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County attorney: officers elected at organizational meeting serve full term under 1937 statute; board moves to retain 2024 officers
Summary
The county attorney advised the Board of Supervisors that a 1937 statute and supporting Attorney General opinions indicate the president and vice president elected at the organizational meeting serve the full term; the board moved to retain the previously elected officers into 2025.
County legal counsel told the Madison County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 6 that the governing statute (commonly referenced as "statute 1937" in the meeting record) and multiple Attorney General opinions interpret the law to mean officers chosen at the organizational meeting serve the remainder of the elected term.
County attorney Mike Espy told the board the statute "just simply says 1937, that in the first Monday after an election, the board meets and they elect a president and a vice president," and that Attorney General…
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