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Saratoga Springs Planning Commission elects Spassie Burns chair; Wheeldon wins contested vice-chair vote
Summary
At its Jan. 9 meeting the Planning Commission selected Spassie Burns as chair by acclamation and elected Commissioner Wheeldon vice chair by a 4-3 vote.
The Saratoga Springs Planning Commission on Jan. 9 elected Commissioner Spassie Burns as chair for a two-year term and selected Commissioner Wheeldon as vice chair after a contested vote.
Burns was the only nominee for chair and, after being nominated by a fellow commissioner, was declared elected by acclamation following the roll-call confirmation. The vice chair position drew two nominations — Commissioner Wheeldon and Commissioner Scott Hill — and commissioners cast written or voice ballots; the commission reported a 4-3 result in favor of Wheeldon.
The leadership votes took place at the start of the commission’s first meeting of 2025, which also included swearing-in of newly appointed commissioners. Commissioners discussed nominations from the floor before proceeding to the vote. The chair election required no second because Burns was the only nominee; the vice chair required individual selection between the two nominees. The vice-chair tally was announced by staff as four votes for Wheeldon and three for Hill.
The new leadership will serve for the next two-year term. Commission business that followed included public hearings on a code amendment and two land-use items.
