Warren County salary board moves to fill Citibank committee vacancy; vote not recorded

The Warren County Salary Board proposed appointing Cindy Strickland to fill a vacancy on the county’s Citibank committee after an earlier member, Beth McPherson, left county employment.

Speaker 1 (county official) said the committee voted to recommend Cindy Strickland to fill the vacancy and moved to appoint her. Speaker 1 read a roster of employees to serve on the Citibank committee and alternates, saying the appointment would cover service on the committee “after 01/01/2023 through the end of this year, December 31.” Speaker 2 (county official) seconded the motion. The transcript records “Motion and second. Discussion.” but does not include a subsequent vote or final outcome in the provided excerpt.

Speaker 1 listed the names included in the committee appointment discussion as Laurie Burdick, Linda Confort, Leroy Lawrence, Marcy Schakowsky and Cindy Strickland, with Chris Green and Aaron Huber named as alternates. Speaker 1 also said the appointment was intended to replace “Beth McPherson,” who the speaker said is no longer employed by the county. The transcript does not record whether any of the named appointees spoke during the recorded segment.

The board did not cite any statute, ordinance or written county policy in the provided transcript when discussing the committee membership. The phrase “Citibank committee” and references to a bank-related policy appear in the recorded discussion; the transcript includes some garbled references (the speaker alternately said “Zip Bank” and “Citibank”), and the board did not clarify the committee’s formal duties in the recorded excerpt.

Because the transcript does not show a vote, the appointment’s final status is not indicated in the provided record.