- Date
- 2013-11
- Kind
- Appointment
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governmentinfrastructurecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In October 2013, the Waste Management Committee announced Don Welke’s resignation as Transfer Station manager and solicited applications for a replacement. The December 2013 Beaver Beacon then reports that Brad Swearingen was appointed after the committee’s selection was reviewed amid public concerns about the process. The appointment passed by a four-to-one vote.
Evidence limits
The forum documents the vacancy announcement and a committee chair’s positive assessment of Welke’s tenure; it does not independently measure operating costs, service improvements, or the selection outcome. The Beacon documents Swearingen’s appointment, but neither source assesses his later performance or tenure.
Sources
- Waste Management Committee chair Angel Welke announced Don Welke's resignation, attributed improvements in service and operating costs to his tenure, and posted a full-time manager vacancy with an October 18 application deadline. This is a first-party committee notice of the vacancy and transition; the forum does not document the selection outcome.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006847
- Beaver Beacon, December 2013, "News from the Townships."Reports that Brad Swearingen was selected after a contested Waste Management Committee process and a 4–1 Board vote, with his prior assistant-harbormaster management experience described. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held December issue scan confirms the appointment report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Brad Swearingen is appointed Beaver Island Transfer Station manager”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-transfer-station-manager-brad-swearingen-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Transfer Station Update & Job Posting,” October 8–9, 2013. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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