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Hillsborough County commissioners keep officers, approve Bowles for expressway authority in 5–2 vote
Summary
At the Board of County Commissioners' organizational meeting, the board voted to keep its current officers and most committee assignments intact and then approved Commissioner Bowles' appointment to the Hillsborough Expressway Authority on a 5–2 roll call; Commissioner Wilson said she will seek removal of an appointee who voted to raise property taxes.
Rick VanArsdal, clerk to the board, opened the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners organizational meeting and described the nomination and voting process for officers, saying, “All voting will be by show of hands, and please keep your hands up until I call your name.”
A motion to waive the rules and keep the three officers the same for the coming year was moved and seconded; the board approved the motion unanimously. The board then followed past practice by asking that most external board assignments remain unchanged and agreed to remove the Hillsborough Expressway Authority seat for separate…
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