Post by Logan on Apr 20, 2016 23:34:51 GMT -6
Bevin gets 2 key appointments to state agency because of Senate’s inaction
FRANKFORT - Gov. Matt Bevin has two key appointments to make to the state agency that oversees utilities because the state Senate declined to consider appointments made last year by then-Gov. Steve Beshear.
When the 2016 General Assembly ended Friday night, Senate President Robert Stivers told reporters that the chamber had confirmed 17 appointments but did not introduce about 20 others for confirmation to various state agencies. That means those appointments will not stand.
Two seats on the PSC’s three-member board are open after the Senate did not confirm the reappointment of James W. Gardner of Lexington, who has been PSC chairman since 2015, and the appointment of Roger Thomas of Smiths Grove, a former state representative and Beshear’s agricultural policy chief.
Beshear, a Democrat, appointed Thomas to the PSC in December. Beshear initially appointed Gardner to the agency in 2008. Gardner was elected to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council in 1982 and served until 1986. He was a member of the Fayette County Board of Education from 1993 to 1997, serving as its chairman from 1995 to 1997
Read more: www.kentuckynewera.com/news/ap/article_edf19d8c-0644-11e6-b87b-4b18a5bc3b01.html
FRANKFORT - Gov. Matt Bevin has two key appointments to make to the state agency that oversees utilities because the state Senate declined to consider appointments made last year by then-Gov. Steve Beshear.
When the 2016 General Assembly ended Friday night, Senate President Robert Stivers told reporters that the chamber had confirmed 17 appointments but did not introduce about 20 others for confirmation to various state agencies. That means those appointments will not stand.
Two seats on the PSC’s three-member board are open after the Senate did not confirm the reappointment of James W. Gardner of Lexington, who has been PSC chairman since 2015, and the appointment of Roger Thomas of Smiths Grove, a former state representative and Beshear’s agricultural policy chief.
Beshear, a Democrat, appointed Thomas to the PSC in December. Beshear initially appointed Gardner to the agency in 2008. Gardner was elected to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council in 1982 and served until 1986. He was a member of the Fayette County Board of Education from 1993 to 1997, serving as its chairman from 1995 to 1997
Read more: www.kentuckynewera.com/news/ap/article_edf19d8c-0644-11e6-b87b-4b18a5bc3b01.html