The Allegany County Resource Management Committee approved several board appointments and reappointments and voted to go into executive session to discuss the employment history of a particular individual.

The committee carried a voice vote to reappoint Robert Chamberlain of Belfast as a landowner representative (Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board) and to reappoint James Christian Lewis of Belfast to a three-year term as the county Farm Bureau appointee to the Soil and Water Conservation District. The committee also received a Soil and Water Conservation District request to appoint Gretchen Hanchett of Belmont and Kevin Fred Demick of Angelica as legislative members on the Soil and Water board; the committee moved and carried those appointments.

The motions were approved by voice vote; the transcript does not record a roll-call tally or full mover/second details for each motion. Committee chair Phil Curran presided over the actions and announced the results after members voted.

Near the end of the meeting, a committee member requested an executive session to "discuss the employment history of a particular individual." A motion and second were made and the committee voted to enter executive session. A committee member said the session would be brief; no further detail on personnel matters was stated in open session.

The appointments fill seats that advise county policy on farmland protection and on soil-and-water programs; committee members said the items came from board recommendations and a formal request from the Soil and Water Conservation District.

Votes at a glance:
- Reappointment: Robert Chamberlain (Belfast) — landowner representative (Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board). Outcome: approved by voice vote; mover/second not specified in transcript.
- Reappointment: James Christian Lewis (Belfast) — county Farm Bureau appointee, Soil and Water Conservation District (three-year term). Outcome: approved by voice vote; mover/second not specified in transcript.
- Appointments: Gretchen Hanchett (Belmont) and Kevin Fred Demick (Angelica) — requested legislative members, Soil and Water Conservation District. Outcome: approved by voice vote; mover/second not specified in transcript.
- Executive session: Enter to discuss employment history of a particular individual. Outcome: motion carried; committee entered executive session.

No formal vote counts or individual roll-call votes were recorded in the public transcript provided.