Politics & Government
Forks Leadership Stays the Same
The Forks Township Board of Supervisors holds its reorganization meeting Monday night.
The song remains the same in Forks Township.
At Monday night's reorganization meeting, the board selected its chairman and vice chairman for 2013.
Supervisor Erik Chuss will remain as chairman while Supervisor John O'Neil was named vice chairman, replacing Supervisor Dan Martyak.
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O'Neil's appointment was unanimous, but Supervisor David Billings voted against Chuss being appointed again.
"I very humbly accept the position," Chuss said. "Hopefully I'll do better this coming year than I did last year."
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Supervisor Robert Egolf was chosen to once again serve as secretary/treasurer of the board of supervisors.
In other appointments, John Cornell will remain as township manager, Tim Weis as zoning officer, Chuck Chapman as fire chief, Scott Muller as engineer and Karl Kline as solicitor.
Merchants Bank will continue to handle the township's accounts.
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