At today's meeting of the Austin ICRC, the Austin Auditor's Office explained that there was a glitch in the selection process for the commission. The result was five applicants for the commission being deemed unqualified when the five were actually qualified. In addition, five applicants who were not qualified were deemed qualified. So ten applicants were not categorized correctly by the Austin Auditor's Office.
Since one of the applicants who was not qualified was selected in the March meeting by the eight commissioners who were selected randomly, the commission was required to select a replacement. In addition, another applicant selected for the commission was not qualified, but the Auditor's Office, after consulting with Austin's Legal Office, decided that the applicant would need to be replaced by the thirteen commissioners at the next meeting.
The commission debated the possible replacements among the 60 most qualified applicants and chose Salina R. Yee, who resides in District 1, is Asian American, has a bachelor's degree, is female, and is between 35 and 44 years of age.
Here are the thirteen members who are now a part of the commission.
The two unqualified commissioners were Anika Keswani and Nuria Zaragosa. Looking forward to the next meeting.
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