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Committee recommends Michael McDonald for Ottawa County veteran services committee seat
Summary
The Appointment and Alignment Committee asterisked Michael McDonald as its recommended candidate for a veteran services committee midterm vacancy and forwarded a slate of nominees to the full board; the vacancy runs through Dec. 31, 2028.
The Ottawa County Appointment and Alignment Committee on July 28 selected Michael McDonald as its recommended pick to fill a midterm vacancy on the veteran services committee and voted to forward a slate of nominees to the Board of Commissioners.
Committee members praised the interview pool and specifically cited McDonald for his energy and fit. "I was blown away by the quality of the applicants ... I really feel that Michael McDonald ... did a fabulous job in the interview, brought a lot of energy, youthfulness," a committee member said during the discussion. Several colleagues voiced similar support and the chair confirmed McDonald received the requisite number of committee votes to be asterisked as the recommendation.
Chair introduced the full slate of nominees to be forwarded — Joseph Alfonso; Robin Bailey; Brandon Barber; Roger Blaha; Leviticus Cain (transcript shows a later variant as 'Kane'); Kenneth Cooper; Harry Dyke; Mark Ebelts; Charles Kaiser; Michael McDonald; Russell Miller; Dustin Parlin; Eric Rasmussen; Andrew Smith; Daryl Turner; and Brian Ziemering — and explained the committee will forward the list and asterisked recommendation to the full Board of Commissioners. The recommended asterisked appointment would fill the veteran services committee vacancy immediately and run through Dec. 31, 2028.
After naming recommendations aloud, the committee completed a roll-call to forward all nominees; roll-call responses recorded in the transcript show five 'Yes' votes and the motion to forward the slate passed. The committee did not take the final appointment itself — it forwarded the recommendation to the full board for final action.
Next steps: the board of commissioners will receive the committee's forwarded slate and the asterisked recommendation for McDonald; the meeting record indicates the committee intends the board to make the final appointment.
