During the Jan. 3 legislative session, the Allen County Commissioners approved commissioner assignments to county boards and a set of citizen appointments to advisory boards and commissions for 2025.

Commissioner assignments approved by the board included: Ron Turpin to the Allen County Planning Commission and the Department of Planning Services Governing Board; Therese Brown to the Urban Transportation Advisory Board and Visit Fort Wayne; Rich Beck to the Downtown Improvement District, Allen County Fort Wayne Development Trust, and other economic and redevelopment bodies. The transcript lists many commission appointments by name and board.

The board also approved citizen appointments for 2025. Named citizen appointees included Pat Pastrick to the Allen County Alcohol Beverage Commission; William Pond to the Allen County Board of Health; Adam Day and Jerry Ealy to the Allen County Board of Zoning Appeals; Elisha Harris to the Allen County Community Corrections Advisory Board; James Orr to the Allen County Drainage Board; Kurt Gootman to the Allen County Economic Development Commission; Beth Johnson to the Allen County Ethics Commission; Adam Day and Jennifer Bennett to the Allen County Planning Commission; and others listed in the transcript.

The motions to approve both commissioner and citizen appointments carried; the transcript records one commissioner stating "I will abstain" during the vote on commissioner assignments and another abstention during citizen appointments, but the speaker name for the abstentions is not specified in the public transcript.

The transcript noted that the Emergency Management Advisory Council roster will be presented at a future meeting because it is a larger list of representatives.