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SAM board elects Catherine Slater Carter chair; appoints Nancy Marsh vice chair and Paul Nagengast secretary‑treasurer
Summary
The SAM Board reorganized leadership at its meeting, approving Catherine Slater Carter as chair, Nancy Marsh as vice chair and John Paul Nagengast as secretary‑treasurer by voice votes; the board also approved consent items and established standing operations and finance committees.
Catherine Slater Carter was elected chair of the SAM Board during the meeting. The board also approved Nancy Marsh as vice chair and John Paul Nagengast as secretary‑treasurer, all by voice vote with no opposition recorded.
The board approved the consent agenda items — minutes of Dec. 8, disbursements for Jan. 12, the monthly revenue and expense report for period ending Nov. 30 and the 2026 meeting schedule — after a director asked to discuss scheduling. Directors discussed reducing the number of regular meetings and asked staff to return with a formal resolution to amend the standing schedule under the joint powers agreement.
Directors also established two standing committees and approved membership and meeting cadence: a Board Operations Committee to meet the fourth Wednesday every other month at 1 p.m., and a Finance Committee to meet the third Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. The motion to appoint committee members and set times carried on a voice vote.
No formal roll-call vote tally was taken in the record; outcomes are recorded as approved by voice vote. The board directed staff to bring a written resolution to change the meeting frequency to the next meeting for formal action.
