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Executive withdraws appointments after legislators press charter requirements for ethics commission nominations
Summary
Legislator moved to disapprove two county executive appointments to the ethics/HRCC commission citing charter procedures; after debate the county executive withdrew the executive order and said he will reissue appointments next week compliant with the charter.
Legislator Anderson moved to disapprove appointments to the ethics, human relations and citizen complaints commission on the grounds the nominating committee had not provided the full slate of nominees required by the county charter. Anderson said only two names were forwarded for two vacancies when the charter requires three nominees for each vacancy.
The county executive responded that he would rescind the executive order and reissue appointments after ensuring charter compliance. "I'll rescind this county executive order, and I'll be back next week and make sure it meets the criteria that...we coulda done two weeks ago," the executive said. The exchange included requests for adherence to charter rules and a call for more communication between the councilor's office and the executive's office to avoid repeat errors. The executive's withdrawal removed the need for an immediate disapproval vote; members asked staff to follow the charter process for nominations going forward.
