Richland County committee appoints Supervisor Larry Engel to Community Health Committee and schedules Appendix A review

Members of a Richland County committee appointed Supervisor Larry Engel to the Community Health Committee and agreed to place updates to Appendix A of committee assignments on a future agenda, meeting discussion and votes show.

The action followed an earlier offer to appoint Mark Gill to the Community Health Committee; Gill declined, and the committee said it contacted Supervisor Larry Engel, who agreed to serve. A motion to appoint Engel was made and seconded and carried by voice vote with no opposition noted.

The meeting opened with a roll call and a brief confirmation of compliance with the open meetings law. The chair asked, “Are we in compliance with the open meetings law?” and the acting deputy clerk replied, “Yes, mister chair. At least it's properly on this.” No members of the public addressed the committee during the public-comment period.

Discussion and possible action under item 7 addressed appointments to committees, boards and commissions. Committee members said Mark Gill declined the appointment previously offered to him. Committee members then said they had been able to speak with Supervisor Engel, who was willing to serve. A member said, “I would so move to appoint Larry Engel to that position.” The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote; no opposition was recorded on the transcript.

Committee members also flagged a future agenda item to tidy committee structure notations in Appendix A following an earlier reorganization. The chair said he had reached out to Attorney Phillips for guidance on drafting those updates; members agreed the matter will return as an agenda item for further discussion.

The meeting was brief. After approving the April 9 minutes and conducting the appointment and future-agenda discussion, the committee adjourned. No dates were provided for the next meeting in the transcript.