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Mayor nominates longtime REMC employee to Utility Rate Advisory Board; council records motion but transcript shows name confusion
Summary
The mayor nominated a longtime Northeastern REMC employee to fill a vacancy on Columbia City’s Utility Rate Advisory Board on Oct. 28, 2025; the nominee was described as a non-city resident who is a city utility customer, and staff indicated they were eligible to serve. The transcript records a nomination and motion but does not include a recorded final vote or an unambiguous appointee name.
The Columbia City Common Council on Oct. 28, 2025, heard a mayoral nomination to fill a vacancy on the Utility Rate Advisory Board following medical leave by the board’s chair, Lee Botts. The mayor described speaking with a candidate identified in the meeting as a longtime Northeastern REMC employee and asked the council for approval to appoint that person to the…
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