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Chippewa County board elects Jason Berseron as chair; three at-large executive committee seats filled
Summary
At the April 21 organizational meeting the Chippewa County Board elected Supervisor Jason Berseron chair by secret ballot (14 votes to 4 for Carrie Ives) and selected three at-large executive committee members (Supervisors Lots, Carrie Ives and Joe Rochelle) in non-secret votes.
Jason Berseron was elected chair of the Chippewa County Board of Supervisors at the board's organizational meeting on April 21, 2026. The board conducted a secret-ballot election after nominations and statements from the two nominees; the clerk read the tally as 14 votes for Berseron and four for Carrie Ives. Berseron will lead the board's meetings and executive agenda until the next organizational election.
Berseron, who identified himself as representing District 7, framed his bid as a pledge to inclusive leadership. "I will remain open-minded, I will bring everyone to the table and we will all get a chance to represent our communities," he told colleagues before the vote.
Carrie Ives, a six-term supervisor who said she is a social worker by trade, also addressed the board, stressing transparency and listening to the whole story as her guiding approach.
The board also filled three at-large seats on the executive committee in a non-secret vote. Clerk read the results as: Lots 12 votes, Roier eight votes, Ives 15 votes, Rochelle 10 votes and Garing five votes; the three highest vote-getters were declared elected (Supervisors Lots, Carrie Ives and Joe Rochelle). Those at-large members will join the chair and vice chair to set aspects of the board's agenda and executive priorities.
The elections were conducted at the start of the organizational meeting after roll call and the swearing-in of supervisors. The board's procedural rules for chair and vice-chair elections — including statement limits and secret ballots for those two seats — were followed as explained earlier in the session by the county clerk and corporation counsel.
What happens next: The newly elected chair will preside over committee assignments and the board schedule; the executive committee membership will help set agenda priorities for the board in the coming term.
Provenance: The nomination statements, vote procedure and the clerk's readback appear in the meeting transcript beginning with the agenda item on the election of the chair through the clerk's announcement of the results.
