The Josephine County Commissioners were short Dwight Ellis today, and they elected to wait until their Tuesday administrative meeting to discuss the resolution to affirming their stance on the proposed Siskiyou Crest National Monument.

The resolution is also expected to be part of the Commissioners’ weekly business session Wednesday evening.

The resolution is expected to state that as much of the county’s land mass is federally owned, county leaders should have a place at the table in any discussions about a national monument that might disallow any natural resources from being extracted from the land.