The Allegheny County Board of Legislators on Jan. 2 approved a package of reappointments and chair's nominations for county boards and advisory panels, taking each item by voice vote.

The body approved reappointments for several county officials, including the reappointment of "Carissa M Mamp" as county administrator (Resolution 3-26); the reappointment of "Lisonbee Carroll" as county attorney (Resolution 4-26); Brenda Rigby Realy as clerk of the board (Resolution 5-26); Carissa M. Knapp as budget officer (Resolution 6-26) and later as county auditor (Resolution 7-26); the reappointment of the county information-technology director (Resolution 8-26); Anita Madison as director of the Office for the Aging (Resolution 9-26); HQ Derlam as director of planning (Resolution 10-26); J.R. Santiana Carter as public defender (Resolution 11-26); and Ashley A. Smith as director of economic development (Resolution 12-26). Each resolution was introduced by the legislator listed in the record, moved and seconded on the floor, and approved by voice vote. The transcript records the motions and seconds but does not provide individual roll-call tallies; the clerk recorded each item as carried or approved.

The chair also read a multi-item list of chairman's appointments and legislative representatives to county boards and committees, including nominees to the Accord Board of Directors, the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board, the county planning board, the safety committee, the solid waste advisory committee, and dozens of advisory and program-specific roles. The transcript shows those names were announced "subject to board approval" when applicable and that party communications recommended Stephen A. Havey as majority leader and certain newspapers as official county publications for 2026.

Votes and procedures: The record notes that most items were "voice voted" and that members answered "Aye." The transcript does not record a roll-call or individual yes/no vote counts for these items; where the record does not specify numeric tallies or dissenting votes, this article reports the outcomes as recorded in the transcript: approved/carried by voice vote.

What remains to follow: The chair directed staff to distribute committee-assignment materials and an updated January 2026 calendar (which the transcript indicates includes Committee of the Whole meetings added on Jan. 7). The meeting then proceeded to the chair's opening message and adjournment.

Quotes from the meeting included the formal offer and motioning language used to place each reappointment on the floor and the chair's repeated direction that items be "voice voted" and treated as carried following the "Aye" responses recorded in the transcript.

This article is based on the meeting transcript of the Allegheny County Board of Legislators for Jan. 2, 2026. Individual appointment nominations and committee placements were read into the record; board approval was recorded by voice vote. Where the transcript did not provide numeric roll-call or dissenting ballots, this article notes outcomes as "approved/carried" as recorded.