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Board appoints acting registrar of voters and interim county counsel; motions pass unanimously
Summary
The board approved separate appointments: Cynthia Cornejo as acting registrar of voters and Andrea Weddle as interim county counsel, effective March 29, 2026; both votes were recorded as unanimous (5–0).
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved two personnel appointments on March 3, both effective after the current incumbents retire later in March.
Item 28: The board appointed Cynthia Cornejo, currently deputy registrar of voters, as acting registrar of voters effective March 29, 2026. County staff read the appointment and disclosed the acting salary; Supervisor Miley and others praised Tim Dupuy’s service on his impending retirement and supported Cornejo’s selection. The board approved the appointment by roll-call vote (5–0).
Item 29: The board appointed Andrea Weddle (chief assistant county counsel) as interim county counsel effective March 29, 2026, following the announced retirement of County Counsel Donna Ziegler effective March 28. Staff noted a national search for a permanent county counsel is underway and that human resources is securing an executive search firm; the board approved the interim appointment by roll call (5–0).
Both appointments were processed separately from the mass consent motion and recorded with unanimous votes.
