Alpena County Board of Commissioners appoints new member

ALPENA, Mich. — The Alpena County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, Dec 22 and approved a new Commissioner for the Road Commission while saying goodbye to an old member.

After four years of service, Brad McRoberts said goodbye to the Board of Commissioners as the members bid him a farewell. Sheriff Steve Kieliszewski reminisced on times spent with McRoberts in law enforcement and said the commissioner had been a brother to him.

The Commissioners voted 6-2 to approve Gerald MacArthur to the Commissioner position of the county’s Road Commission after a discussion. Opposing commissioners, including John Kozlowski, commented on an apparent conflict of interest for MacArthur’s position. MacArthur is the previous owner of a local construction company that is now owned by his son. The members of the board who voted to approve the appointment said they had interviewed MacArthur, and his daily duties with the company would not present a conflict of interest.

This was the board’s last meeting of 2020.