(Le Mars) — Plymouth County Board of Supervisors chairman Jim Henrich of Akron pounded the gavel to adjourn the weekly county supervisor meeting for the last time on Tuesday morning, as the 12 year supervisor is stepping away from
government. When Henrich first was elected as a Plymouth county supervisor in
2004, the county had only 20 days of available reserve funding. Today, the
county has more than four months of available cash reserves. Henrich says he is
pleased to have had a helping part in turning around the county’s financial
condition.
Fellow county supervisors thanked Jim Henrich for his years of service to Plymouth County. Standing left to right are Don Kass, Craig Anderson, Henrich, Mark Loutsch, and John Meis.
Tuesday marked the last official act of business for the retiring county
supervisor. As mentioned, Henrich has been a county governing official for 12 years with the last eight years as the chairman of the county board. Henrich credits his fellow supervisors, and the dedication and hard work of the county employees for the county’s success.
Prior to being a county supervisor, Henrich served as a city council member for
the city of Akron. He has been a part of a government entity for more than 20
years. He says it was not always an easy job telling people the county can’t
perform the specific task they were requesting, especially when discussing various road and bridge repairs.
Henrich admits there are aspects of being a county supervisor that he will probably miss.
Henrich says he and his wife will be spending additional time with family,
particularly the grandchildren, and he hopes to do some traveling now that he
has retired from being a county supervisor. Following Tuesday’s meeting, the county employees, fellow supervisors, family and friends honored Henrich with a retirement party.
