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Board appoints Dewey Cook to sanitary district seat following water‑board recommendation
Summary
After the death of a sitting sanitary district member, the water board recommended Dewey Cook to fill the vacancy; the county board appointed Cook at the Nov. 3 meeting under the statutory process described by the county attorney.
County attorney Donald C. explained the statutory process the county follows when an elected sanitary‑district (water board) member dies in office and a vacancy occurs. He said the sanitary district is an independent, sovereign board and that the sanitary district had solicited applicants and unanimously recommended Dewey Cook to fill the seat vacated by the late Don Milton, who died in mid‑October.
The county board voted on the recommendation: Commissioner 8 moved to appoint Dewey Cook, Commissioner 7 seconded, and the board approved the appointment by voice vote.
Donald C. cited relevant state statutes guiding the appointment process and noted coordination with the State Board of Elections and local election officials during the period between the member's death and the board appointment recommendation.
What happens next: The newly appointed sanitary‑district member will assume duties per the district’s rules; county staff will complete any formal appointment paperwork required under state law.
