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Lake County commissioners elect new president, approve appointments and revise public-comment rules
Summary
At a Jan. 9, 2025 reorganizational meeting, the Lake County Board of Commissioners elected Commissioner Richard J. Reykjavich as board president, approved a slate of appointments to county boards and committees, and amended public-comment procedures to add two monthly workshop sessions; commissioners voted unanimously on each measure.
The Lake County Board of Commissioners elected Commissioner Richard J. Reykjavich as board president and approved a package of appointments and procedural changes at its Jan. 9, 2025 reorganizational meeting, with commissioners voting unanimously on each resolution.
The actions, taken at the start of the board's calendar year, designated county representatives to multiple advisory boards and committees, confirmed an appointment to the county apiary inspector post and amended the rules governing public comment and meeting notifications.
Most immediately, the board approved a resolution electing Commissioner Richard J. Reykjavich president for 2025. The same meeting assigned commissioners as the county’s representatives or alternates on a series of bodies: the Automatic Data Processing Board, the Solid Waste Management Policy Committee, the Investment Advisory Committee (noting compliance with ORC section 135.341(a)-(c) in the resolution text), the Geographic Information System Board, the Narcotics Agency Executive Board, the Board of Revision, the Land Reutilization Corporation Board of Directors, and the Microfilming Board. The board also named representatives for voting at the County Commissioners Association of Ohio annual meeting and designated a representative to the 911 grama review committee.
The board appointed Mark Fletcher as the Lake County apiary inspector for 2025.
In a change to public comment procedure, commissioners amended the established rules to add two monthly sessions after the board’s regular meetings — described in the meeting as occurring after the board’s second and fourth meetings each month and beginning at about 11 a.m. — that will be noticed as workshops, recorded and available to the public. A separate resolution adopting rules for notification of public meetings was approved in the same meeting.
All roll-call votes recorded in the meeting were recorded as affirmative for each resolution: Commissioner John T. Plechnick (Yes), Commissioner Morris W. Beveridge (Aye), and Commissioner Richard J. Reykjavich (Yes). The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.
Votes at a glance: - Resolution electing Commissioner Richard J. Reykjavich president of the Lake County Board of Commissioners — approved (Yes: John T. Plechnick; Aye: Morris W. Beveridge; Yes: Richard J. Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous. - Resolution designating Commissioner John T. Plechnick as the county representative to the Lake County Automatic Data Processing Board, with Joel DeMar and Zachary Underwood named as alternates — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: alternates named; unanimous. - Resolution designating Commissioner Morris W. Beveridge as the county representative to the Lake County Solid Waste Management Policy Committee — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous. - Resolution designating Commissioners Morris W. Beveridge and John T. Plechnick as members of the Lake County Investment Advisory Committee in accordance with ORC section 135.341(a)-(c) — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous. - Resolution designating Commissioner Richard J. Reykjavich (and Randy Rudlisberger as alternate) as the county representative on the Lake County Geographic Information System Board — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous; alternate named. - Resolution designating Commissioner Richard J. Reykjavich as the county representative on the Lake County Narcotics Agency Executive Board — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous. - Resolution designating Commissioner Morris W. Beveridge as the county representative to the Lake County Board of Revision for 2025 — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous. - Resolution appointing Mark Fletcher as Lake County apiary inspector for 2025 — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous; term year listed as 2025 in resolution text. - Resolution designating Commissioner Richard J. Reykjavich as official voting representative and Commissioner Morris W. Beveridge as alternate voting representative for the Lake County Board of Commissioners at the County Commissioners Association of Ohio annual meeting in 2025 — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous. - Resolution designating Commissioners Morris W. Beveridge and Richard J. Reykjavich as members of the Lake County Land Reutilization Corporation Board of Directors — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous. - Resolution designating Commissioner John T. Plechnick as the county representative on the Lake County Micro Filming Board — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous. - Resolution designating Commissioner Richard J. Reykjavich to the 911 grama review committee — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous. - Resolution amending the established rules for the orderly presentation of public comment during Lake County Commissioner meetings to add two monthly workshop-style opportunities for public comment (to be noticed as workshops, recorded and open to the public) — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous; meeting notice language to use “workshops.” - Resolution adopting rules for notification of public meetings of the Lake County Board of Commissioners — approved (Yes: Plechnick; Aye: Beveridge; Yes: Reykjavich). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: unanimous.
The board adjourned after adopting the resolutions. No further actions or public-comment transcripts were recorded in the provided segment of the meeting.
