VOTE411 Voter Guide

County Commissioners serve as the executive and legislative body of the county. They appoint all non-elected county offices and boards. They maintain and supervise county property, supervise construction and maintenance of roads and bridges, establish solid waste districts and serve on the waste district boards. They 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. Each of the three commissioners is elected from a district in which they must reside. Districts must be redrawn every 10 years. County commissioners are elected on a staggered basis to a term of four years.