Robb, who has been with the Port of Port Angeles since 1984,
was promoted to executive director in August 2009. On June 24, 2013, he
submitted his resignation.
“I have had a number of serious health issues for a number
of months that have not improved with time,” he told the commission during the
meeting.
But on a 2-1 vote, with Commission President Jim Hallett
against, the commission awarded Robb a one-year contract as port director of
environmental affairs effective July 31.
Port Commissioners John Calhoun and Paul McHugh voted in
favor of the new contract, but Hallett dissented, saying he felt the
environmental affairs position should be advertised and other candidates
interviewed.
In his new role, Robb is scheduled to make the same salary
he received as executive director, $138,000.
Robb’s resignation this week marked the second time in three
resignations that he wound up staying with the port. He left at the end of 1998
to become director of airport operations and real estate for the Port of
Bremerton but returned to the Port of Port Angeles in October 1999.
Then in 2008, Robb was hired to become public works director
for the city of Sequim, but eventually declined to take the job after deciding
instead to stay with the port.
