NEWS RELEASE
2007 BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTED
At the Annual Meeting of the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners, the board members elected Third District Commissioner Bill Kron as Board Chair, and Fourth District Commissioner Mike Forsman as Vice Chair.
Commissioner Kron has functioned as the Board Chair and chairman of various committees within that board over the years. Bill Kron's background includes experience in the U.S. Navy, as a steel plant worker, schoolteacher and small business operator. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. He is also active in many other regional organizations, most notably as President of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority Board of Commissioners. Commissioner Kron and his wife Pat have been married for 37 years and have seven children.
Commissioner Forsman was sworn in as a St. Louis County Commissioner in 1995. He is Chair of the County’s Public Works and Transportation Committee and represents a constituency in the largest district East of the Mississippi.
The St. Louis County Board will meet on the following dates in 2007:
January: 2nd, 9th ‑ Duluth Courthouse
23rd – Leonidas City Hall
(30th is 5th Tuesday)
February: 13th, 20th ‑ Duluth Courthouse
27th ‑ Hibbing City Council Chambers
March: 13th, 20th ‑ Duluth Courthouse
27th ‑ Morse Town Hall
April: 3rd, 10th ‑ Duluth Courthouse
24th – Gilbert City Hall
May: 1st, 8th ‑ Duluth Courthouse
22nd ‑ Hibbing City Council Chambers
(29th is fifth Tuesday)
June: 5th, 12th ‑ Duluth Courthouse
26th ‑ Semer’s Park Pavilion
July: 3rd, 10th ‑ Duluth Courthouse
24th ‑ Hibbing City Council Chambers
(31st is fifth Tuesday)
August: 7th ‑ Duluth Courthouse
14th ‑ Mt. Iron Community Center
(August 21st and 28th ‑ no meetings)
September: 4th, 11th ‑ Duluth Courthouse
25th ‑ Morse Town Hall
October: 2nd, 9th ‑ Duluth Courthouse
23rd – Virginia City Hall
(30th is fifth Tuesday)
November: 6th, 13th ‑ Duluth Courthouse
27th ‑ Hibbing City Council Chambers
December: 11th ‑ Duluth Courthouse
18th ‑ Morse Town Hall
(December 25th ‑ no meeting)
NOTE: The following Tuesdays were eliminated for the reasons indicated:
January 16th, April 17th, May 15th, June 19th, September 18th, October 16th and November 20th ‑ Third Tuesdays reserved for workshops
February 6th ‑ Duluth and St. Louis County at the Capitol
March 6th ‑ NACo Conference
July 17th ‑ NACo Annual Conference
December 4th ‑ AMC Annual Conference
December 25th – Christmas holiday
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