What: mayoral appointments and reappointments to city boards and commissions.
Where it stands: About 19 appointments were referred 9/8 and 20 were handled in committee 9/28 (grouped unanimous votes); the full Board approved a group of reappointments 10/5. More were referred 10/5 and a carried-over Commission on Disabilities appointee returned on 10/26, where most items were approved as a block and the Civilian Review Board chair reappointment was passed over.
Next: Further Aldermanic Affairs and Board action.
Details
The sources read are agendas and, where posted, minutes; discussion detail is limited to what they record.
Appointments to the Homeless Advisory Commission, Humane Commission, Library Board and Solid Waste Authority were communicated; appointments to the Democracy Fund Board, Commission on Disabilities, Fire Commissioners, Historic District Commission, Parking Authority and Youth Commission had first readings.
Mayoral appointments, including a Commission on Disabilities appointee carried over from 9/28 and the Democracy Fund Board. Nominees to the Democracy Fund, Historic District and Youth commissions were questioned; agenda items 1 to 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 were approved as a block by voice vote, item 4 was postponed, and the Civilian Review Board chair's reappointment (item 7) was passed over with no vote after extensive public testimony for and against.
A block of Aldermanic Affairs favorable appointments and reappointments (Commission on Aging, Cultural Affairs, Democracy Fund Board, Development Commission, Environmental Advisory Council, Humane Commission, Peace Commission, Youth Commission) was approved by voice vote after the committee chair noted appointees had appeared at the September 28 committee meeting.
Referred: mayoral appointments to the Civilian Review Board, Democracy Fund, Fire Commissioners, Historic District Commission, Parking Authority and Youth Commission.
Twenty mayoral appointments and reappointments to commissions, among them Disabilities, Peace, Youth, Democracy Fund, Aging, Cultural Affairs, Development, Environmental Advisory and Humane.