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Board of Supervisors
Buffalo County is under the Supervisor-Township plan of County
Government. The County is divided into seven districts. A
person from each district is elected to serve on the County
Board by the voters in that district.
County Supervisors serve terms of four years each. A Supervisor
may serve as many terms as he/she wishes. The Supervisors
terms are staggered - four Supervisors are elected in one
election year and the other three Supervisors are then elected
in the second year.
A Supervisor must be a resident of the district they are
elected to represent. If they should move away from their
district during their term, they must resign their seat on
the County Board. The annual salary for a Buffalo County Supervisor
in 2008 is $16,500 with the Chairman of the Board receiving
$18,900. The Supervisors are also allowed a mileage expense
of $.505 cents per mile when conducting County business away
from their home.
By law, the County Board is required to meet only once a
year, which is on the 2nd Tuesday following the first Thursday
in January. The Buffalo County Board chooses to conduct its
meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month.
These meetings begin at 9:00 a.m. and are open to the public.
Minutes
from each meeting are published in two designated County newspapers
-- for 2008, they are the Kearney Hub and the Shelton Clipper.
The second newspaper alternates every four years with the
other small town newspapers in the county. During the first
meeting of each year, the County Board elects a Chairman and
Vice-Chairman of the Board.
In general, the County Board is the representative and guardian
for the County. The County Board is the agency, which in official
matters, acts for and on behalf of the County. The County
Board derives its functions from the Legislature and its powers
are prescribed by Statutes enacted by the Legislature.
Chairman – Richard Pierce
Vice-Chairman – Horace Dannehl
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