Boozel to serve as CCAP president for coming year
County Commissioner Kevin Boozel was elected president of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania for 2021.
“I'm excited to serve,” Boozel said.
Fellow Commissioner Leslie Osche was elected to serve as treasurer, and commissioners from surrounding counties were also elected as officers.
Venango County Commissioner Albert “Chip” Abramovic became first vice president and Lawrence County Commissioner Dan Vogler was elected District 2 Representative on the association board.
The elections were held during the association's 134th annual conference conducted virtually Tuesday.
Boozel said his one-year term begins in January. He is the current first vice president and served as second vice president last year.
He will become board chairman when his term as president ends and then remain on the board as a voting member and past president in 2023.
Several Butler County commissioners have held the association's president position in the past, he said. They are James Kennedy in 2009, Jim Green in 1985 and William Cruikshank in 1945.
The current commissioners are active in the group. Boozel said he heads the EMS task force and is a member of the economic development committee. He said Commissioner Kim Geyer serves on the government committee and Osche, Butler County Commissioners chairwoman, is on the health and human services committee.
“It's nice to be recognized as an active county,” Boozel said.
He said he will make committee assignments next year.
A primary objective of the association is to lobby the state Legislature about laws and policies that affect counties. The organization is in the process of setting legislative priorities for 2021.
“They are our unified voice for all the counties across the state,” Boozel said. “They're pretty much the voice of the county commissioners.”
He said the association also works with borough and township associations on issues.
As an example of the assistance the group provides, Boozel said, the county got electronic devices that prison guards use to document the rounds through the facility they make for free through an association insurance program.
