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Council confirms Brightpoint and school-board appointments after separating a block vote
Summary
Council approved appointments to the Brightpoint Community College Board and three school-board seats; an initial block vote was separated so Councilor Stokes could withhold support for one candidate, and the appointments then passed in separate roll calls (one 6-1 outcome, the rest 7-0).
Council considered a slate of appointments: Katherine Kirikoff to the Brightpoint Community College Board, Christopher Reber and John Griffin to the school board, and Heather Bennett to the school board. The motion was made by Councilor Holloway and seconded by Councilor Ellis. During roll call, Councilor Stokes stated she could not support the appointment of one candidate (referenced as "mister Weber" during the discussion) and asked that votes be separated rather than recorded as a single block vote.
The council then voted separately. The appointment of Christopher Reber to the school board passed 6-1 (Councilor Stokes recorded a no vote). The remaining appointments (Katherine Kirikoff, John Griffin, Heather Bennett) passed on a subsequent roll call 7-0. Council instructed the clerk to note individual annotations in the minutes (a recorded no vote for Councilor Stokes on the first candidate while indicating she supported the other three candidates).
