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Board appoints three members to judicial nominating committee, including Magistrate Judge Gammage
Summary
The board filled three slots on the county judicial nominating committee — an attorney seat, a layperson and a minority member — approving Andre Gammage, Frederick Doseman and Jaime (record shows Heidi) Dominguez.
The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners on April 29 appointed three people to the county’s judicial nominating committee: Magistrate Judge Andre Gammage to the attorney slot, Frederick Doseman to the layperson slot, and Dominguez (recorded in the minutes with both Jaime and Heidi variants) to the minority‑member slot.
The judicial nominating committee consists of six members: three appointed by the county commissioners and three appointed by the governor. Commissioners said terms for the outgoing county appointees had reached the statutory four‑year limit, requiring replacements.
Commissioners opened nominations for each slot. A commissioner moved to nominate Magistrate Judge Andre Gammage to the attorney slot; the board closed nominations and then voted to appoint him. The board then nominated and approved Frederick Doseman for the layperson slot and approved the Dominguez nomination for the minority slot. Roll call votes were recorded as “Aye” for each appointment.
The board did not discuss compensation, term start or end dates on the record; the meeting record indicates the outgoing members’ four‑year service limit but did not provide individual term dates for the new appointees. Because the governor appoints three committee members separately, the commissioners’ three appointees will serve alongside future gubernatorial appointees on the six‑member panel.
