CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kanawha Parks Director Jeff Hutchinson is gently asking members of the county parks board to consider stepping aside if they can't make it to the parks board's regular meetings.
Hutchinson says it's hard to conduct park business because the county parks board is constantly having trouble obtaining and keeping a quorum.
The 11-member parks board requires six members to form a quorum and legally vote on park business.
"It's very difficult," Hutchinson said. "A lot of things had to be put off. Finally, we had to start allowing phone quorums ... to conduct the business of the park."
However, with distractions, background noise and bad connections, remote voting by phone isn't a very good way to conduct matters, he said.
"Even if you fax them the agenda, it's hard," Hutchinson said. "It's doable, but you have to give it your full, undivided attention."
Until Wednesday's controversial meeting about Coonskin's new driving range, the parks board had not had a full six-member quorum sitting down together in the parks board meeting room since October 2007, Hutchinson said. Every meeting since had had at least one member voting by telephone.
The ongoing game of board member musical chairs has caused at least one meeting to break down completely. In January, board members were unable to vote on a controversial woodworking clubhouse request because they couldn't keep a quorum.
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