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Mayor’s appointment of Luke Mead as county planner affirmed by commission despite procedural objections
Summary
Mayor Venable announced staffing changes in the planning department and the commission confirmed Luke Mead as county planner after debate about whether the appointment should be handled at a regular meeting; vote carried.
Mayor Venable told the commission he was moving Amber Torbit out of the county planning position into a role reporting to the deputy mayor and the mayor’s office, and formally nominated Luke Mead, previously the assistant county planner, as Sullivan County Planner.
Mayor Venable introduced Mead and recommended him to the commission, noting Mead’s local education and planning background. “I am ready to appoint a new county planner… I am appointing Luke Mead, who has been…
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