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Lacey Human Services Commission elects chair and vice chair, approves rules and sets initial terms
Summary
At its Feb. 6 meeting the Lacey Human Services Commission unanimously approved rules of procedure, set initial staggered terms and elected Commissioner Brandon Stevens as chair and Commissioner Angelina Goldwell as vice chair.
The Lacey Human Services Commission unanimously elected Commissioner Brandon Stevens as chair and Commissioner Angelina Goldwell as vice chair and approved its rules of procedure and initial staggered terms at its first meeting of 2025 on Feb. 6.
The actions establish leadership and membership term lengths as the newly formed commission begins work overseeing grant recommendations and community engagement. Commissioners also approved the meeting agenda, minutes from Dec. 5 and consent items before moving into substantive business.
Commissioner Nancy Dila opened the meeting and read a land acknowledgment, stating, “We, the city of Lacey, are on the ancestral land of the tribal people of the Treaty of Medicine Creek.” Commissioner Dila then called roll; four voting commissioners were present and two seats remain vacant.
The commission discussed minor edits to the draft rules of procedure, including removing an outdated footer and adding a limit that temporary committees created by the chair should not exceed a quorum. After clarifying the quorum exclusion for the youth representative (Youth Representative Elle Hodge Torre is not counted toward quorum while school is in session), the commission voted to adopt the rules as amended.
The commission set initial staggered term lengths to implement a three-year cycle going forward. Commissioners Brandon Stevens, Angelina Goldwell, Tiffany Walker and Nancy Dila volunteered to serve the longer initial term ending Dec. 31, 2028; the motion to approve the terms for the commissioners present passed unanimously.
Nominations for chair opened and closed with a single nominee. A motion to elect Commissioner Brandon Stevens as chair passed by unanimous voice vote. Commissioner Stevens thanked the group and then opened nominations for vice chair; Commissioner Angelina Goldwell was nominated and elected by unanimous voice vote.
The commission concluded the items on officers and procedure and moved on to grant and program updates scheduled later in the agenda.
Next steps: the commission will operate under the adopted rules and staggered terms, hold future business meetings and participate in upcoming grant-review work as described later in the agenda.
