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Commissioners appoint Sargent Keith Cooper and Jessica Billings to county boards and responder role
Summary
The board approved three personnel actions: Sargent Keith Cooper was appointed to the Emergency Communications Advisory Committee and the Whitman County Incident Team; Jessica Billings was appointed as a Designated Crisis Responder with Palouse River Counseling/Greater Columbia Behavioral Health for Whitman County.
The Whitman County Board of Commissioners approved multiple personnel appointments during its March 16 meeting. Commissioner Tom Handy moved and Commissioner Chad Whetzel seconded the appointments; the motions carried.
Sargent Keith Cooper of the Whitman County Sheriff’s Department was appointed to a three-year term on the Emergency Communications Advisory Committee and was appointed to the Whitman County Incident Team effective immediately. The board also approved the appointment of Jessica Billings as a Designated Crisis Responder with Palouse River Counseling/Greater Columbia Behavioral Health for Whitman County. The minutes record the motions and the outcome but do not provide roll-call vote tallies.
Why it matters: these appointments affect the county’s emergency communications and behavioral health crisis response capacity. The minutes do not record statements from Cooper or Billings at the meeting, nor do they specify term start dates beyond 'effective immediately' for the incident team appointment.
