Commission discusses whether newly appointed members can vote on past meeting minutes

During the Sept. 10 meeting, commissioners raised the procedural question of whether newly appointed members who attended the Aug. 13 meeting may vote to approve that meeting's minutes. The chair asked whether Joe and Dave, both noted as new appointees who were present at the prior meeting, were eligible to cast a vote on approval of those minutes.

A commissioner stated that someone who was not a member in their official capacity at the time of the meeting "can't really vote" on that meeting’s minutes. The commission did not take a formal vote on eligibility; instead, members agreed to postpone approval of the minutes until the October meeting when the current roster and quorum would be in effect so that any vote on minutes would be taken by commissioners serving in their official capacity.