The filing period for Director positions 2 and 4 in the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District will open on October 4, 2024. Qualifications to serve as a Director and vote in the election are outlined on the website under the board elections tab.
Reid Baker is the incumbent Director for Director Division 2. This Director Division includes the Grant County portion of the District bounded on the north by Wheeler Road, on the east and south by the Grant/Adams County line, and on the west by the East District Boundary. This term will be for three years beginning in January 2025.
Duaine Anderson is the incumbent Director for Director Division 4. This Director Division is in Adams County and is bounded on the north by the Grant/Adams County line, on the south by the Franklin/Adams County line and on the west by the East District boundary. The east boundary of this Director Division follows Booker Road from the Grant/Adams County line to Cunningham Road, then follows Cunningham Road to the east for three miles to the range line separating Ranges 30 and 31 East (Fox Road and its extension) which it follows to the Franklin/Adams County line. This term will be for three years beginning in January 2025.
To file for the position of Director, a Declaration of Candidacy Petition, signed by at least 10 qualified voters in that Director Division, must be filed in the East District office by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 4, 2024. The election date is December 10, 2024.
Candidacy petitions may be obtained by calling the East District’s main office in Othello at 509-488-9671. The main office is located at 55 North 8th, Othello, Washington.
