{"id":31858,"date":"2019-11-23T10:16:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T15:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=31858"},"modified":"2019-12-31T13:41:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T18:41:21","slug":"sundquists-first-duty-as-mayor-appoint-five-department-heads-and-38-board-commission-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/sundquists-first-duty-as-mayor-appoint-five-department-heads-and-38-board-commission-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundquist’s First Duty as Mayor: Appoint Five Department Heads and 38 Board, Commission Seats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mayor elect Eddie Sundquist discusses his transition strategy during a press conference on Friday, Nov. 22.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

[UPDATE (DEC 31, 2019 – 1:40 p.m.)]<\/strong> – The Jamestown City Council reorganization meeting is Wednesday, Jan. 1 at noon at Jamestown Community College’s Scharmann Theater. New Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist will be sworn into office, along with the new members of the Jamestown City Council. <\/span><\/p>\n

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In addition, the council will act on several administrative appointments from the new mayor. We reached out to Sundquist today to get the list of his appointments but according to Sundquist, “The council is still debating the appointments submitted to them; therefore, they will not be public until tomorrow.”<\/span><\/div>\n
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JAMESTOWN – When Jamestown mayor-elect Eddie Sundquist<\/strong> is sworn into office on Jan. 1, his first official duty as mayor will be to fill several administrative positions as well as make appointments (or reappointments) to more than three dozen seats on various city boards and commissions (including three citizen representative seats and one city council representative seat on the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

As written in the city charter, the mayor is tasked with making appointments to a variety of director positions, along with various boards, commissions and city officers. However, the city council is given the power of consent, meaning any appointment by the mayor must be approved by at least a simple majority of the Jamestown City Council<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Obviously there is a very limited amount of time for us to find everyone – again 38 spots along with department positions. So if we are able to and after we receive approval from the council – the council will receive the list about a week or two before the (appointment) vote – if we have approval to release it we will do so,” Sundquist said during his transition strategy announcement on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that there is no requirement in the city charter that the mayor first provide a list his prospective appointees to the city council before making it public, let alone that the council must give the mayor persmission to provide the list prior to its review.<\/p>\n

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS UP FOR APPOINTMENT ON JAN. 1
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Among the administrative appointments Sundquist must make are for the following positions:<\/p>\n