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Residents urge clearer process for Design Review Board appointments as nominee wins council approval
Summary
Speakers at the Fort Thomas City Council meeting pushed for more transparency in appointments to quasi‑judicial boards, criticizing recent DRB decisions and arguing council should review multiple resumes before advising the mayor. The council approved the municipal order appointing Damien Scope to the Design Review Board.
Residents who spoke during public comment at the Fort Thomas City Council meeting urged greater transparency in the process for appointing members to the city’s Design Review Board and raised concerns about recent board decisions before the council approved an appointment.
Speakers said the appointment process should give council members access to multiple candidate resumes so they can properly advise the mayor and avoid appointments that, they say, have produced decisions inconsistent with the city’s design review guidelines.
Faye Maggio said the ordinance governing appointments gives council both “advice and consent” and asked members to require that they review at least three résumés for each vacancy before consenting to a mayoral appointment. Maggio said she was not criticizing the nominee, Damien Scope, but sought a change in process so councilors “can properly advise the mayor.”
Sharon McKnight and Joan Harris also addressed the council,…
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