If the clerk is hired and does not vote then a board member helping her in her work does not impact the voting process. What is impacting the vote is the political power the one person has and that is not all that uncommon in many small units of government. I was on our local school board and we would need to appoint members from time to time and listening to those who at that specific time that wanted the position and why was informative to say the least.

Bryce