He will be sworn in at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, prior to the board’s regularly scheduled meeting in the sixth-floor hearing room of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St.
Barnes retired as business manager for the IBEW Local Union No. 48, and he has held other union positions dating to the 1960s. He served on the Washington State Transportation Commission and on several community boards, including Ronald McDonald House and Open House Ministries Housing Project.
He is a graduate of Vancouver High School and studied at Wharton School of Business, University of Oregon and Marylhurst College. He is also a Korean War veteran.
Barnes was selected over former county commissioner Craig Pridemore and Kelly Love Parker, president of the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce.