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Eric Henson Selected Chair of Gadsden County Public Safety Coordinating Council

3143632 · April 3, 2025
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Summary

The council held an election and selected Commissioner Eric Henson as chair by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.

The Gadsden County Public Safety Coordinating Council on a voice vote selected Commissioner Eric Henson as its chair.

The council opened nominations and Robin Jacobs moved to elect Commissioner Eric Henson; a second was recorded and members answered “aye” on a voice vote. The council chair declared Henson elected.

The election was procedural: there was no recorded debate about candidates, no roll-call vote in the transcript, and no abstentions or opposing votes announced. The motion to elect Henson was made during the meeting’s organizational business and completed before the council moved to review statutory duties.

Council members present included county commissioners, representatives from the sheriff’s office, the public defender’s office and local reentry and social-service providers. The meeting record does not show a tally of ayes, nor a formal roll call; the chair declared the motion carried by voice vote.

The newly re-elected chair, who introduced himself at the meeting as Eric Henson and identified himself as chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and of the Public Safety Coordinating Council, will preside over the council’s agenda moving forward.