Washtenaw County Board Elects Officers

At its Jan. 4, 2012 meeting, the Washtenaw County board of commissioners elected new officers for the coming year. All previous officers were re-elected, and there were no competing nominations.

The 11-member board unanimously re-elected Conan Smith (D-District 10) as board chair and re-elected Alicia Ping as vice chair. Rolland Sizemore Jr. (D-District 5) was re-elected chair of the board’s ways & means committee, with Dan Smith (R-District 2) re-elected vice chair. The working session chair is Yousef Rabhi (D-District 11), with Rob Turner (R-District 1) to serve as vice chair. All votes were unanimous.

This brief was filed from the boardroom of the county administration building, 220 N. Main St. in Ann Arbor. A more detailed report will follow: [link]