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“This is a last-minute request I was not aware of until five minutes ago,” Fervier said.
“Life’s full of last-minute things that happen,” Mills responded.
The back-and-forth over hiring authority came after the board hired a new paralegal and assistant to the executive director who was criticized for not having a legal background or formal legal training.
The new hire, Hope Coan, is the wife of former executive director Mike Coan, a Republican ex-state lawmaker who left his board position earlier this year.
The nonpartisan chair Fervier tried to raise concerns about the appointment, but was cut off by the new executive director Mills.
“I do not think this individual meets the necessary qualifications for this job, and the hiring process itself was improper,” Fervier said. “That is out of order,” Mills replied.
Hope Coan’s LinkedIn says she is president of Coan Construction. The staffer she is replacing was certified as a notary public, completed a paralegal certificate course and had worked for more than a year as a paralegal at a law firm.
Democratic member Sara Tindall Ghazal said she was not included in the search at all.