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Portage County commissioners elect Timlin president, approve 2025 appointments and meeting schedule
Summary
The Portage County Board of Commissioners on an organizational vote elected Commissioner Timlin as board president, Commissioner Bennett as vice president and approved a slate of 2025 board assignments, meeting times and administrative appointments in unanimous votes.
The Portage County Board of Commissioners on organizational motions elected Commissioner Timlin as board president and Commissioner Bennett as vice president, approved appointments to clerk and acting-clerk roles and set the board's regular meeting schedule for 2025.
The actions, taken largely by voice motion and roll call without extended debate, also confirmed a slate of commissioner appointments to regional boards and committees and authorized the board to host employee appreciation functions from Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2025. All recorded roll-call votes on the motions were three to zero in favor (Sabrina: yes; Jill: yes; Mike: yes).
The board approved the 2024 meeting minutes (special meeting of Dec. 10 and regular meeting of Dec. 12) and then moved to set its regular meetings for Thursdays at 9 a.m., with one additional meeting scheduled on the last Tuesday of the month if needed. Commissioners confirmed committee assignments and alternates for multiple regional and county bodies including AMATS, technical advisory committees, the board of revisions, community corrections, NEFCO, the Portage Development Board executive committee, solid waste district, regional planning commission and other standing groups. Several named individuals were confirmed as appointees or alternates during the session.
In personnel and administrative business the board approved appointments for clerical support for 2025: Cassidy Parvo was appointed clerk of the board; Taylor Beatty was appointed acting clerk in the absence of the clerk; and Sarah Hope was appointed alternate acting clerk. The board also approved a motion to set rules for regular and special meetings of the Portage County Board of Commissioners for 2025.
The meeting included multiple procedural confirmations of who will serve as alternates on commissions (for example, Michelle and others were named as alternates on various committees) and noted that staff will confirm some external appointees (for example, Ron Ettling for NEFCO) before finalizing assignments. The commissioners instructed staff to verify listed appointees where indicated and to amend the slate if any confirmations change.
Votes at a glance - Approve Dec. 10, 2024 special meeting minutes — approved, roll call 3–0 (Sabrina/Jill/Mike). - Approve Dec. 12, 2024 regular meeting minutes — approved, roll call 3–0. - Elect Commissioner Timlin as board president for 2025 — approved, roll call 3–0. - Elect Commissioner Bennett as vice president for 2025 — approved, roll call 3–0. - Appoint Cassidy Parvo as clerk of the board for 2025 — approved, roll call 3–0. - Appoint Taylor Beatty as acting clerk in absence of the clerk for 2025 — approved, roll call 3–0. - Appoint Sarah Hope as alternate acting clerk for 2025 — approved, roll call 3–0. - Set regular and special meetings and establish rules for 2025 — approved, roll call 3–0. - Approve Portage County commissioners' board appointments for 2025 (slate) — approved, roll call 3–0 (staff to confirm some external appointees). - Authorize the board to host employee appreciation functions Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2025 — approved, roll call 3–0. - Adjourn meeting — approved, roll call 3–0.
The board completed its organizational business with no substantive policy debate recorded and adjourned.
