Love will head Port board for 2017

The Port of Whitman County commissioners have switched seats with the start of the new year.

In keeping with their annual rotation, Commissioner John Love moved from the vice president’s chair to the president’s seat. He will now lead the commission for 2017.

Commissioner Dan Boone, who served as president for 2016, moved to the secretary’s seat, while Commissioner Tom Kammerzell moved from the secretary’s seat to the vice president’s seat.

The commissioners annually rotate by a vote, which was unanimous at the Jan. 5 meeting. Executive Director Joe Poiré said he can only recall one time in the last 20 years where the rotation did not occur.

Love has served on the Port board since 1995, Boone since 2000 and Kammerzell since 2011.