Menifee resident Greg Folsom has been appointed to the Planning Commission by new City Council member Matt Liesemeyer. Folsom will replace Mark Matelko, the previous appointee of council member Tom Fuhrman, who was defeated in the November City Council elections.
Because Liesemeyer vacated his seat on the Planning Commission to join the City Council, council member John Denver was required to name a replacement on the commission for Liesemeyer, whom he appointed previously. Denver's new appointee to the commission is attorney Robert Karwin.
After Folsom and Karwin are sworn in, council members will select an interim chair to conduct the meeting until a permanent chair is named. Liesemeyer was previously chair of the Planning Commission.
Other Planning Commissioners are Lesa Sobek, Earl Phillips and Chris Thomas.