Title
Board/Commission Appointment(s) - Los Alamos County Health Council
Recommended Action
I move that Council nominate and reappoint Celeste Raffin to the Los Alamos County Health Council for a term beginning on February 27, 2026 and ending on February 26, 2028.
Body
Currently, there are three (3) vacancies on the Los Alamos Health Council. The purpose of this item is to fill one (1) of those vacancies.
The applicant for the vacancy is shown below and is a current Health Council member that is eligible for reappointment:
Celeste Raffin [D]
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:
Leticia Luketich Martinez [D]
Jyl DeHaven [DTS]
Lisa Hampton [D]
Leah Blackwell [D]
Joyce Richins [D]
Heather Muck [R]
Rollin Tylerr Jones [L]
Leslie Wallstrom [D]
Marna Riedel [DTS]
Chris Pearson [DTS]
Barbara Phelps [R]
Elizabeth Moore Ibanez [I]
Appointing the nominee will not violate the County Charter restriction concerning political party majorities on Boards and Commissions.
Attachments
A - LACHC Board Roster
B - Application Packet Celeste Raffin
C - Interview Panel Recommendations