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Appointment to Fill the One Vacancy of the Board of Registration
Recommended Action
I move that Council nominate Christ Luchini and Kyle Wheeler to fill the one vacancy of the County’s Board of Registration for the term of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025 and move that Council appoint one (1) to the vacant position as follows:
By roll call vote, Councilors vote for one (1) nominee and the one (1) with the highest vote total of four or more be appointed to fill term beginning on July 1, 2023 and ending on June 30, 2025.
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The County Council has the responsibility of appointing five voters to the Board of Registration in every odd year. The current Board was appointed in 2023 with vacancies filled in 2024. It was recently discovered that one member, Betty Gunther, no longer resided in Los Alamos County so her position on the Board needs to be filled.
With the resignation, the current Board has four members as listed below with their party affiliation:
1. Phil Gursky [D]
2. Rick Reiss [R]
3. Lisa Hampton [DTS]
4. Greg White [R]
One letter of interest was received and is shown in Attachment A.
The Nominee and their political affiliation is shown below:
1. Chris Luchini [L]
2. Kyle Wheeler [D]
The Board of Registration has the following restrictions apply to those appointed:
--Members of the board of registration shall not during their service be county employees, elected officials or candidates for public office
--Not more than two members of the board of registration shall be members of the same political party at the time of their appointment; provided that: (1) a member of the board of registration shall not have changed party registration in the two years next preceding the member's appointment in such a manner that the member's prior party registration would make the member ineligible to serve on the board of registration; and (2) a member of the board of registration shall not continue to serve on the board of registration if the member c...
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