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Ely City Planning and Zoning Commission approves minutes, leadership slate and committee representatives
Summary
At its Jan. 21 meeting the commission approved Nov. 19 minutes and carried motions to name Roose chair, Palcher vice-chair, Kochendorfer secretary, and appointed representatives to sanitation, projects and comp-plan steering committees.
The Ely City Planning and Zoning Commission approved prior minutes and carried a series of nominations for officers and committee assignments at its Jan. 21 meeting.
After roll call, Commissioner Palcher moved and Hernesmaa seconded a motion to approve the Nov. 19, 2025 minutes; the motion carried, though the minutes do not record a numerical vote tally.
Commissioner Hernesmaa made motions, seconded by Heil, to appoint Planning and Zoning Administrator Kochendorfer as Secretary and Councilor Roose as Chair; both motions carried. Hernesmaa also moved, seconded by Anderson, to nominate Palcher as Vice‑Chair; that motion carried as well. Additional nominations that carried included Anderson as the commission’s Sanitation Committee representative and Hernesmaa as both Projects Committee and Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee representative. The record states each motion “carried” but does not list individual vote tallies.
The interview team for filling two vacant commission seats was set to be Councilor Roose, Kochendorfer and the Vice‑Chair (Palcher). The commission did not record any dissent or abstentions in the minutes provided.
The meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
