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Commissioner Rhonda Sivarajah Elected Anoka County Board Chair(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ANOKA, Minn., Jan. 7 -- Anoka County issued the following news release: For the fourth consecutive year, Anoka County Commissioner Rhonda Sivarajah has been elected chair of the seven-member county board at its recent organizational meeting. Commissioner Scott Schulte was elected vice chair. "I would like to thank my fellow board members for the confidence they have placed in me," Sivarajah said. "We have accomplished some amazing things in the last several years. We've lowered the property tax levy for three consecutive years, made significant strides in paying down the county's debt, and have gone two straight years without borrowing one dime." Sivarajah has been a member of the county board since 2003. In addition to her duties as board chair, she will serve as chair of the county's Airport and Human Services Committees and the Anoka County/Blaine Airport (Janes Field) N.W. Building Area Joint Powers Board. She was named vice chair of the county's Management Committee and will serve on the Internal Audit; Finance & Capital Improvements; Transportation; Web Oversight; Wetlands Review; Benefits and Compensation; and Ag Preservations Credit Ad Hoc Committees. Sivarajah also was named a Workforce Council Liaison and will serve on the Anoka County-Blaine Airport Advisory Commission; Anoka County Housing and Redevelopment Authority; Anoka County Regional Railroad Authority; the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Emergency Services Board; I-35E Coalition; Metropolitan Mosquito Control District Board; Children and Family Council Governing Board, and the Board of Oversight of Court-Appointed Attorneys. Sivarajah also serves on the Minnesota Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Committee and the Greater MSP Board of Directors (Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership). Sivarajah represents District 6 in eastern Anoka County, which includes Centerville, Circle Pines, Columbus, Lexington, Lino Lakes, Linwood Township, and a portion of Blaine. TNS 24KuanRap-140109-30FurigayJane-4595929 30FurigayJane (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |