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Peoria County Board Elects Chair and Vice Chair

December 1, 2008 at 6:26PM

The Peoria County Board held its biennial reorganization meeting earlier tonight. At the meeting, the board unanimously elected Thomas O'Neill III as Chairman and William R. Prather as Vice Chairman. Tom O'Neill has been representing District 17 since 1993; Bill Prather has represented District 13 for twenty-eight years and served as Chairman of the County Board since December 2006. Each will serve a two year term as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively.
 
Also at tonight's meeting, re-elected board members Junior Watkins (Dist 2), G. Allen Mayer, (Dist 6), Phil Salzer (Dist 8), Tim Riggenbach (Dist 10), Bob Baietto (Dist 12), Brian Elsasser (Dist 14), and Pat Hidden (Dist 18) were sworn in. Newly elected members Andrew Rand (Dist 4) and Brad Harding (Dist 16) were sworn in as well.
 
The Chairman of the Board is charged with appointing board members to chair or serve on the county's eight standing committees. These appointments are expected to be approved at the December 11 board meeting. For more information, please call the County Board Office at (309) 672-6056.

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