City commissioners approved a list of mayoral appointments to the city’s new Housing Needs Task Force that will examine affordable housing issues. The appointments are Mayor Boog Highberger; Barbara Huppee, Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority; Carrie Lindsey, League of Women Voters; Dennis Constance, Kaw Valley Living Wage Alliance; Phil Struble, Landplan Engineering; Bill Yanek, Lawrence Association of Realtors; Bob Santee, Santee Denning Construction; Rebecca Buford, Tenants to Homeowners; Mary Grob, Douglas County Bank; Gwen Klingenberg, Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods; Lavern Squier, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.