The Henderson City Council made 21 appointments to the boards, commissions, and committees to which it supplies members.
In each case except that of the Appearance Commission there were more applicants than positions to be filled, a rarity in the past when there have been positions to be filled.
Henderson Mayor Clem Seifert commented that in eighteen years he had never seen so many people interested.
The Mayor then outlined a procedure in which the name of each applicant was read and then Council members could vote for the applicant. Each Council members received a number of votes equal to the number of vacant positions to be filled.
Because of the speed at which the votes were taken, and due to the visual rather than auditory nature of the vote, a record of which Council members voted for which applicant was unattainable by Home in Henderson. It also appears that the specific votes of each member were not recorded by City Manager Dianne White and will not be part of the official record.
A list of Boards/Commissions/Committees appear below with the names of members who were appointed by the Council last night. The number of votes received by each candidate as Council members were tallied is next to the name of each applicant.
Airport Authority — One position, two applicants
Selected
Andrew David Thomas – 5
Not Selected
Joseph A. Mahaffey – 3
Appearance Commission — Four positions, four applicants
Council member Elissa Yount moved that the four applicants be accepted onto the commission. The Council voted unanimously to accept the applications.
Selected
James L. Brown – 8
Henrietta L. Clark – 8
Rachelle Moon – 8
Grace P. O’Geary – 8
Human Relations Commission – Seven positions, ten applicants
Because of a three-way tie for the bottom two vote-getters, a run-off was conducted between Marguerite Anduze, Glean Henderson, and Carolyn Bell Summers. Summers lost the run-off.
Selected
Marguerite Anduze – 5/7 in run-off
James R. Baines – 6
Sara M. Coffey – 7
Donald Green – 8
Glean Henderson, Jr. – 5/6 in run-ff
Donald Lowery – 7
Michael Moon – 6
Not Selected
Michael W. Epps, Sr. – 3
Roger Griesinger – 4
Carolyn Summers – 5/3 in run off
Library Board — Three appointments, five applicants
Selected
Sally Badger – 6
William Barnett – 4
Diane Davis – 6
Not Selected
Glean Henderson, Jr. – 2
Leo Kelly – 3
Zoning Board — Two appointments, six applicants
Selected
Thomas Badger IV – 5
Cathy Ringley – 5
Not Selected
Sally Badger – 0
Claude Rixton Bobbitt, Jr. – 4
Michael Moon – 0
David Ruggles – 2
Recreation Commission — One appointments, three applicants
Selected
Copper Rain – 5
Not Selected
Michael W. Epps, Sr. – 3
Sharon Reese – 0
Community Development Advisory Committee — Three appointments, four applicants
Selected
Eugene Burton – 8
Donald Green – 7
Janice Jeffries – 6
Not Selected
Thomas Badger – 1
Everyone who was selected will receive a letter, as well as those who were selected. Those whose services were not retained by the Council will receive a letter of recognition from the City as well.
After the vote was taken, Council member Bobby Gupton, who chairs the Land Planning Committee asked if any present would be interested in serving on the Land Use Steering Committee.
Moon, Ringley, and Ruggles expressed interest in the project as well as City Attorney John Zollicoffer.
Zollicoffer explained that he does not expect to be City Attorney by the time the committee convenes.
The Land Planning and Development Committee will meet on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. to review prospective members of the Land Use Plan Steering Committee.