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Not much will change this year as far as the organization of the Board of County Commissioners goes.

The commissioners held their reorganizational meeting Monday morning, which saw Doug Weisenauer voted in once again as President and Steve Reinhard retaining his Vice President seat for 2016. Jenny Vermillion rounds out the three-person panel.

The commissioners established Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday as regular session days for the board and also set the county holiday schedule for the year. The next holiday affecting county offices and employees will be Martin Luther King Day on Monday. The county offices will also close on Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, and Thanksgiving Day. The Friday after Thanksgiving is also considered as part of the holiday schedule per a resolution from 2001. Christmas and New Year’s days, which both fall on a Sunday this year, will be observed on the following Monday. County offices will also be closed on Dec. 23 for the Christmas holiday.

The Commissioners were also appointed to various committees. As president, Weisenauer will serve on the following boards: District Health Advisory Board, Investment Advisory Committee, Financial Report Review Committee, 911 Advisory Board, CCAO Office Voting Representative. Weisenauer will also serve on the Intensive Supervision and Treatment Committee, Crawford County Family and Children First Council, Erie Basin Resources Conservation & Development, Family and Children First Council, Law Library Resource Board, Solid Waste Management Committee, Economic Development Partnership Executive Board, District 16 Integrating Committee – OPWC, EMA Advisory Board, Richland/Crawford WIA Board of Governors, CCAO Board of Directors, Ohio Jail Advisory Board.

Reinhard was appointed to the following boards: Investment Advisory Committee (alternate), District Health Advisory Board (alternate), District 16 Integrating Committee – OPWC (alternate), Tax Incentive Review Council, Community Improvement Corporation, Solid Waste Management Committee (alternate), WIA County Review Committee, Galion Area Betterment Commission, EMA Advisory Board, Richland/Crawford WIA Board of Governors, CCAO Official Voting Representative (alternate), and Ag & Rural Affairs Committee.

Vermillion was appointed to: District 16 Integrating Committee – OPWC, Data Processing Board, Board of Revision, Solid Waste Management Committee (alternate), District Health Advisory Board (alternate), Erie Basin RC & D (alternate), Local Emergency Planning Committee, Homeland Security Advisory Board, Ohio Heartland Community Action Commission, Crawford County OSU Extension Advisory Committee, EMA Advisory Board, Richland/Crawford WIA Board of Governors, CCAO Alternate Official Voting Representative, and Ohio Public Defenders Committee.