Title
Appointment to Fill the Two Vacancies of the Board of Registration
Recommended Action
I move that Council appoint Lisa Hampton and Greg White to fill the two vacancies of the County’s Board of Registration for the term of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025.
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 2023 but two members are now candidates for public office and must be replaced.
The current Board has three members as listed below with their party affiliation.
1. Cameron Counters ]D]
2. Betty Gunther [D]
3. Rick Reiss [R]
Two letters of interest were received and are shown in Attachment A.
The Nominees and their political affiliation are shown below.
1. Lisa Hampton [DTS]
2. Greg White [R]
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.
Both nominees party affiliations were verified and confirmed that appointing these nominees will not violate the party affiliation requirement.
Attachments
A - Board of Registration Letters of Interest