At a special meeting on March 28, 2022, the City Council interviewed applicants and made appointments to fill vacancies on commissions and committees. Drawing on the talents of 30 applicants for 17 vacancies, the City Council made the following appointments:
Budget Advisory and Financial Planning Committee
Alice Cho
Paul Raskin
Frank Ryan
Civil Service Commission
Karen Barbieri
Claudia Harrison
Park Commission*
David Johnson
Kimberly Moses
Tom Smegal
Planning Commission
Rani Batra
Yildiz Duransoy
Justin Zucker
Public Safety Committee
Jeanne Solnordal
Marilyn Weber
Recreation Commission
Jenny Feinberg
Ruchi Medhekar
Mosquito Abatement Representative
Hope Salzer
*Councilmember Andersen recused herself and took no part in the decision on appointments to the Park Commission. (Exedra note: Tom Smegal is Andersen’s brother.*)
Editor’s note: We have asked the city to clarify the discrepancy between vacancies (17) and appointments (16) and will update this information when we hear.
*CORRECTION: This article has been updated to note that Tom Smegal is Andersen’s brother, not her father as originally stated.