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Broadwater County Board of Health approves bylaws revisions and elects officers
Summary
At its Jan. 27 meeting the Broadwater County Board of Health approved bylaws with suggested edits, confirmed meeting-time and notice changes, and elected Lindsay Rickmer as chair and Emily Clark as vice chair; several routine minutes were also approved.
The Broadwater County Board of Health approved updated bylaws and elected officers during its Jan. 27, 2025 meeting.
Board members voted to approve minutes from May 20, June 7, July 1, July 15 and Oct. 21, 2024, then moved to adopt the board bylaws with suggested edits including a change to meeting time and a clarified notice procedure. The board also completed officer elections, keeping Lindsay Rickmer as chair and naming Emily Clark vice chair.
The bylaws edits recorded at the meeting included changing the regular meeting time from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and specifying that the administrative assistant will notify members of meetings while the chair will help develop the agenda and work with the administrative assistant to finalize it. Board members discussed that the chair would “help drive the agenda” and the administrative assistant could circulate preliminary agendas for member input.
Minutes approval: a motion to approve the listed minutes was made, seconded and the board voted to approve the minutes. Bylaws approval: a motion to approve the bylaws with suggested edits was made and seconded; the chair called for public comment, heard none, and the motion carried. Officer elections: a motion and a second were made to confirm Lindsay Rickmer as chair and to nominate Emily Clark as vice chair; both nominations passed with the board signaling “aye.” The meeting record shows no public comments on these agenda items.
The meeting closed after brief departmental updates and routine administrative items, including a public sign-in sheet proposal for future meetings to ensure accurate name spelling in minutes.
Votes at a glance - Approval of minutes (May 20; June 7; July 1; July 15; Oct. 21, 2024): Motion made and seconded; outcome: approved. Motion text (as stated in meeting): “I motion to approve October 21, July fifteenth, July first, June seventh, and May twentieth of 2024.” - Approval of bylaws with suggested edits: Motion made and seconded; outcome: approved. Motion text (as stated in meeting): “Motion to approve bylaws, with suggested edits.” - Election of chair (Lindsay Rickmer): Motion made and seconded; outcome: elected. Motion text (as stated in meeting): “I move that we keep me, Lindsay Rickmer, as the chair of the Board of Health.” - Election of vice chair (Emily Clark): Motion made and seconded; outcome: elected. Motion text (as stated in meeting): “I moved to nominate Emily Clark as the vice chair of the board of health.”
No roll-call vote tallies or named vote records were recorded in the transcript for these motions; the meeting minutes show vocal “aye” responses and no recorded oppositions.
