Title
Board/Commission Appointment(s) - Los Alamos County Health Council
Recommended Action
I move that Council nominate and appoint Leslie Wallstrom, Marna Riedel, Chris Pearson, and Barbara Phelps to the Los Alamos County Health Council for terms beginning on January 2, 2025 and ending on January 1, 2027.
Body
Currently, there are six (6) vacancies on the Los Alamos Health Council. The purpose of this item is to fill four (4) of those vacancies.
The applicants for the vacancies are:
Leslie Wallstrom [D]
Marna Riedel [DTS]
Chris Pearson [DTS]
Barbara Phelps [R]
Party affiliations are noted as [D] Democrat, [R] Republican, [I] Independent, [G] Green, [L] Libertarian, [DTS] Declined to State, and [N] Not Registered to Vote. The current Council members' and applicants' party affiliations have been verified with the Clerk's Office.
This fifteen (15) member board has two-year terms. It is currently composed as follows and as shown in Attachment A:
Gisel Martinez [N]
Celeste Raffin [D]
Leticia Luketich Martinez [D]
Jyl DeHaven [DTS]
Lisa Hampton [D]
Leah Blackwell [D]
Joyce Richins [D]
Heather Muck [R]
Rollin Tylerr Jones [L]
Appointing the nominees will not violate the County Charter restriction concerning political party majorities on Boards and Commissions.
Attachments
A - LACHC Board Roster
B - Application Packet Leslie Wallstrom
C - Application Packet Marna Riedel
D - Application Packet Chris Pearson
E - Application Packet Barbara Phelps
F - Interview Panel Recommendations