LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Lakeport City Council has finalized appointments on city committees and commissions for the new year.

In a special meeting that took place on Dec. 12 and 13, the City Council considered a host of appointments, including appointing Kim Costa and Brandon Disney to fill the council seats vacated by Mireya Turner and Michael Green.

Costa and Disney took their oaths of office on Tuesday evening, along with Mayor Stacey Mattina, elected in November to her fourth term.

In addition to those two council seats, the City Council considered several more commission and committee appointments for the Lakeport Planning Commission; Measure Z Advisory Committee, or MZAC; the Lakeport Economic Development Advisory Committee, or LEDAC; and the Lakeport Fire Protection District Board.

The Planning Commission was established in 1956 and has land use decision-making authority as defined by the Lakeport zoning ordinance, advising and reporting on planning matters to the City Council. Members are appointed to four-year terms.

Returning to the commission for another term are Mark Mitchell and Nathan Maxman, along with Kip Knorr who served previously.

On Nov. 8, 2016, Lakeport residents voted to approve Measure Z adopting an ordinance enacting a 1% increase to the local sales and use tax.

The ordinance calls for an independent citizens’ advisory committee to meet publicly to review all revenues and expenditures of the transactions and use tax and make recommendations to the City Council regarding those expenditures.

Susan King was reappointed to the committee and Laura Sombs was appointed to her first four-year term.

In 2010 the Lakeport City Council implemented a recommendation contained in the Lakeport Business Retention and Recruitment Strategy and formed an economic development advisory committee,

LEDAC, to be an advocate for a strong and positive Lakeport business community and a conduit between City leadership and the community.

Jeff Davis was appointed to his first term to serve with Bonnie Darling, Denise Combs and Wilda Shock who were reappointed for another two years.

The Lakeport Fire Protection District is an independent special district serving the greater Lakeport area.

Health and Safety Code section 13837 provides that the district board may be either elected or appointed by the city council in which the district is located.

City Council Resolution 2695 (2018) established a protocol for the appointments to the district board.

Jeff Warrenburg was appointed to serve a four-year term as the newest member of the district board.