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CALL THE COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS TO ORDER AT 8 A.M. WE HAVE A RATHER SHORT AGENDA THIS MORNING. JUST TWO ARE HONESTLY JUST ONE ITEM HERE. AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THAT,
[1. Resolution confirming Mayor LaGrand's appointment of Natasha Bledsoe as an alternate to the Housing Appeal Board]
WHICH IS A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING MILLIGRAMS APPOINTMENT OF NATASHA BLEDSOE AS AN ALTERNATE TO THE HOUSING APPEAL BOARD. SO MOVED. MOVED AND SUPPORTED CONVERSATION ON THIS RESOLUTION. COLLEAGUES, I WILL SAY NATASHA HAS SERVED BEFORE ON THE HOUSING APPEAL BOARD AND WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR HER TO BE OFFERING HER SERVICE AGAIN FOR US. THAT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL WHEN FOLKS HAVE HISTORY OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSION, AND I THINK I REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT MY EMAIL CHEMISTRY. I BELIEVE I WAS COMMISSIONER RESOURCES APPOINTMENT, THE HOUSING APPEALS BOARD A FEW YEARS AGO. SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT BOARD.AND WE JUST GOT AN UPDATE, I THINK, AT PUBLIC SAFETY FROM THE GENTLEMAN WHO WORKED WITH THE HOUSING APPEALS BOARD AND. THAT THOSE OPERATIONS HOARDING, THEY DO SO MANY THINGS FOR THE CITY. SO REALLY THANKFUL TO HAVE MISS NATASHA'S SUPPORT ON THAT BOARD. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN, MISS BOSKER, IF YOU COULD PLEASE
[2. Discussion on the current Board and Commission Vacancy List - October 6, 2026]
LEAD US THROUGH A DISCUSSION ON THE CURRENT BOARD AND COMMISSION VACANCY LIST. SURE.THERE HAVEN'T BEEN MANY CHANGES. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS ONE RESIGNATION FROM THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION THAT I ADDED ON LAST MINUTE, SO THAT WILL SHOW WITH THE COMMISSION MEETING PACKET TONIGHT OR THIS AFTERNOON. SO THEN THAT MEANS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF VACANCIES ON COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION NOW AND THEN. WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH QUARTER IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITIES. WE'VE GOT SOME MORE APPLICANTS THAT ARE COMING IN, AND I'M HOPING TO GET THAT TO THE MAYOR THIS WEEK. IN ADDITION TO A DRAFT HEAD START ON THE END OF YEAR APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF APPLICATIONS FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND DIALOG WITH LIAISONS ON TERMS ENDING. THANK YOU, MISS BOSKER COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES. YES, COMMISSIONER BELCHER, IS IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN BE DOING AS COMMISSIONERS TO FURTHER THIS? I KNOW THAT WE LOOK FOR PEOPLE, WE HELP VET PEOPLE AND THEN GET THEM TO APPLY. BUT YEAH, IF THERE'S ANY HOLD UPS OR ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON OR THINGS THAT WE COULD FACILITATE, WHAT WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE? ARE YOU THINKING IN TERMS OF LIKE VETTING THE SOMETIMES DELAY OR. WELL, LIKE, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE THAT'S ON DELAY FOR THE STORM. WAIT, NO, NOT STORM WATER. CIVILIAN APPEALS BOARD. WE'RE WAITING ON VITAL STREETS, VITAL STREETS, I THINK VITAL STREETS. SO THERE'S A COUPLE THAT I YOU KNOW, KNOWING THOSE IN ADVANCE THAT THEIR DELAY SO WE CAN TALK TO OUR APPLICANTS. BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS END OF YEAR PROCESS THAT WE COULD BE HELPING FACILITATE? I DON'T THINK SO. WE'VE HAD A BATCH OF ABOUT 20 APPLICATIONS FOR REAPPOINTMENT ALREADY THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH VETTING, AND IT SEEMS TO BE MOVING ALONG. SOMETIMES THERE'S HOLD UPS, BUT USUALLY THAT'S BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE VETTING DEPARTMENT AND NOT REALLY. GO AHEAD. NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT I, EVEN AS THE CLERK'S DEPARTMENT GET INVOLVED IN. WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU, MISS BOSKER. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? THANK YOU. I THINK I JUST WANTED TO BUILD UPON THAT THAT COMMENT AND THE QUESTION. I THINK MAYBE IF WE COULD LOOK AT WHO HAS MEETINGS, RIGHT. BECAUSE I KNOW WE MOVED SOME OF THE WE MOVED SOME OF THE EXPIRATION DATES TO JULY.
RIGHT. BECKY. THAT WAS MISS BOSKER THAT WAS SOME OF YOUR EFFORTS LAST YEAR TO, TO REALLY, AGAIN, THINK NOT JUST TRYING TO GET IT DONE, BUT THINK STRATEGICALLY, WHICH I THINK WAS REALLY SMART. WE HAVE THIS. COULD WE GET A LIST OF EVERY. THE BOARDS THAT ARE TERMING OUT AND THE END OF JAN OR SORRY, DECEMBER AND THEN LET'S SEE WHO HAS MEETINGS IN JANUARY. SO I THINK TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF I'VE NEVER USED CHATGPT, BUT I KEEP HEARING YOU HAVE TO ASK IT SORT OF LIKE A MORE DETAILED QUESTION. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER BELICHICK IS ASKING A QUESTION. I WOULD BUILD UPON THAT AND SAY, HOW DO WE PINPOINT THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE MAYBE BUSINESS IN JANUARY THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET HELD UP BY, YOU KNOW, JUST AGAIN, IT'S I THINK WE RUN THROUGH THESE IN SUCH A SMOOTH FASHION COMPARED TO PAST YEARS BECAUSE WE'VE PUT IN THESE DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS. AND ALSO SOME OF IT RELIES ON PEOPLE RESPONDING, WHICH RELIES ON THE LIAISON TO REMIND THE PERSON THAT YOU GOT TO RESPOND.
AND THEN THEN YOU'VE GOT A BACKLOG IF EVERYBODY DECIDES TO DO IT AT ONE POINT, RIGHT? SO
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MAYBE WE COULD NOT MAYBE LET'S PINPOINT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AT THE END OF DECEMBER AND THEN LET'S IDENTIFY JANUARY. SO THEN NO LIAISON IS FEELING CAUGHT OFF GUARD, AND THEN THEIR BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE PUSHED OUT. SO THANKS. YES, COMMISSIONER. AND THANK YOU.AND I THINK IN FOLLOW UP THEN THAT MIGHT BE A PLACE WHERE COMMISSIONERS CAN HELP NUDGE APPLICANTS IN ADDITION TO THE LIAISONS. I APPRECIATE THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT DOES SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, CATCH US OFF GUARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP. WE DON'T.
AND I AM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT IF THERE WERE ANY MEETINGS THAT WERE COMING UP FOR A COMMITTEE OR A COMMISSION, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A FULL BODY, BUT SOMEBODY, THEY'RE JUST WAITING TO SHOW UP. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU ALL. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? CONCERNS. AND IT IS OFFICIALLY HOLIDAY SEASON. HAPPY OCTOBER. I THINK TIME WILL START GOING VERY QUICKLY.
THIS IS WHAT HOLIDAY SEASON DOES. WELL THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE LAW DEPARTMENT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, AND WE WILL ADJOURN THE COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS AT
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.