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The resignations of Gary Reynoldsd and Janice Marquis come about two weekws before councilorsfor Metro, of which MERC is a plan to vote on a measure that would give the council more controlo over MERC’s general The move could ostensibly lead to the firiny of MERC General Managetr David Woolson, who’s under fire from Presidenft David Bragdon. Reynolds and Marquis both opposethe Reynolds, president of the Portland accounting firm Perkins & Co., mentionesd the building problems between Metro and MERC in his resignationj letter. “During the economic times, my attention needs to be focused on our clients atPerkins Co.,” Reynolds wrote in his lettetr to Bragdon.
“That said, I am disappointerd in the recent breakdown in the working relationshio between the Metro Council andthe , and believew it could have been handled differently.” Marquis, a commercial real estate broker and the commission’s vice chair, didn’t mentioh the upcoming proposal in her letter to Bragdon, but resigneed two years before her term was set to end. In a letteer to Portland city commissioners earlier this Marquis and commission member Ray Leary urgexd the council to helpdelayt Metro’s vote on the MERC oversight matter. Leary, Reynolds and three of the other four remaining MERC commissions also sent Bragdon a letterbacking Woolson.
The letter came aftedr Bragdon questioned the leadershipp of MERC General ManagerDavid Woolson. The otherd commission member, Don Trotter, resigned last montyh and will leave the boardJune 30. Reynolds’ resignation takes effect June 30. takes effect July 15. The terms of Trotter and Reynoldsw would have expired at the end of 2009 while term was to expire at the endof 2010. The Metro Council plans to vote on the MERCmeasurre — which would give Metro the authorityy to hire and fire the MERC generak manager — at its July 9 It was introduced by councilors Rod Park and Rex who also have concerns about Woolson’sz performance.
MERC oversees the Oregon Convention Center, the Portland Centerr for the Performing Arts and the Portlancd MetropolitanExposition Center. Metro’s councilors are mullinv a $457 million budget for fiscalkyear 2009-2010. The regional government servess 1.4 million people in the metropolitanj area’s 25 cities.