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Rush County reports single applicants for hospital and alcohol board seats
Summary
County staff said one person expressed interest to fill each advertised seat: Kip Perfect for the hospital board and Daniel Shan for the alcoholic beverage board; both were reported as current officeholders or incumbents, and commissioners discussed when to finalize appointments.
County staff told commissioners they had advertised vacancies on the hospital board and the alcoholic beverage board and received one interest for each seat. "We only received 1 interest from the hospital board, and that was Kip Perfect," Speaker 2 said, and "the other 1 for the alcoholic beverage board was Daniel Shan." The presenter said both applicants are current incumbents.
Commissioners read a list of county council and commission appointments for 2026 and asked whether to act now or wait until January; no formal roll call or appointment vote is recorded in the transcript. Several commission assignments were read aloud for boards including economic development, EMA, community corrections and others.
Why it matters: Board appointments affect local governance of health care and alcohol regulation, and vacancies are typically publicly advertised as required by county process.
What’s next: Staff asked whether commissioners wanted to proceed with appointments now or at the January meeting and will proceed per the board's direction.
