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Lake County Board of Supervisors elects EJ Crandall chair, Brad Rasmussen vice chair for 2025
Summary
The Lake County Board of Supervisors voted by voice to elect Vice Chair EJ Crandall as chair and Supervisor Brad Rasmussen as vice chair for 2025. County Counsel advised the board of a policy requiring a member to have served the preceding calendar year to assume the chair, a point discussed but not applied to block the votes.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors voted to elect Vice Chair EJ Crandall as chair and Supervisor Brad Rasmussen as vice chair for 2025 during a brief voice vote; both nominations were unopposed and approved with no roll-call recorded.
Outgoing chair opened the item by saying, "I am the outgoing chair. I will conduct this election, but I will take nominations from any, actual 2025 board members." A supervisor nominated Crandall for chair and another supervisor seconded the nomination; the board held a public-check for comment from the chambers and Zoom and then approved the nomination by voice vote.
The board then accepted nominations for vice chair. A supervisor nominated Brad Rasmussen; after questions about a board rule, County Counsel read language from the county's policies and procedures: "a member shall not be elected to serve as chair unless he or she has been a member of the board for the preceding calendar year." County Counsel said the language applies to who may serve as chair and noted that the board could consider other nominees in light of that clause. The board's outgoing chair said the policies "are coming back for a fresh polish job in the spring anyway." After hearing no further nominations and receiving public input, the board approved Rasmussen by voice vote.
County Counsel clarified that the policy's requirement that a member have served the preceding calendar year applies to who may serve as chair; counsel also said that, if the vice chair needed to assume the chair temporarily, alternative procedures exist for a different member to preside. Members of the public attempted to make a nomination via Zoom; the chair stated that only sitting board members may make nominations and that public nominations would not be accepted.
No individual roll-call vote totals were recorded in the meeting minutes or the spoken record; the transcript shows the board used voice votes for both officer elections. The board indicated it will review and likely revise board policies and procedures in the spring.
