[5. Resolution confirming Mayor LaGrand's appointment of Peter Bruinsma to the Economic Development Corporation and Brownfield Redevelopment Authority]

RESOLUTION CONFIRMING MAYOR LAGRANGE'S APPOINTMENT OF PETER BRUINSMA TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SUPPORT. MOVED AND SUPPORTED COMMENTS ON THIS RESOLUTION. COLLEAGUES. SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I

[6. Resolution approving the City Commission's appointment of Erik Howard to the Board of Art and Museum Commissioners]

THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. BRINGS US TO OUR LAST RESOLUTION TODAY APPROVING THE CITY COMMISSION'S APPOINTMENT OF ERIC HOWARD TO THE BOARD OF ART AND MUSEUM COMMISSIONERS.

SO MOVED. SUPPORT. MOVED AND SUPPORTED. COMMENTS ON THIS APPOINTMENT. COLLEAGUES. SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. AND LASTLY, MISS BOSKER, CAN WE

[7. Discussion on the current Board and Commission Vacancy List - June 2, 2026]

PLEASE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE CURRENT BOARD AND COMMISSION VACANCY LIST? SURE. SO WE I JUST I GUESS I'LL COMMENT ON A FEW OF THE APPOINTMENTS THAT THOSE THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, THE BROWNFIELD AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE BOARD OF ART AND MUSEUM COMMISSIONERS ARE ALL FULL NOW AFTER THESE APPOINTMENTS. SO THAT'S SOME GOOD PROGRESS WITH FILLING THE VACANCIES. NEXT WEEK WE'LL LOOK AT SOME REAPPOINTMENTS FOR IN IN TWO WEEKS FOR REAPPOINTMENTS FOR SOME TERMS THAT ARE ENDING AT THE END OF JUNE, BEGINNING OF JULY, LAND BANK AND THE GRAND VALLEY BIOSOLIDS, AND THEN I WILL COMMENT THAT THERE IS ONE VACANT NEW VACANCY COMMUNICATION. THERE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION WHO PASSED AWAY OR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION. SO THERE IS A VACANCY ON THAT. THAT IS A CITY COMMISSION APPOINTMENT THAT THE LIAISON WILL START WORKING ON AND WILL CONSIDER FILLING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS BOSKER.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? YES, MR. CLERK. SO WE DID DO THAT APPOINTMENT FOR THE BOARD OF ART AND MUSEUM COMMISSIONERS. AND THIS REMINDED ME AS I SAW IT ON HERE. DALE ROBERTSON HAS BEEN THE LIAISON. AND SO I GOT A NICE LONG EMAIL FROM DALE SAYING HE SOMEHOW BECAME THE LIAISON WITHOUT KNOWING IT. IT WAS BY BY FIAT. BUT BACK WHEN SOMEBODY, AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY RETIRED. AND SO IT JUST CAME UPON HIM LIKE THIS INTERIM. AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF STUCK. HE GOES, BUT I'M LEAVING AND IT NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE CITY. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR I MEAN, THIS, THIS BOARD DOESN'T MEET A LOT. SO WE'LL WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT IT, IT WAS IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. I WAS LIKE,

