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Fairfield Co annual meeting 2022

Fairfield County Farm Bureau held its annual meeting on September 29 at Blessings Farmstead and conducted important business that will impact the organization moving forward.

There were several Code of Regulation changes passed by those in attendance.

These changes included restructuring the makeup of the county board by going from a 15-member board to a 12-member board. Three members were re-elected to serve a 3-year term. Elected were Aaron Ward of Amanda Township, Kyle Sharp of Clearcreek Township, and Lynne Schultz as an At-Large trustee. There remains an open seat for District 4 which represents Greenfield and Hocking Townships. If you live or farm in either of these townships and have an interest in serving as a trustee, please contact the county Farm Bureau office at 740-474-6284.

 In order to stay in line with the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Fairfield County Farm Bureau adopted a change in membership structure where there will be only one classification of members versus two classifications (Active and Community members). This means that all members of the county Farm Bureau will have voting privileges. However, a member must still have an affiliation with agriculture to serve as a board of trustee member or as a delegate to the Ohio Farm Bureau annual meeting.

Finally, members voted to increase the dues rate from $80 per membership to $120 per membership. This change takes effect on Dec. 1, 2022. If you are currently a member of the Fairfield County Farm Bureau and have a membership anniversary date between December 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023, you may prepay your dues before December 1 at the current rate of $80 per member. For members between the age of 18-24, your current dues rate is $25 but will increase to $40 as of December 1st.

 

Dale Arnold

 

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