Uinta County School District #1 board elects officers for 2026
Summary
The Uinta County School District #1 Board of Trustees elected David Peterson as chair and selected Jenny Welling as vice chair for the 2026 year; Dan Wheeler and Caleb Veil were confirmed as clerk and treasurer. All motions passed by voice vote.
The Uinta County School District #1 Board of Trustees on Dec. 9 elected David Peterson to serve as board chair for the 2026 school year and confirmed several other officer positions.
Trustees nominated Peterson and approved the motion by voice vote after a second. At the meeting Peterson said he "appreciate[d] the vote of confidence," and the board immediately moved on to select other officers.
Jenny Welling was nominated and approved as vice chair by a voice vote with a second. Trustees then nominated Dan Wheeler to continue as clerk and confirmed Caleb Veil as treasurer; those nominations were seconded and approved by voice vote. The chair summarized the outcome by saying that "nothing changed for the year."
There was no formal roll-call tally recorded in the public record for the officer elections; outcomes were recorded by the board as approved by voice vote. The elections concluded early in the meeting, after which the board proceeded with the rest of its agenda.

