At the first meeting of 2021, the Wright County Board was tasked to make some of the most important decisions it makes at any point during the year. At its annual reorganizational meeting, the board named a new chairperson (Commissioner Mark Daleiden) and swore in two new commissioners (Mary Wetter and Mike Kaczmarek).
Following those procedural measures, the first order of business was to make the committee and advisory board assignments for the commissioners, who represent the county board on the more than 50 committees and advisory boards the commissioner sit on. Unlike the previous few years where this was a quick process because the county board was comprised of the same five members, with two new commissioners coming to the board (and two leaving), many of the committee and advisory board assignments were vacant and required filling.
The following are the results of the division of assignments among the five commissioners. Alternate members are listed in parentheses:
COMMITTEES
Budget Committee of the Whole – All commissioners
Building Committee – Kaczmarek, Wetter
Ditch Committee – Daleiden, Kaczmarek (Christine Husom)
Finance/Capital Improvement Projects – Darek Vetsch, Daleiden
Noxious Weed Appeals Committee – Daleiden, Kaczmarek
Nuclear – Vetsch, Husom (Wetter)
Owner’s Committee (New Government Center) – Vetsch, Daleiden
Personnel/Employee Relations – Daleiden, Vetsch (Kaczmarek)
Safety Committee – Kaczmarek, Husom
Security Committee – Husom, Kaczmarek
Tax Forfeit Committee – Wetter, Kaczmarek
Technology – Vetsch, Daleiden
Transportation Committee of the Whole – All commissioners
Ways & Means – Husom, Wetter
911 Planning Committee – Husom, Kaczmarek (Wetter)
ADVISORY BOARDS
Aquatic Invasive Species Advisory Board – Husom, Wetter
Area Transportation Planning – Vetsch
Bertram Chain of Lakes Advisory Board – Daleiden, Vetsch
Central MN Economic Development 7W District Joint Powers Board – Vetsch (Wetter)
Central MN EMS Region Joint Powers Board – Husom (Kaczmarek)
Central MN Jobs & Training Joint Powers Board Workforce Center – Husom
Central MN Emergency Services Board (Regional Radio Board) – Kaczmarek (Husom)
Central Mississippi River Regional Planning Partnership – Vetsch (Daleiden)
County Extension Service – Wetter, Daleiden
Delegates to the Association of Minnesota Counties – All commissioners
East Central Joint Powers Board – Vetsch
Economic Development Partnership – Vetsch (Wetter)
Great River Regional Library Board – Kaczmarek (Vetsch)
Highway 55 Coalition – Husom, Wetter
Historical Society – Wetter
I-94 Coalition – Vetsch
Law Library Board – Husom
Legislative Matters – All commissioners
Mentorship Education and Drug Awareness (MEADA) – Husom
MN Rural Counties – Kaczmarek (Wetter)
MnDOT Policy Advisory Board - Vetsch
Monticello Joint Planning Board – Vetsch
One Watershed, One Plan Policy Committee – Wetter
Parks Advisory Board – Daleiden
Planning Commission – Kaczmarek
Public Works Labor/Management – Husom (Vetsch)
Region 7W Transportation – Vetsch
Regional Crime Lab – Husom
Safe Communities of Wright County – Husom
Safe Harbor Task Force – Husom
Soil & Water Conservation District – Wetter
Trailblazer Joint Powers Board – Vetsch
The Turn Steering Committee – Husom
Twin Cities Urbanized Areas Boundaries – Vetsch
Water Management Task Force – Wetter
Wright County Agricultural Society – Kaczmarek
Wright County Area Transportation Advisory Council (WCAT) – Vetsch, Wetter
Wright County Community Action Council – Daleiden, Wetter