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Commissioners elect John Black as 2025 chair; Roger Ballard named vice chair
Summary
At its organizational meeting the Sanac County Board of Commissioners adopted bylaws, chose a voice roll-call process for leadership votes and elected Commissioner John Black as chair and Roger Ballard as vice chair; the board also confirmed committee chairs and made a slate of board appointments for 2025.
The Sanac County Board of Commissioners elected Commissioner John Black as chair for 2025 and named Commissioner Roger Ballard vice chair during its organizational meeting.
The board opened the meeting by adopting its bylaws and the 2025 meeting schedule by motion. After briefly debating the method of electing a chair — either by voice majority with a roll call or by secret written ballot — the board voted to use the voice-with-roll-call method.
Nominations for chair produced a unanimous-ballot motion in favor of Commissioner John Black. The presiding officer conducted a roll call that recorded multiple "yes" votes and announced that the motion carried; the presiding officer then congratulated Commissioner Black. "I appreciate everyone's support," Commissioner John Black said after the vote, thanking colleagues and pledging to run efficient meetings in the year ahead.
Commissioner Joh Moody nominated Roger Ballard for vice chair. With no other nominations, the board used a voice vote to confirm Ballard as vice chair.
Chair Black appointed Commissioner Bill Sarella as chair of the Finance and Administration Committee; Sarella accepted. The board then completed a wide slate of committee and advisory-board assignments, keeping many positions consistent with the prior year and filling vacancies on standing boards including appeals, erosion control, public works, central dispatch, the drug task force, IT planning, and emergency management.
Several appointments were approved by voice vote; for the unanimous-ballot chair election the roll call recorded recorded 'yes' responses from Commissioners Christine Lee, John Black, Joh Moody, Gary Heberling and Bill Sarella in the meeting record. Commissioner Evans Ehart was noted absent for roll call earlier in the meeting.
The board concluded the organizational portion of the meeting by adopting the day's agenda with three added items and approving its December meeting minutes.
What happens next: the board moved on to administrative reports, committee updates and a series of procurement and personnel items later in the meeting.
