INDIANAPOLIS — Montgomery County Commissioner John Frey was elected president of the Indiana Association of County Commissioners West Central District during their annual conference last week. His peers have selected him to represent them. Tippecanoe County Commissioner Tom Murtaugh said, “Frey will be a great spokesperson for their district and is dedicated to improving local government.”
As district president, Frey will represent the elected county commissioners in the West Central district of the state, which includes the following counties: Boone, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Vigo and Warren. The IACC is represented by six districts in the state. Frey will serve on the IACC’s board of directors, which determines policies and legislative goals for the association.
Tippecanoe County Commissioner Tom Murtaugh was elected district vice president during the meeting as well. The district meeting also included discussion on current issues pertaining to county government in the West Central District.
The elections were held during the IACC’s 2019 annual conference, the largest gathering of county commissioners in the state. The three-day conference included several different workshops and breakout sessions that were designed specifically for county commissioners and support staff.
Frey and others attended several training workshops concerning county related topics focusing on the conference theme “Sharing Solutions” where they shared solutions in many areas of local government and focused on cyber security, wastewater planning, economic development, Indiana jails in distress, emergency preparedness and resiliency, road and bridge funding, road safety planning and more.
State Sen. Rodric Bray, who serves as the leader of the Indiana Senate as the President Pro Tempore, “shared solutions” with Indiana county commissioners as the keynote speaker for the conference on current issues related to local government, infrastructure and the mental health and addiction problem that is causing jail overcrowding in many Indiana counties. He has been a long-time partner of the IACC and is committed to improving the lives of all Hoosiers.
