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MAR 111981 <br />Boo 46 PAGE 06 <br />i <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD THEN RECOMMENDED THAT MR. PARENT BE <br />I APPOINTED TO FILL THE VACANCY ON THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK THEN PLACED RICHARD PARENT'S NAME <br />IN THE NOMINATION FOR THIS POSITION, HE ADDED THAT HE DID NOT CONDUCT <br />AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM; HE WAS ABLE TO TALK TO HIM BY PHONE AND WAS <br />VERY IMPRESSED. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK FELT HE WAS A GOOD CHOICE. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER COMMENTED THAT HE HAD KNOWN HIM FOR <br />MANY YEARS, BUT WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THE BOARD DID NOT HAVE A CHOICE. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT HE WAS A FINE CHOICE, AND <br />THAT HE WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH RICHARD PARENT. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS STATED THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS UNABLE <br />TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MR. PARENT AND THAT IF HE HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY <br />TO INVESTIGATE HIM, HE WOULD PROBABLY VOTE FOR HIM. HE ADDED THAT, <br />HE COULD NOT, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, VOTE FOR HIS APPOINTMENT WITHOUT <br />A PERSONAL INVESTIGATION. <br />LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ALONG THOSE LINES. <br />MOTION WAS:MADE:BY COMMISSIONER FLETCHER THAT THE BOARD <br />POSTPONE THIS APPOINTMENT UNTIL THE MEETING OF MARCH 25TH. <br />THE MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND, <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD, THAT THE BOARD ADOPT RESOLUTION 81-13 APPOINTING <br />RICHARD PARENT TO FILL THE VACANCY ON THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON <br />AND CARRIED WITH A 4 TO 1 VOTE, WITH CHAIRMAN LYONS VOTING IN OPPOSITION. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS EXPLAINED THAT THIS VOTE WAS NOT IN OPPOSITION <br />TO MR. PARENT, JUST OPPOSITION UNTIL HIS INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED <br />ON MR. PARENT. <br />LENGTHY DISCUSSION ENSUED REGARDING FUTURE APPOINTMENTS, <br />AND THE BOARD DETERMINED THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE SEVERAL RESUMES TO <br />CHOOSE FROM, PLUS HAVE AMPLE TIME TO CONDUCT THEIR INVESTIGATIONS. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER, THAT THE BOARD RECEIVE, TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO AN <br />APPOINTMENT, MORE THAN ONE RESUME TO STUDY; AND THE COMMISSIONER <br />FROM THE DISTRICT RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT, MAKE HIS RECOMMENDATION <br />TO THE BOARD. <br />� � r <br />6 <br />