Many structural options face freeholders.
Five counties in Washington have home rule charters. The other 34 structure their governments as laid out in the state constitution. They use a form of government where commissioners elected countywide in partisan races set the legislative policy of the county and take responsibility for administering the county's operations. The Board of Freeholders we elected Nov. 7 to study home rule can consider a wide variety of possibilities in proposing a new structure for Kitsap County government. A county administrator and the clerk are appointed.