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Crawford County commissioners review health board composition after member’s death; no appointments made
Summary
At a special meeting, county commissioners heard an attorney report that an executive session covered statutes on health board composition and a vacancy following the death of Linda Apple; no formal appointment was made and action was deferred to the next regular meeting.
The Crawford County Board of Commissioners met in a special session to review an executive-session discussion about how the county’s health board is composed and to note a vacancy left by the death of Linda Apple.
The meeting’s attorney told commissioners that the executive session included a briefing with Eric Satterfield from the health department and that the group reviewed statutes governing who sits on the health board and what role the commissioners have in oversight and operations. The attorney said the board has one vacancy and that a replacement must be named.
According to the attorney’s summary, the appointment structure discussed is: the Board of Commissioners appoints five members, the county council appoints one member, and the commissioners choose a seventh member from a three-person list recommended by the town board (the transcript spells the town board’s name inconsistently). The attorney said he will present a proposal at the next meeting to label which seats are commissioner reappointments, which is the council appointment, and which seat is filled from the town’s recommendation list.
No official action or appointment was taken at the special meeting; the attorney stated any action on the vacancy will occur at the next regular meeting. The board then moved to adjourn; the motion to adjourn was made, seconded (the transcript does not clearly identify separate movers), and approved with two recorded affirmations of “Aye.”
The session record in the transcript contains inconsistent spelling for the town board that provides recommendations (both "Moringo" and "Maringold" appear); the county attorney indicated the town board supplies three candidates for the commissioners to choose one. The transcript also references an executive-session discussion with named participants and a review of unspecified state statutes related to board composition but does not cite specific statute numbers.
Next steps: the county attorney said he will bring a proposal to the board at its next regular meeting to clarify appointment labels and procedures; a formal appointment to fill the vacancy was not made at this special meeting.
