Aug 26, 2025 Committee on Appointments Meeting

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

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WE JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING.

FIRST IS A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENT OF MICHELLE WILLIAMS

[1. Resolution recognizing Commissioner Ysasi's appointment of Michelle Williams to the Grand Rapids Police Civilian Appeal Board]

SO MOVED. SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT.

CONVERSATION ON THIS APPOINTMENT, COLLEAGUES.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'LL JUST ADD, MICHELLE IS A REAPPOINTMENT.

I KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OBVIOUSLY WE SOME OF YOU ARE NEW THIS YEAR, AND SO WE'RE DOING SOME REAPPOINTMENTS. I DECIDED MICHELLE WAS CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED IN FOR SOME CONTINUITY WOULD CONTINUE ON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER ROBBINS. YEAH.

I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE ALL HAVE THAT WHOLE BOARD.

THEY'RE OKAY TO SERVE, CORRECT, MISS OSCAR? THEY'RE ALL OKAY TO SERVE UNTIL THEIR UNTIL WE HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT.

THEY'RE ALL. THEY'RE ALL BEYOND THEIR OFFICIAL TERM END DATE.

BUT IN THEIR BYLAWS, IT STATES THAT THEY'RE PERMITTED TO CONTINUE SERVING UNTIL A REPLACEMENT IS FOUND OR UNTIL THE OFFICIAL REAPPOINTMENT.

SO THEY'RE ALL IN THAT STATUS.

AND WE'RE SLOWLY, WITH THIS APPOINTMENT, GETTING TO SORTING IT ALL OUT AND GETTING EVERYBODY OFFICIALLY BACK ON TRACK.

COOL. YEAH, I KNOW WE SOME OF THEIR GUIDELINES AND THEIR AGENCY THAT THEY HAVE COMES FROM SOME OF THE POLICE.

WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? LIKE OUR AGREEMENT WITH THEM, RIGHT? SO I KNOW WE WANTED TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND SEE WHAT THEIR CONTRACT WOULD LOOK LIKE. WE'VE PASSED THAT.

SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD STANDING WHERE THEY STILL HAVE THE SAME AGENCY AND POWERS THAT THEY HAD. AND SO IT'LL BE VERY NICE TO SEE WHO WOULD ALL BE ON THE ALL BE ON THIS BOARD NOW. SO OKAY. THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. IT CARRIES.

THAT MOVES US TO OUR SECOND RESOLUTION CONFIRMING MAYOR LEGRAND'S APPOINTMENT OF

[2. Resolution confirming Mayor LaGrand's appointment of Dakota Riehl-Davis to the Economic Development Corporation and Brownfield Redevelopment Authority]

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WOULD JUST ADD, DAKOTA HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH IN HER WORK AND HER VOLUNTEER WORK.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO I THINK WE HAVE FOUR OPENINGS AND THIS WOULD LEAVE THREE.

OR DO WE HAVE THREE? AND THIS WILL LEAVE TWO. MISS BHASKER, WE HAVE ONE OFFICIAL. OKAY.

AND THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VACANCIES, RIGHT, WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES.

GOT IT. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO, YEAH, I THINK THIS BODY, IT'S ALWAYS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE QUORUM AND ALL THOSE PIECES. SO WE'LL APPRECIATE DAKOTA SERVING ON THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

AND LASTLY, A DISCUSSION ON OUR CURRENT BOARD AND COMMISSION VACANCY LIST.

[3. Discussion on the current Board and Commission Vacancy List - August 26, 2025]

SO WE'RE MOVING ALONG. I'M STILL PROVIDING APPLICATIONS TO THE MAYOR AND GETTING THINGS TOGETHER. AND THEN ALSO WORKING ON THE END OF YEAR APPOINTMENTS AND PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR ALL OF THAT. THE EMAIL SHOULD GO OUT TO THE CURRENT MEMBERS REMINDING THEM OR REQUESTING THEM TO REAPPLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS SO THAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING A BETTER FEEL FOR THE END OF YEAR SITUATION OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, MISS OSCAR.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES OR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. YOU ALL RECORD.

OH, YES. COMMISSIONER DO WE KNOW DO WE HAVE.

SORRY. ON THE EVENING AGENDA, DO WE HAVE ANY RESIGNATIONS? JUST AS A REMINDER TO ME.

NOT TODAY, NOT TODAY. OKAY.

THERE ARE A FEW AS THAT WILL BE.

THAT WILL BE IN THE NEXT. THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

LOVELY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. AND WE WILL ADJOURN THE COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS AT 8:04 A.M.. HAVE A GREAT MORNING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.