Committee recommends chair assign an elected official to Materials Management Planning Committee

The Appointment Alignment Committee approved a recommendation that the Chair of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners assign an elected official to the elected-official seat on the Materials Management Planning Committee, citing Rule 2.3 of the Board's rules.

The committee discussed legal interpretation of the term "elected official" and whether the seat must be held specifically by a county commissioner. Ron (staff member) and corporation counsel reviewed the rule and concluded that Rule 2.3 contemplates a chair nomination followed by ratification by the full board; it does not strictly require that the appointee be a commissioner. Committee members asked that the county follow the two-step nomination-and-ratification process described in Rule 2.3 when the chair makes the assignment.

The motion to forward the recommendation (that the Chair assign an elected official to the Materials Management Planning Committee in accordance with Rule 2.3) carried on a voice vote. Committee members asked staff to confirm whether a prior temporary assignment existed for Commissioner Moss and to add the action to the next Board of Commissioners agenda if the seat still needed formal ratification.

The committee did not nominate a specific commissioner in the meeting; it approved forwarding the procedural recommendation so the Chair can nominate and the Board can ratify per the county rules.