LAKEPORT, Calif. – During a short regular meeting on Tuesday night, the Lakeport City Council quickly moved through the work of making appointments to three city commissions and committees.

Up for appointment were seats on the Lakeport Economic Development Committee, known more commonly as LEDAC; the Parks and Recreation Commission; and the Lakeport Planning Commission.

Six positions were open on LEDAC, the membership of which is not limited to city residents. The committee, formed in 2010, has 11 members.

LEDAC, chaired by Wilda Shock, advocates for the Lakeport business community and acts as a conduit between the city and the community regarding Lakeport’s economic and business programs.

City Clerk Janel Chapman said there were six applicants for LEDAC's six open positions: Bill Eaton, Melissa Fulton, Rick Hamilton, Chris King, Wilda Shock and Rebecca Southwick. In addition to Shock, Eaton and Fulton have been serving on LEDAC.

Councilman Tom Engstrom moved to approve the six appointments, which the council approved unanimously.

The seats appointed on Tuesday are for terms effective Jan. 1, 2015, and continuing through Dec. 31, 2016.

For the Lakeport Parks and Recreation Commission, there was only one application – from current member Suzanne Lyons – for one of the two open positions.

The commission, established in 1984, advises the city council on parks and recreation-related matters, and works with the planning commission and civic organizations on planning new recreation areas and facilities, recommends policies on city recreation facilities to the city council and carries out other duties the council assigns.

The Parks and Recreation Commission's five members serve two-year terms. Two of those terms expire Dec. 31.

The council voted 5-0 to appoint Lyons to a term to run from Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2016.

In the case of the Lakeport Planning Commission, which has been in existence since 1956, the seats currently held by three incumbents – Ross Kauper, Suzanne Russell and Harold Taylor – were up for reappointment.

Five applicants were seeking the three vacancies. In addition to Kauper, Russell and Taylor, Kelli Brown and Mary Nolan applied for seats.

In three separate votes and motions, council members nominated and approved reappointing Kauper, Russell and Taylor.

Those new planning commission terms begin on Jan. 1, 2015, and will continue until Dec. 31, 2018.

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