The Senate Retirement and Independent Entities Confirmation Committee voted unanimously to recommend two reappointments to the Utah Housing Corporation Board of Trustees, forwarding the nominations of Robert Alpin and Lori Fleming to the full Utah Senate.

Committee members said they had held the nominations for public comment but reported no members of the public online. “There is no public online,” committee chair Senator Harper said when the committee asked for public comment. After waiting for nominees to appear online, committee members moved to advance the nominations.

A motion to recommend Robert Alpin as a reappointing member of the Utah Housing Corporation Board passed unanimously. The committee later moved and passed a separate motion to recommend Lori Fleming’s reappointment; members noted Fleming had not yet connected to the meeting when the committee waited for public comment.

With no public comments and no substantive discussion on the nominees, the committee chair ruled both motions passed unanimously and the nominations were sent to the full Utah Senate for consideration.