By David Slone
Times-Union

WARSAW — Following the Kosciusko County Council’s 2024 committee and board appointments on Thursday, Dec. 14, the county commissioners made theirs Tuesday morning, Dec. 19.

All appointments are for one year, unless otherwise noted.

The board appointments by the commissioners are:

• Alan Alderfer, Alcohol Tobacco Commission.

• Kevin McSherry, Area Plan Commission, four years.

• Stanley Moore, Arrowhead RC&D, four years.

• Cary Groninger, American Rescue Plan Act committee

• Kevin McSherry and Lee Harman, Board of Zoning Appeals.

• Jim Smith, Bowen Center.

• Brad Voelz, Tony Garza, Pam Kennedy, Community Corrections Advisory Board, four-year appointments.

• Erin Sorensen, Cyber Incident State Reporter.

• Marsha McSherry, Cary Groninger, Kimberly Cates, Chris McKeand, Ann Torpy/Melissa Boggs, Kip Shuter, Cyber Incident Committee.

• Cary Groninger, Drainage Board and Emergency Mandament.

• Marsha McSherry, Rob Bishop, Bobbi Burkhart, Cheryl McGetrick, Shannon Shepherd, Health and Wellness Committee.

• Austin Rovenstine, JRAC Committee.

• Matt Metzger, John Hall, Kathy Ray, Mark Skibowski, Kosciusko County Convention and Recreation Visitors Commission, two-year appointments.

• Brad Jackson, Kosciusko Economic Development Corporation.

• Cary Groninger, Michiana Area Council of Governments.

• Zach Tucker, Rob Parker, MREDD.

• Brad Jackson, OrthoWorx.

• Matt Metzger, County Parks and Recreation Board.

• Kristy Mayer and Phyllis Olinger, property tax assessment board of appeals, two years.

• Kip Shuter, Anthony Doyle, Brad Kellar, Brian Mayo, Kevin McSherry, Mike Foster, Mike Yazel, Amanda See, Josh Spangle, Public Safety Communications Tech Committee.

• Dan Thystrup, Mike Metzger, Doug Hanes, Brad Johnson (two years), Redevelopment Commission.

• Brad Voelz, Mike Mulligan, Judge Mike Reed, Cary Groninger, Mike Spiegle, Marsha McSherry, security committee.

• Jon Roberts, St. Joseph River Basin.

• Brad Jackson, wage committee.

The 2024 department head appointments are Marsha McSherry, county administrator; Ed Ormsby, county attorney; Bill Holder, GIS; Steve Moriarty, county highway superintendent; Kip Shuter, Homeland Security/LEPC; Cathy Reed, human resource director; Bob Momeyer, system administrator; Darryl McDowell, veteran service officer; and Rob Barker, weights and measures.
Miscellaneous appointments by the commissioners were Chris Rassi, Bell Memorial Public Library reappointment, four-year appointment; Terry Owens, board of health reappointment, four years; James Scott, drainage board, four years; and Paul Stoelting, public defender (judges’ appointment), a three-year appointment.

The County Council members’ appointments for 2024 are:

• Sue Ann Mitchell will serve on the tax abatement, airport, ARPA, opioid and wheel tax committees.

• Joni Truex will serve on the Kosciusko County Economic Development Commission (two Years, Redevelopment Commission and nonprofit committee.

• Kimberly Cates will serve on the KEDCO board, wheel tax committee, nonprofit committee, IT/cyber security and Milford Economic Development Commission.

• Tony Ciriello will serve on the airport committee, emergency management committee, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Merit Board, nonprofit committee, security committee and the Warsaw Economic Development Commission.

• Dave Wolkins will serve on the airport committee, Kosciusko County Solid Waste Management District board and wheel tax committee.

• Kathleen Groninger will serve on the abatement committee, community corrections advisory board, MACOG, opioid committee, Main Street Warsaw and wage committee.

• President Mike Long will serve on the abatement committee, Area Plan Commission (four years) and wage committee.

Other council appointments include:

• Larry Coplen, Area Plan Commission, four-year appointment.

• Ernie Wiggins and Jon Garber, airport committee.

• Doug Shoemaker and Jessica Hartman, KCCRVC, two-year appointments.

• Jim Haney, Jack Bonewits, Mark Koehler, Lakeland Regional Sewer District board, four-year appointments.

• Troy Turley (auditor’s appointment), Democrat Aggie Sweeney (two years) and Republican Rob Bishop (four years), County Parks and Recreation Board.

• Brock Ostrom, PTABOA

• Jan Orban, Redevelopment Commission.

• Kim Hathaway and Jeff Thornburgh, Tippecanoe/Chapman Sewer District Board, four years.