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Commission tables zoo-district appointment after dispute over nomination process
Summary
The commission voted 5-1 to table a resolution appointing a member to the zoological district board and directed staff to request a new list of three nominees from the Friends of the Zoo board after commissioners said the submitted names were not vetted by the full friends board and raised concerns about following state statute on nominations.
The Clay County Commission on Thursday tabled a resolution to appoint a county representative to the zoological district board and directed staff to ask the Friends of the Zoo board to submit a list of three nominees approved by that board.
Commissioner Johnson raised procedural and legal concerns about how the three names were selected and said the chair of the Friends of the Zoo had submitted candidates without the full friends board's vote. "First and foremost, Commissioner Nolte, was never legally on that board," Johnson said as part of a broader critique of past practice; he cited state statutory language and said the county deserves…
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