Metro Animal Care Commission Elections

At a glance

What: Council elections to fill three seats and one non-voting Council seat on the Metro Animal Care and Control Commission (files 26-143, 26-144, 26-145).
Where it stands: Resolved on September 1, 2026. Parenteau and Geng won the two at-large seats (Geng needed a second round), Dyce won the animal-welfare nonprofit seat, and Bradford was elected the Council's non-voting member by acclamation.

At-large seats (two vacancies, three-year terms)

Eight nominees: Payton Robbins (nominated by CM Evans), Jourdan Parenteau (CM Hill), Penny Adams (CM Johnston), Jing Geng (CM Vo), Michelle Spaziano (CM Cortese), Jessica Schultz (Bradford), Dr. Kelli Boyd and Donna Mobley (both CM Hancock).

First round: Parenteau 18, Geng 16, Boyd 11, Schultz 9, Robbins 9, Adams 2, Mobley 1, Spaziano 0. Parenteau was declared elected and a second round was held for the remaining seat.
Second round: Geng 18, Boyd 10, Robbins 4, Schultz 2, others 0. Geng was declared elected.

The nominations list spells the first winner "Jourdan" while the vote tally prints "Jordan"; this record uses the nomination spelling.

Nonprofit representative seat (four-year term)

Brandon Dyce (nominated by CM Styles) 19, Becky Carter (nominated by CM Weiner) 14. Dyce elected.

Non-voting Council member (term to August 31, 2027)

Bradford was nominated by Weiner and, without objection, elected by acclamation on a unanimous vote.

Nominations (August 2026)

August 4: Nominations were taken for the two at-large seats (thirteen nominees: Payton Robbins and Mary Nell Bryan by Evans; Parenteau by Hill; Heather Derrick by Horton; Adams by Johnston; Dr. Yasin Kokoye by Suara; Geng by Vo; Spaziano by Cortese; Schultz by Bradford; Boyd and Mobley by Hancock; Annette Filippone by Styles and Ellis; Carolyn Benick by Weiner), for the nonprofit seat (Lisa Stetar by Taylor, Dyce by Styles, Carter by Weiner) and for the non-voting Council seat (Evans by Styles, withdrawn; Bradford by Weiner). The nomination paragraph spells several names differently from the list (for example "Jordan Parentau," "Jaing Jing," "Carolyn Bennick Brown"); the list spellings are used here.
August 18: The nominations of Bryan, Derrick, Kokoye, Filippone, Benick and Stetar were withdrawn. The remaining nominees appeared before the Rules, Confirmations, and Public Elections Committee, which approved a re-referral so they could be considered at the next meeting, with the election on September 1.

On May 7, 2026 the Council passed BL2026-1327 on third reading as part of the consent agenda (31 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain). It amends certain sections of Chapter 2.114 of the Metropolitan Code pertaining to the Metropolitan Animal Care and Control Commission. The minutes do not describe the changes.