Title
Appointment to Fill the One Vacancy of the Board of Registration
Recommended Action
I move that Council appoint Jennifer Best to fill the one vacancy of the County’s Board of Registration for the remainder of the term of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027.
Body
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 2025. One member, Chris Luchini, is now a candidate for Council and has resigned from the Board of Registration. His resignation leaves one vacancy to fill.
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. Kyle Wheeler [D]
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. Jennifer Best [L]
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 changes party registration after the date of appointment in such a manner to make the member ineligible to serve on the board of registration.
The nominee's party affiliation was verified and confirmed that appointing this nominee will not violate the party affiliation requirement.
Attachments
A - Letter of Int...
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