Resource Management Committee approves appointments, moves into executive session

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.