County Commissioners appoint new chairman; retain emergency mgr.

Following the regular Jan. 9 Board of County Commissioners meeting, the board convened its usual reorganization meeting that occurs at the start of each new year. As its first item of business, the board appointed Terry Hofmeister to serve as chairman for 2024. His term follows Garold Roberts who served as chair in 2023. Roberts followed Tom Timm who held the seat in 2022.

The board then adopted nine resolutions having to do with county administrative matters for 2024. Resolutions established county operations, official holidays for the year and appointed which commissioners would serve on var...