Dual roles are called ‘incompatible’

Marion’s long history of city council members serving on its planning board is not specifically prohibited, but a 1977 attorney general’s opinion calls the two roles “incompatible.”
Readers asked the Record to investigate after noting that John Wheeler, Marion city councilman and candidate for mayor, serves on both the planning commission and the airport authority. His current three-year term on the planning commission will expire in December 2021.
Mayor Todd Heitschmidt said a council member had been on the planning board for the 13 years he’s been on the council.

(Read more: HILLSBORO Star-Journal)