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Huron County commissioners reorganize leadership, approve administrative delegations and award $2.11 million bridge contract
Summary
At a Jan. 6, 2026 reorganization meeting in Norwalk, Huron County commissioners elected Tom Dunlap president and James R. Morgan vice president for 2026, reaffirmed public comment rules, delegated administrative contracting and payment authority to the county administrator/clerk, authorized engineer actions and awarded a $2,109,500 bridge design/build contract.
Tom Dunlap was elected president of the Huron County Board of Commissioners and James R. Morgan was elected vice president during the board’s reorganization meeting Tuesday in Norwalk.
The commissioners — Tom Dunlap, Harry Brady and James R. Morgan — opened the Jan. 6 session by approving minutes from late December and then moved through a series of routine organizational resolutions. Administrator/Clerk Vickie Ziemba presided for the reorganization portion and reviewed the items the board would take up.
The board set its 2026 regular meetings for Tuesdays and the third Thursday of each month at 9:00 a.m. at 180 Milan Avenue, Suite 7, Norwalk, and adopted a rule for notice of special meetings (24 hours when practicable, with media notification procedures for emergency sessions). The board also affirmed its public-participation policy with a three-minute limit per speaker and a 15-minute public-comment period, to begin at 9:05 a.m.
By resolution, the commissioners delegated…
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