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Benicia City Council appoints nominees to multiple boards and commissions
Summary
After introducing nominees to the Arts & Culture, Community Services, Community Sustainability, Economic Development, Historic Preservation, Housing Authority, Industrial Safety Oversight, Local Tax Oversight, and Planning Commission, the council moved to appoint the slate of recommended candidates in a single motion and approved the appointments.
Council members introduced and then voted to appoint a slate of recommended nominees to multiple city boards and commissions.
Mayor Steve Young read the list of recommended nominees and provided brief biographical notes, citing nominees such as Greg Wilson and Nima Hekmat for the Arts & Culture Commission, Elizabeth O’Brien and Helena Fowler for the Community Services Commission, Caroline Pilat as the student representative, Christopher Milne and Judy Shepherd Hall for economic development, and Terrence Bennett and Jared Slate for the Planning Commission. "We’ve got an extraordinary list of qualified people to serve," the mayor said before a motion to appoint the group.
No public speakers addressed the nominations during the allocated public-comment period, and the council moved to appoint all nominees in a single motion. The motion was seconded and a roll call followed; the council approved the appointments.
Why it matters: City boards and commissions advise the council and oversee topics ranging from planning and housing to arts and industrial-safety oversight; the new appointees will participate in those advisory roles.
The council did not pull the full slate for separate votes beyond those items previously identified for discussion; the appointments will proceed as recommended.
