VOTE411 Voter Guide

County Commissioners serve as the executive and legislative body of the county. They appoint all non-elected county offices and boards. These include the following: : merit board, health department, park board, highway department, plan commission, weights and measures board, hospital board, capital improvement board, drainage board, redevelopment commission and building commission.They maintain and supervise county property, supervise construction and maintenance of roads and bridges, and establish solid waste districts and they serve on the waste district boards. They furnish and maintain the courthouse, county offices, and jail. They have the power to issue bonds. They have the power to alter waterways, work on private properties to maintain those waterways and regulate food establishments. The three commissioners are elected county wide from a district in which they must reside. These districts must be redrawn every 10 years. They are elected on a staggered basis to a term of 4 years