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SOMEHOW I JUST GOT IT AND WE JUST WENT WITH IT. SO WE ARE RIGHT. WELL, WE THINK DALE FOR HIS SERVICE FOR MANY YEARS, HE WILL BE MISSED. AND AND HE'S STILL LEADING THE CHARGE AS THEY HAVE MANY CHANGES. AND, AND IN MY OPINION, SOME DYSFUNCTION ON THE MILLAGE CHANGE. SO I APPRECIATE DALE A WHOLE BUNCH. THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. IN ADDITION TO DISCUSSING LIAISONS, MISS BOSKER, WE RECEIVED SOME COMMUNICATIONS AROUND THE CIVILIAN APPEALS BOARD. I KNOW WE ALSO MADE SOME ADDITIONS TO THE CIVILIANS APPEAL BOARD, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN HAVE JUST A SMALL CONVERSATION ON THE COMMUNICATION THAT HAPPENS WITH LIAISONS AS SORT OF TURNOVER IS HAPPENING, AS SOME FOLKS ARE TURNING OFF OR ENDING THEIR SERVICE ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION. AND THEN AS NEW FOLKS COME ON AS THAT SEEM TO BE A SMALL TENSION POINT ON THE CIVILIAN APPEAL BOARD, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE CONNECTED WITH THE LIAISON ON THAT, NOT SPECIFICALLY ON THAT, OTHER THAN, I GUESS MAYBE FOR APPOINTEES TO KNOW THAT WE DON'T, THE PRACTICE ISN'T TO PROVIDE NOTICE, JUST AS WE DON'T SAY NAMES OF PEOPLE WE'RE CONSIDERING HERE, JUST TO BE RESPECTFUL THAT THINGS CAN CHANGE AS WE GO THROUGH THE THE PROCESS. SO WE DON'T USUALLY GIVE A HEADS UP TO APPOINTEES OR THOSE WHO WON'T BE REAPPOINTED UNTIL THE DECISIONS ARE FINAL. AND I THINK THAT THAT MAY BE IS SOMETHING JUST TO CLARIFY THAT IT CAN BE KIND OF FRUSTRATING, BUT THAT IS HOW OUR PRACTICE HAS BEEN TO SORT OF BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY INVOLVED. GREAT. NO, THANK YOU, MISS BOSKER. AND I THINK WITH THE CIVILIAN APPEALS BOARD SPECIFICALLY, THAT WAS ONE WHERE THE RULES ALLOW FOR FOLKS TO STAY OVER THEIR TERM UNTIL SOMEONE IS REAPPOINTED. SO I THINK THAT ALSO CREATED A DIFFERENT SITUATION. BUT NOW THAT THE FULL COMMISSION HAS BEEN ON FOR OVER A YEAR, APPOINTMENTS ARE COMING DOWN THE LINE. I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT TRANSITION CAME FROM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. AND WE'LL REMEMBER TO COMMUNICATE WITH FOLKS THAT TEN YEARS CAN LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT ON THESE BOARDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BOSKER. COMMISSIONER. SASSY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YES, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT SENTIMENT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AND QUITE HONESTLY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE VOTING HERE, IT HAS TO BE AFFIRMED, OF COURSE, AT OUR 7:00 OR 2:00 OR 7:00 MEETING, I ALWAYS REMIND PEOPLE THAT NOTHING IS FINAL UNTIL THEN, EVEN IF IT'S BEEN DONE AT COMMITTEE. I DO THINK THIS IS WHERE MAYBE WE COULD GIVE SOME GREATER GUIDELINES FOR LIAISONS. ABOUT WHAT THE ROLES ARE. YOU KNOW, I THINK WITH PLANNING THAT ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT WE KNEW WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MASTER PLAN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND SO THERE WAS A DELIBERATE INTENTION THAT FOLKS WERE GOING TO STAY ON UNTIL A REPLACEMENT WAS FOUND, BUT THEN REALLY BECAME, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD STAY ON UNTIL THE PLAN WAS FINALIZED. AND SO IF LIAISONS CAN ALSO IDENTIFY ANY SPECIAL PROJECTS OR CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS A MAJORITY OF OUR APPOINTMENTS ARE MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS. AND SO I THINK WE COULD ALSO WORK WITH MISS OLSON AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. AND I KNOW, COMMISSIONER, YOU MEET WITH THE MAYOR REGULARLY ABOUT THIS TO JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE PROCESS, BECAUSE THE LIAISON MIGHT HOLD MORE INFORMATION. AND THEN I THINK WHEN PEOPLE COME ON, I'VE ALWAYS TOLD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT GET APPOINTED NOW, BUT IT IS AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BODY. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MAYOR BLISS HAD THE FOLKS THAT SHE APPOINTED, AND WHILE MANY OF THEM CARRIED OVER, THERE WERE ALSO STILL CHANGES, RIGHT? NEW ADMINISTRATION, NEW LEADERSHIP, NEW CHANGES. AND SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE CLEAR WITH PEOPLE THAT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WHICH CAN FEEL, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE FRUSTRATING, BUT ALSO IS JUST THE REALITY OF THIS BODY. SO I THINK MAYBE IF WE COULD OUTLINE TO THE LIAISON, HERE'S TWO THINGS TO NOTE. AND SOMETIMES I THINK LIAISONS WILL SEND SOMETHING TO ONE OF US OR TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE. I DON'T SAY THAT'S. BUT THAT'S THE THE BEST WAY TO UTILIZE THAT LIAISON POSITION. SO I JUST WANT TO OFFER THAT. YES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER. SO BASED ON THIS CONVERSATION, AM I TO WOULD IT BE REASONABLE TO THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME MORE GUIDELINES OR SOMETHING. REVISIT THIS. JUST HOW HOW DO WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE COMMUNICATION, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION. SO I'VE BEEN JOTTING NOTES AND WE'RE COMING UP ON, EXCUSE ME, THE THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE'LL BE STARTING THE END OF YEAR APPOINTMENT PROCESS. AND I THINK THAT PART OF THAT COMMUNICATION, WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE LIAISONS CAN BE A REMINDER INCLUDED IN THAT OF WHAT THEIR ROLE CAN BE OR HOW THEY CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE CRITICAL IN, IN THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. SO I'LL

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INCLUDE THAT WHEN I START MY COMMUNICATIONS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS FOR THE END OF YEAR PROCESS. GREAT, THANKS. THANKS. MISS BOSKER, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND ALL OF OUR STAFF'S WORK ON THIS. IT TAKES A VILLAGE. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? COLLEAGUES. OKAY. SEEING NONE. THIS IS A LONG MEETING FOR COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS. THIS IS LIKE A RARITY, BUT GOOD STUFF. SO AGAIN, HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, GRAND RAPIDS AND WE WILL ADJOURN THE COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS AT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS

Jun 02, 2026 Committee on Appointments Meeting

COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS

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