Executive committee nominates Cassandra Smith and approves five council appointees to Lowcountry COG board

The Beaufort County Council executive committee nominated Cassandra (Sandra) Smith to fill the county minority seat on the Lowcountry Council of Governments (LOCOG) board and approved five council appointees to serve on LOCOG’s board of directors.

During the meeting a committee member said he would “recommend Mrs. Cassandra Smith” for the vacancy; members moved and seconded the nomination and approved advancing her name to the full county council by a show of hands. The transcript records the motion, a second and members raising hands; no numeric tally was recorded.

The committee also moved, seconded and approved a slate of five county appointees to LOCOG: York Glover, Gerald Dawson, Alice Howard, Mr. Reitz and the meeting speaker who proposed the slate (recorded in the transcript as “myself”). Those five were approved to represent Beaufort County on LOCOG for a four-year term, with the term expiration noted in the meeting as March 2027 for the slate referenced and the minority seat expiring in February 2029.

Committee members explained for the public that LOCOG now meets every other month (the last Thursday of the month on alternating months) and that the appointments will appear on the county council agenda for final confirmation. The committee asked staff to provide background materials on Cassandra Smith to the full council prior to that meeting.

No vote tallies were recorded in the transcript; the outcome reported in the meeting was approval by show of hands. The committee instructed staff to forward the nomination and appointment paperwork to the county council for formal action.