The nominations of seven members of Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s cabinet sailed through the City Council today.

Approved 9-0 were: Mark Rigg as emergency services director; Clarke Bright as Royal Hawaiian Band director; Sherilyn Kajiwara as customer services director; Ross Sasamura as chief engineer and director of facility maintenance; Lori Kahikina as director of environmental services; Chris Takashige as director of design and construction; and Michael Formby as director of transportation services.

Bright is continuing on in the post he was appointed to by former Mayor Peter Carlisle. Sasamura served as chief engineer more than a decade ago under former Mayor Jeremy Harris.

The appointments are the first by Caldwell to be approved by the Council.