County Commissioners

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Members

  1. Doug.

    Doug Ramsell

    District Number 4 Commissioner-CHAIRMAN
    send2dugie@yahoo.com

    4-year term- election year 2024


    Boards Doug sits on:

    • Local Emergency Planning Committee
    • Greater Huron Development Committee
    • Aberdeen-Brown County Regional Railroad Authority
    • East Central Railroad Authority
    • Beadle County Regional Railroad Authority

  1. Denny

    Denis Drake

    District Number 1 Commissioner
    drakedenis@yahoo.com

    4-year term- election year 2026


    Boards Denis sits on:

    • Local Emergency Planning Committee
    • People's Transit
    • County Planning
    • NECOG
    • Union
    • Board of Health

  1. Rick

    Rick Benson

    District Number 2 Commissioner
    rdbenson@santel.net

    4-year term- election year 2024

    Boards Rick Sits on: 

    • Local Emergency Planning Committee
    • NECOG
    • County Insurance Committee
    • Sick Leave Bank Committee
    • Huron Regional Medical Center Board
    • Union



  1. Allen Greenfield

    Allen Greenfield

    District Number 3 Commissioner
    alleng@midco.net

    4-year term- election year 2026


    Boards Allen sits on: 

    • Local Emergency Planning Committee
    • Community Counseling
    • NESDCAP
    • County Insurance Committee
    • Dakotaland Museum

  1. Dennis Meyer

    Dennis Meyer

    District Number 5 Commissioner
    dwmeyer131@gmail.com

    4-year term- election year 2026


    Boards Dennis sits on: 

    • Local Emergency Planning Committee
    • 4-H Program
    • Sick Leave Bank Committee
    • Aberdeen-Brown County Regional Railroad Authority (alternate)
    • East Central Railroad Authority
    • Beadle County Regional Railroad Authority

Districts

Beadle County is served by 5 Commissioner Districts:

  • Number 1 - Includes the Townships of: Banner, Barrett, Cavour, Custer, Foster, Iowa, Lake Byron, Liberty, Logan, Milford, and Richland. The Towns of: Cavour, Iroquois, and Yale; and part of the City of Huron (see map).
  • Number 2 - Includes the Townships of: Allen, Altoona, Bonilla, Broadland, Fairfield, Hartland, Nance, Pleasant View, Theresa, Wessington, Whiteside, and Wolsey. The Towns of: Broadland, Hitchcock, Wessington, and Wolsey; and part of the City of Huron (see map).
  • Number 3 - Includes Parts of Southwest Huron (see map).
  • Number 4 - Includes the Township of Valley, and parts of Huron (see map).
  • Number 5 - Includes the Townships of: Belle Prairie, Burr Oak, Carlyle, Clifton, Clyde, Dearborn, Grant, Kellogg, Pearl Creek, Sand Creek, and Vernon; also includes the Town of Virgil and part of South Huron (see map).
Commission Districts