JANUARY 5, 2023
The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners reelected District 4 commissioner Ty Wessell as its chairman at an organizational session on Jan. 3. Also at this session, District 5 commissioner Doug Rexroat was elected vice chair. Wessell was elected as chair in May 2022 when former chair Will Bunek was recalled, but Rexroat was a new appointment.
The county board of commissioners’ vice chair had been District 7 commissioner Melinda Lautner for at least 10 years up until this point. The vote occurred along party lines with all four Democrats on the board voting for Rexroat, a Republican, and all three Republicans — including Rexroat himself –— voting for Lautner.
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