The DeWitt County Board Thursday night at their regular monthly meeting agreed to send a plea to State Representative Dan Caulkins and State Senator Chapin Rose to be included in the Governor's capital plan that includes projects across the state.

DeWitt County Board Chair David Newberg indicates the letter asks the Governor for dollars for Clinton Lake Marina. He says it is a big draw for DeWitt County and has already been invested heavily in recent years by the County.

According to Terry Ferguson, Rep. Dan Caulkins has indicated the Governor is going to be pushing for projects to be taken care of that were committed to in the previous administration. 

While there was some confusion about the priorities of what projects would be funded first, Newberg and the Board decided they would indeed submit the letter to the Governor. 

Also at the Thursday night DeWitt County Board Meeting, a lengthy amount of appointments were made. Most appointments pass through the board unanimously, however, the re-appointment of Thomas Smerz to the Regional Planning Commission drew an interesting vote.

Smerz was appointed with seven votes of approval but five board members voted 'present'. They included Cole Ritter, Lance Reece, Jay Wickenhauser, Camille Redman, and Christy Pruser. 

Smerz's appointment to the Regional Planning Commission is the first appointment to come up since the County Board rejected an application for a wind farm in the northwest corner of DeWitt County upon a neutral recommendation by the RPC and the Zoning Board of Appeals sent the County Board a recommendation to reject the application.