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Committee backs change to Butler County Fair Board composition, allows up to five at-large appointments
Summary
The committee recommended House Bill 2,145 favorably. The substitute would reduce Butler County Fair Board membership to 15 and allow up to five members to be appointed at-large; appointment procedure and challenges filling seats were discussed.
The Senate Committee on Local Government voted to recommend House Bill 2,145 favorably, a substitute affecting Butler County’s fair board composition.
Under the substitute summarized to the committee, Butler County’s Fair Board would consist of 15 members. The bill provides that, at the annual appointment meeting, one member is appointed from each county commissioner district and not more than five members may be appointed from the county at-large.
A senator asked how the non-district members would be selected. Committee staff referred to the bill text at subsection C, saying, “at the annual appointment meeting one member of the Board is appointed from each county commissioner district and not more than five members may be appointed from the county at large.” Another senator, citing experience from a rural county, said such boards “are notoriously difficult to fill” and described them as working boards with declining participation as farm families become fewer, saying county commissioners are ultimately responsible for appointments.
Senator Titus moved that the committee recommend House Bill 2,145 favorably for passage; the motion passed by voice vote. The transcript does not record a roll-call tally.
Committee members commented they found the Butler County administrator’s proposed solution sensible given the county’s large number of townships. No amendments were recorded in the transcript.
