Fairgrounds board appointments withdrawn as county moves to voluntary model

The Status Advisory Board for the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds Foundation appeared before the Board of Commissioners because they discovered that an appointed board was unnecessary, as the foundation created falls under the umbrella of the Nebraska Community Foundation.

As part of this community foundation oversight, the board can be driven by volunteer participation.

The members of the foundation asked the Board of Commissioners to withdraw the appointments, made previously in September. The Board obliged with a three-to-zero vote.

The members of the foundation are still maintaining those posi...