Council reappoints library board members and names regional-development authority appointee

The Lake County Council opened and closed nominations for several board appointments and confirmed the nominees during the meeting.

Library appointments: Council members nominated and reappointed Robert Farrick to the Gary Public Library Board for a four-year term and reappointed Tom Novak as a library-board member and president for the City of Hammond. Novak described recent library initiatives — including a book-and-DVD vending machine pilot, a new app for student tablets and expanded programming — and invited the public to a Juneteenth event on June 15.

Regional Development Authority: The council nominated and appointed an RDA representative. A council member nominated Randy Palmetir; after the roll call and related statements the chair declared "Annie Palmetir" as the appointee to the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority. The appointee thanked the council and described recent regional projects, including South Shore double-tracking and related development.

Decisions: the nominations and appointments were approved with no recorded opposing votes. Implementation: appointees will assume or continue duties as members of the named boards; no compensation or term-start dates were read into the record beyond the four-year term noted for the Gary appointment.

Clarifying notes: the transcript contains inconsistent references to the RDA nominee (Randy Palmetir nominated; "Annie Palmetir" declared appointed). The meeting record did not include written nomination forms in the audio record nor did it include term-start dates beyond the four-year term for the Gary library board seat in the discussion.