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Employee and community member urge commissioners not to reappoint two Southwest Counseling board members
Summary
Kim Bramwell, a Southwest Counseling employee, told the Sweetwater County commission she and other community members signed a petition opposing the reappointment of two board members, saying board minutes and meeting transparency have declined since 2021 and staff feel intimidated.
At the county's resident-comments segment, Kim Bramwell, who identified herself as an employee of Southwest Counseling, urged commissioners not to reappoint two board members whose terms begin July 1.
"From since 2021 there's been a troubling decline in the transparency of what's going on in the board meetings," Bramwell said, adding that minutes "lack detail" and that employees are discouraged from attending because some board members become "aggressive, hostile." Bramwell identified the two board members by name and said a petition circulating in the community requests the commission withhold their reappointments.
Chairman West acknowledged the comment and said commissioners would "take that under advisement." Bramwell asked the commission to re-establish a board with "transparency, accountability and integrity," warning that continued lack of transparency could affect clients and families served by the agency.
No commissioners made an immediate appointment decision during the meeting. The comment was recorded during the public-comment portion of the agenda; commissioners did not provide a detailed staff report or a formal response at that time.
