The City Council voted to recommend that the Department of Health appoint Carl Wormer to the position of city health officer effective Oct. 1, 2025, and to reappoint Sharon Kelly as deputy health officer effective Sept. 1, 2025. The motion was read aloud during the meeting and approved by voice vote.

The recommendation matters because the two start dates differ and the council flagged form language that needed correction before the appointments were forwarded. Council members and staff noted two separate timelines in paperwork: Sharon Kelly’s form was corrected to state a Sept. 1 start date while Carl Wormer’s form was corrected to show a new appointment for Oct. 1, rather than a reappointment.

During the discussion, forms and start dates were clarified on the record; the council then moved the appointment motion and a member seconded it. The exact motion, read during the meeting, stated: “I move that the city council make the recommendation to the Department of Health to appoint Carl Wormer to the position of health officer for the city starting 10/01/2025 and reappoint Sharon Kelly to the position of deputy health officer for the city starting 09/01/2025.” That motion received a second, and the council voted “Aye.”

This vote was a formal recommendation from the City Council to the Department of Health; the transcript records the council’s approval but does not record a separate confirmation by the Department of Health within the meeting. Staff said they had updated the paperwork to reflect the corrected start dates and to change Carl Wormer’s form from “reappointment” to “new appointment.”

No other formal motions or implementation steps tied to these positions were recorded in the meeting transcript. The council’s action was limited to making the recommendation; any final appointment authority rests with the Department of Health, per the process referenced in the meeting.

Council members congratulated the appointees at the conclusion of the vote.