Congratulations to Huron County Commissioner John Nugent. HC COMMISSIONER ELECT JOHN NUGENT TO CHAIR FOR 2015 CRAIG ROUTZAHN Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:22:02 EST JOHN NUGENT (right), STARTING HIS THIRD TERM AS A HURON COUNTY COMMISSIONER WAS CHOSEN TO BE ITS CHAIRMAN FOR 2015 AT FRIDAYS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. COMMISSIONER JOHN BODIS, WHO ALSO WAS NOMINATED FOR THE CHAIRMANS POST, WAS THEN CHOSEN TO BE THE VICE CHAIR THIS YEAR. THE BOARD MADE ITS COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, INCORPORATING ITS TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS SAMI KHOURY AND RICH SWARTZENDRUBER. THEY DECIDED TO CONTINUE HAVING A SHORT MEETING OF THE WHOLE, BEFORE THEIR REGULAR MEETINGS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAYS, WITH A FULL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING THE THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. FOLLOWING THE MEETING, NUGENT TOLD US THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN THE NEW YEAR WILL BE TO FIND AN EQUITABLE WIND ORDINANCE TO PROPERTY OWNERS, DEVELOPERS AND THOSE OPPOSED TO THE WIND TURBINES. WHEN ASKED IF HE FELT HIS EFFORTS FOR A MORATORIUM ON WIND DEVELOPMENT WHILE THE COUNTY ZONING ON THE ISSUE IS REVAMPED LED TO HIS CHAIRMANSHIP HE SAID NO. HE SAID THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD WITH STRONGER VIEWS THAN HIS. NUGENT HAS ABOUT 40 YEARS IN GOVERNMENT, MOST IN CITY GOVERNMENT. HE WAS CITY MANAGER OF BAD AXE FOR MANY YEARS.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 23:33:46 +0000
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