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Alabama Senate confirmations committee approves multiple board nominees, reports monument protection appointments favorably
Summary
The Alabama Senate Confirmations Committee gave a favorable report to four nominees for the Alabama Monument Protection Committee and approved additional nominees to the Dry Cleaning Environmental Response Board, the Alabama Workforce Board and the Board of Polygraph Examiners during a short meeting.
The Alabama Senate Confirmations Committee on an otherwise brief agenda reported four nominees favorably to the Alabama Monument Protection Committee and approved nominees to three other state boards.
The committee gave a favorable report to Richard Bailey, Jenny Robinson, Alice Spruill and Russell Johnson for the Alabama Monument Protection Committee. The committee recorded an 11-0 voice vote in favor of that report.
Committee members then approved nominees to the Alabama Dry Cleaning Environmental Response Board, the Alabama Workforce Board and the Alabama Board of Polygraph Examiners in grouped actions. The dry-cleaning board nominees called were Jason Wyndham, Bonnie Temple, Steve McKinnon, Alexander Atwater, Jim Massey and Charleston (last name not specified in the transcript); Charles Dean was also named during the roll call. Jeff Brannon was confirmed for the Alabama Workforce Board. The Board of Polygraph Examiners nominees listed were Earl Jones and Joe Brown Jr. The committee approved those nominations en masse or by voice; individual roll-call tallies for those grouped approvals were not recorded in the transcript.
Motions to move the items favorably were made and seconded on the floor: the favorable report for the Monument Protection Committee was moved by Senator Gabbana and seconded by Senator Williams, and the dry-cleaning board nominations were moved by Senator Carnley and seconded by Senator Jones. The motion to confirm Jeff Brannon to the workforce board was moved by Senator Jones and seconded by Senator Price; the polygraph nominations were moved by Senator Williams and seconded by Senator Smitherman. The transcript shows the committee used the previously recorded roll ("use previous roll") for several approvals and confirmed the nominees.
Mason Bass of the governor's office appointments office was noted as present to answer questions if needed; no substantive questioning of the nominees is recorded in the transcript. At the close of the meeting, Senator Smitherman offered a brief expression of appreciation to Bass for his work: "I just wanna say that I appreciate the the effort and the hard work that you put into it," Smitherman said.
The committee chair said this would be the confirmations committee's last regularly scheduled meeting for the session unless additional matters were brought forward. The meeting adjourned and members were reminded a License Plate Oversight Committee meeting would follow.
Votes at a glance - Alabama Monument Protection Committee (Richard Bailey; Jenny Robinson; Alice Spruill; Russell Johnson): favorable report; recorded tally 11 yays, 0 nays. - Alabama Dry Cleaning Environmental Response Board (Jason Wyndham; Bonnie Temple; Steve McKinnon; Alexander Atwater; Jim Massey; Charleston; Charles Dean): approved en masse; individual tallies not specified in transcript. - Alabama Workforce Board (Jeff Brannon): approved; individual tally not specified in transcript. - Alabama Board of Polygraph Examiners (Earl Jones; Joe Brown Jr.): approved en masse; individual tally not specified in transcript.
The committee's actions install or advance nominees to boards that oversee historic-monument matters, environmental cleanup of dry-cleaning sites, workforce policy and polygraph examination oversight. The transcript contains no recorded hearings, contested debate, or requests for additional background on the nominees.
