The Historic Preservation Commission at its January meeting held nominations and a roll-call vote to select officers for the coming year, electing a chair and a vice chair.

With no officers sworn in at the start of the meeting, commissioners opened nominations. A member said, “I think Ed’s been doing a great job,” and nominated Ed for chair; no second was required under the commission’s rules for nominations. The commission then conducted a roll-call vote. Commissioners recorded affirmative votes when asked individually; multiple commissioners answered “yes” during the roll call. The commission then opened nominations for vice chair. A nomination and second were recorded, and the commission again voted by roll call with affirmative votes recorded.

Why it matters: Electing officers establishes who will run meetings, manage the agenda and serve as the commission’s formal contacts with staff and other bodies. The new chair will preside over future hearings, and the vice chair will perform those duties in the chair’s absence.

The commission followed its stated procedure: nominations, public acceptance of nominations, and roll-call voting. There were no formal objections recorded during the vote.

The meeting proceeded after officers were chosen.