ANGOLA â Steuben County government bade farewell to two longtime servants on Monday following the end of the final Steuben County Board of Commissioners meeting.
Commissioners Jim Crowl and Ron Smith were honored in speeches and with mementos â and light refreshments â as the two leave behind decades of service to Steuben County.
Crowl will not return to office in January after he was primaried by Councilman Ken Shelton in June. Smith decided not to run again due to health reasons.
In addition, Rep. Denny Zent, R-Angola, presented both men the Distinguished Hoosier award from Gov. Eric Holcomb.
âI look around this room today and there are a lot of wonderful people that Iâve enjoyed working with,â Crowl said in a socially distanced gathering in the Dale Hughes Jr. Memorial Auditorium. âI canât thank all of you, but thank you so much for making Steuben County a wonderful place to live and work.â
ANGOLA â The Maumee River Basin Commission will be losing 40 years of experience from its board this year and that includes 16 with the resignation of Steuben County Commissioner Jim Crowl, who will no longer be serving because he is leaving office Dec. 31.
Crowl has served on the Maumee River Basin Commission since he first became a Steuben County commissioner in 2005. He is leaving the Board of Commissioners after losing the June primary this year.
âThis particular year has been difficult on the Maumee River Basin Commission,â said its executive director, Rodney Renkenberger, referencing the loss of tenured board members, including Larry Gilbert, the Steuben County surveyor who passed earlier this year who was one of two remaining founding board members of the Commission.