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Greenville County committee debates tightening board-appointment rules and briefly raises legal executive session
Summary
Committee members proposed moving application and posting windows earlier and discussed adding a rule disqualifying applicants involved in legal claims against the county; members also moved toward an executive session about case 2023-CP-23-04287, an item that was later withdrawn with no recorded action.
Members of the Committee of the Whole in Greenville County on Feb. 17 reviewed proposed amendments to the county's boards-and-commissions appointment policy, agreeing to specify application months and to consider language barring applicants who are part of active legal claims against the county.
A committee member (Speaker 1) proposed moving appointment start dates to January from February to allow new appointees time for orientation and training before their terms begin, and recommended changing posting deadlines to Dec. 15 and June 15 with application windows in January/February and July/August. "I think it's pretty important that applicants should not be a part of any active legal action against the county of Greenville or the board of commission," that committee member said when introducing suggested eligibility language.
The clerk (Speaker 9) told the panel that the eligibility wording was discussed previously by an ad-hoc committee and that the phrase "tort…
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