County councilpersons have voted unanimously to remove Francis resident KayCee Simpson from the Eastern Summit County Planning Commission, the panel that holds influence on development matters on the East Side.

Simpson violated the attendance policy for planning commissioners by missing three meetings within three months, according to Summit County Council Chairwoman Claudia McMullin. McMullin was a member of the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission before she became a councilperson in 2009.

“It was one of my big goals to make sure that planning commissioners have better attendance,” McMullin told Simpson Wednesday in Coalville. “It’s nothing personal, KayCee.”

Planning commissioners will risk losing their posts if they miss three meetings in three months, she explained.

“We are going to enforce the policy,” McMullin said. “Once you miss three we are going to boot you from the Planning Commission.”

But the attendance policy is unclear to most East Side planning commissioners, Simpson replied.

“We were all of the understanding that it was three consecutive meetings,” Simpson said.

Simpson was removed from the Planning Commission about halfway through his third term.

“I think it’s going to disrupt the planning process,” Simpson said.

Simpson said he did not attend a meeting in November 2009 because of a conflict with his job. An illness caused him to miss two meetings in January, Simpson said.

Summit County Councilwoman Sally Elliott made the motion Wednesday to remove Simpson from the Planning Commission.

“I think our standard of expectation needs to be higher,” Elliott said.

The County Council voted unanimously to support Elliott’s motion.

“There are people out there who really want to do this and I think the absenteeism is just too much of an issue for us,” Summit County Councilman John Hanrahan said. “We really shouldn’t choose which rules and policies we enforce and which we ignore.”

The Summit County Council appointed South Summit resident Chris Ure to replace Simpson on the Planning Commission. Ure is the son of Summit County Councilman David Ure. David Ure did not vote on his son’s appointment.

Simpson criticized the appointment in an interview outside the meeting.

“It’s going to be pretty tough when dad is asking what is going on,” Simpson said.