A board to oversee the 911 system approved by voters in April has been appointed.
Presiding Commissioner Fred Stenger and Associate Commissioners Linda Garrett and John Casey have completed an approximately two-month process to assemble the new board, and out of 21 names on their original list of candidates have appointed Bill Bridges (Houston), Wes Ellison (Willow Springs), Carol Ann Freeman (Cabool), Scott Lindsey (Licking), Jim McNiell (Houston), James Sigman (Cabool) and Kent Sturgeon (Licking).
Freeman helped found Wri-Tex 911 and was its director until her retirement in 2006. She was chosen to be the first chairperson for the new board and will serve a four-year term. Bridges and Sigman will also serve four-year terms, while Ellison, Lindsey, McNiell and Sturgeon will serve two years.
Ellison is the board’s vice chairperson and McNiell is secretary and treasurer.