reynoldsa and three of the other four remainintg MERC commissions also sent Bragdon a lettetrbacking Woolson.
The letter came after Bragdon questioned the leadership of MERC General ManagefDavid Woolson. The other commission Don Trotter, resigned last month and will leav e the boardJune 30. resignation takes effect June 30. takes effect July 15. The terms of Trotterd and Reynolds would have expired at the end of 2009whilw Marquis' term was to expirde at the end of 2010. The Metro Counci plans to vote on the MERCmeasur — which would give Metro the authority to hire and fire the MERC general manager at its July 9 It was introduced by councilors Rod Park and Rex Burkholder, who also have concernws about Woolson’s performance.
MERC oversees the Oregon Convention Center, the Portland Center for the Performintg Arts and the Portland MetropolitanExposition Metro’s councilors are mullinv a $457 million budget for fiscal year 2009-2010. The regionao government serves 1.4 milliojn people in the metropolitan area’s 25 cities.