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Buncombe LCAB delays officer election as vacancies and term rules remain in transition
Summary
The Buncombe County Land Conservation Advisory Board postponed selection of chair and vice chair while staff described new three-year term limits, posted vacancies and an application process; members discussed ex officio options to retain institutional knowledge.
The Buncombe County Land Conservation Advisory board postponed election of officers and discussed membership transitions at a meeting where staff said four vacancies have been posted and term rules limit members to two consecutive three-year terms.
The board’s vice chair, Bob Kerwin, opened the meeting and read a conflict-of-interest reminder. Staff and members then discussed how the county’s clerk has posted four vacancies and will collect applications; until a vacancy is filled, incumbents may continue to serve, staff said.
That matters because county rules now limit advisory-board members to two consecutive…
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