Commissioners Pick Andreas Blech as Replacement for Dan DeYoung on Board
The Josephine County Board of Commissioners this morning appointed Andreas Blech as the replacement for Dan DeYoung on the Board, citing his recent involvement in various county committees.
Eleven citizens applied for the vacant Commissioner position and the sitting commissioners narrowed the list to three. Commissioners John West and Herman Baertschiger interviewed Blech, Katherine Means and Ronald Goodpasture today.
The Board posed general questions to each applicant. Some of those questions involved longevity in the county, familiarity of all county areas and a review of past experience. The Commissioners outlined many of the duties the new Commissioner must fulfill and the situations they may face as a public official.
Blech will be sworn into office at 1 p.m. today. He will serve the remainder of DeYoung's term, which ends December 31st.
