Commissioners should attend meetings, Jackson board says Mickey Luker.
Jackson County Commissioners unanimously passed a policy change last week that makes it clear that sitting commissioners are expected to show up at board meetings.
While that might seem an obvious point, it was an issue for former Commissioner Mickey Luker. When Luker’s term ended in December, it had been more than 15 months since the last time he’d occupied his seat in the boardroom. His attendance became sporadic in spring 2019 and dropped off dramatically over the summer, with his last in-person appearance occurring on Aug. 20, 2019. While Luker often attended meetings via speakerphone, or, after the pandemic hit, via Zoom his fellow commissioners continued to gather in person he frequently skipped them altogether.
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