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The Committee on Appointments met on October 27, 2026, from 8:00 to 8:14 a.m. to consider two appointments and discuss current board and commission vacancies.
Happy October, almost Halloween. We will call the committee on appointments to order at 8 a.m. Okie dokie. May I have one of those? Oh, thank you. Okie dokie. First, we have a resolution confirming Millary Le Grand's appointment of Hannah Greening to the Grand Rapids Land Bank Authority. Support. Moved and supported. Comments on this resolution, colleagues. Commissioner. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. She is not. She's doing AB County Board. Okay. So important work. I think I just wanted to point out this is uh still a fairly new body. This is like the inaugural body. Um I think this appointment is filling somebody who we had appointed in the inaugural body who then resigned shortly after. So I just wanted to see, again, knowing that it was new, who was maybe coming up. Is there any, you know, sometimes people might not put a resignation in, but maybe there can be conflicts of interest sometimes on this board. So just thinking through that. Um I'm supportive of this. I think I want to continue to say, and and uh Mr. Chair, you brought this up, just continuing to look at not only the ward, but the racial and ethnic diversity of those who are on this body. I think Hannah would bring a good perspective. I also think you know, um, Hannah is in this space, and so we need and and other people are in the space, you know. I think past Commissioner Repart, and just looking for where there potentially could be conflicts of interest um and being proactive. But I know that the manager's office has thought about that. It's something that I know Mr. Doug Booth in the office um in economic development is thinking about. But just because this is so new, I want to continue to highlight that. So thank you. Thank you, Commissioner. I concur. Uh, I know that Miss Greening is uh a realtor uh in the community. I'm also supportive of this appointment since uh my colleague Commissioner Purdue. Um Miss Greening was one of her recommendations for the body, and of course, we want that diversity of thought and experience as well, and so I'm excited to see what she will bring to the body. But yes, we must stay aware and ensure that this body is doing its intended purpose uh and that no one is benefiting from uh their service. And again, as I concur with your statement of I believe that we have staff and folks like Miss Greening, who that is not their goal. So um, I'm excited to see how this uh group continues to serve our community, as I know they we have some exciting possibilities coming up uh with this body. All right, further comments? Thank you, Commissioner. All right, seeing none, all those in favor? Aye. Aye, those opposed. Motion carries.