Alfred John, Laura Semanson sworn-in to commissioner posts Alfred John signs his commissioner paperwork after being sworn in by Judge Lynwood Woody Jordan. John will serve as the District 2 Commissioner for the next four years, representing south Forsyth.
A swearing-in ceremony was held on Tuesday, Dec. 29 for newly-elected Forsyth County District 2 Commissioner Alfred John and the board’s Chairwoman Laura Semanson, who was re-elected in June.
Semanson has served on the board since 2017. She was appointed as chairwoman in 2019, the first woman to hold this position in Forsyth County. Semanson also ran unopposed for District 5 this summer.
“The last four years have been incredible. I’m sad to see Commissioner [Dennis] Brown leaving us, but we’re always going to have a little tether on him, so we don’t lose track of him,” Semanson said. “But I also know that [Alfred John] is ready for the challenge … and will be a great pub
Board of Commissioners Youth Council given blessing by commissioners at Dec. 8 work session
Commissioners gave their blessing and support to the development of a Forsyth County Board of Commissioners’ Youth Council during the work session on Tuesday, Dec. 8. The BOC approved allowing the county staff to support this project in the future.
Vinayak Menon, a sophomore at Lambert High School and youth councilmember worked alongside Tammi Bramblett, executive director of Leadership Forsyth, and District 4 Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills to hatch their plan for the BOC Youth Council.
“Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, getting sponsors and doing it through the schools and trying to overcomplicate it, we decided [to] do something through our youth leadership that already exists,” Mills said.