Tanya Brooks was sworn in as a commissioner and was unanimously elected chair of the DeSoto Planning and Zoning Commission during the Nov. 4 meeting.

Brooks accepted the nomination before commissioners moved and seconded a motion to appoint her; the motion passed by unanimous voice vote. Commissioner Graham was nominated and unanimously approved as vice chair after accepting his nomination; that motion also passed by unanimous voice vote.

The swearing-in ceremony occurred after staff administered the oath “in the name and by the authority of the State of Texas,” and the newly sworn commissioners signed their oath forms. The transcript identifies the appointees as “Miss Tanya” and “Miss Vicky,” and later references Commissioner Alexis in roll call; the record shows the two new members were sworn consecutively.

The nominations were made from the dais: Commissioner Dewberry and Commissioner Graham led the nominations for chair, with additional seconding and concurrence from Commissioners LaRue, Edwards and Alexis. Commissioner Graham accepted the nomination for vice chair before a motion to appoint was made and seconded.

No public comment was offered on the appointments. The commission moved on to other business, including approval of a consent agenda and scheduling its next regular meeting for Dec. 9.

The meeting opened at 6:00 p.m. and adjourned following the leadership votes and routine business.