Dual roles create quorum conundrum for commissioners Written by Geoffrey Plant on January 19, 2021
Although the majority of last week’s meetings of the Grant County Commission were focused on District 5 Commissioner Harry Browne’s resolution condemning U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell’s votes to reject the certification of Electoral College votes, several other items were also on the county agenda, including the commission’s annual Open Meetings Act resolution which this year presented several conundrums, due to the fact that commissioners now pull double duty as Gila Regional Medical Center’s Governing Board.
Per state statute, the Board of Commissioners held its annual election of officers in adopting its annual Open Meetings Act resolution last week, which also sets out the year’s schedule of meetings and establishes the public nature of those meetings, with some exceptions. Notably, commissioners voted to add an extra wo