Dave Tanzyus will be appointed Madison County administrator at a special board meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
A former aide to Republican Congressman Mike Bost, Tanzyus has been serving in Chairman Kurt Prenzler s administration since December when the board confirmed his appointment as community development administrator.
With 30 years of government experience, Tanzyus will fill the seat that had been occupied by administrator Doug Hulme, who was terminated by the county board last April.
Prenzler also will appoint Chris Bethel as IT director.
Bethel started working for IT in January 2017, under former director Rob Dorman, whom the county board also terminated last April. Bethel began as a project manager, then became manager of network services.
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EDWARDSVILLE – Distant law firms clash in Madison County circuit court over a $30 million fee from litigation against seed maker Syngenta.
Crumley Roberts of North Carolina and Burke Harvey of Alabama each claimed $10 million on Feb. 26, in a complaint against Heninger Garrison of Alabama.
The three firms jointly represented some of many farmers who settled corn contamination claims against Syngenta for $1.5 billion.
Clients of the three firms sued Syngenta in Madison County, and Syngenta removed the complaints to U.S. district court in East St. Louis.
Most plaintiffs litigated through multi district proceedings before District Judge John Lungstrum of Kansas City, Kansas.