By Jennifer Wilson -

It looks like John Plasse will have the opportunity to serve on the Jackson Revitalization Committee after all. At the Jackson City Council meeting on Monday night, City Manager Mike Daly presented a recommendation from the committee to amend their guidelines to add a County Liaison position and appoint Supervisor-Elect John Plasse to the position. The amendment is the result of the committee’s first meeting, which was held on October 1, where many committee members spoke of Plasse’s commitment and hard work on the Jackson Economic Development committee. Council member Wayne Garibaldi, who is also a member of the committee, said that he experienced “100 percent support” for adding Plasse to the committee. At the city council’s September 22nd meeting, the council had decided not to appoint Plasse, due to the “appearance of a conflict of interest,” even though no such conflict legally existed. Instead the council appointed Shelley Scott, who also has been actively involved on the Economic Development Committee and was elected Vice Chair of the new committee on October 1. Monday night, council members briefly entertained opening up the County Liaison position to the public and inviting applications, but in the end, the seemingly overwhelming call for Plasse to be in that new position won out and the three present council members approved the amendment to the guidelines and added Plasse to the committee as the “County Liaison.” In addition to Plasse’s and Scott’s positions, Rich Hoffman was elected as the committee’s chair, and meetings will be held the second Thursday of each month at 6 pm at 33 Broadway in Jackson.