In the wake of a dead-end board election for Terry township, Finney County commissioners discussed Monday the option to dissolve and merge the area with a neighboring township, a new action for Finney County that potentially could pave the way for other townships looking to do the same.
Terry, a township in the northwest corner of the county and home to Friend, has long struggled with filling its township board, a three-member committee that sets the area’s budget.
Holcomb resident Mary Chandler has served as the township treasurer and the board’s lone member for several years. In November, the race for the board’s clerk garnered one write-in vote and did not secure a candidate. Now that Chandler wants to exit her position, the board soon will sit empty unless the county can appoint any volunteers.
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