The tension between the Clark County councilors was on full display at its Wednesday board time meeting.

Over the course of a nearly two-hour meeting, the council, absent Republican Julie Olson, bickered over a policy supporting a third bridge over the Columbia River and the county’s 20-year growth plan.

But ultimately, the arguing resulted in no action on any topic, as Chair Marc Boldt, no party preference, reminded the council that he doesn’t want to see the board taking action at its weekly Wednesday meetings.

West county bridge

Despite efforts by the current Clark County council to repeal eight resolutions written by Republican Councilor David Madore and approved by the then-three-member council last year, it was discovered last week that the council failed to rescind one of the policy statements: the creation of a task force to research a bridge across the Columbia River in west Clark County.

At its Jan. 5 meeting, the Clark County council, by a vote of 3 to 2 — with Boldt, Olson and Republican Jeanne Stewart in the majority and Madore and Republican Tom Mielke in the minority — took seven separate actions to repeal the resolutions. Originally, the council had intended to repeal all eight in one motion, but at the request of Madore handled each separately, failing to address the west county bridge task force.