HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY – The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners selected Commissioner Ken Hagan as chair and Commissioner Christine Miller as vice chair Nov. 19 during its annual organizational meeting.
Commissioner Gwen Myers will be the board chaplain.
The organizational meeting followed the investiture ceremony this morning for two returning commissioners and a newly elected commissioner.
Taking the oaths of office were re-elected Commissioner Ken Hagan for District 2; Commissioner Christine Miller for District 4, who won election after being appointed by the governor in June to serve in the then-vacant seat; and newly elected Commissioner Chris Boles for Countywide District 6.
Chair Hagan has served as a commissioner since 2002 and this marks the eighth time he has been selected to serve as board chair. He has served as the Board of County Commissioners’ representative on key economic development boards including Visit Tampa Bay, Tampa/Hillsborough Expressway Authority, and the Tampa Sports Authority, as well as the Florida Association of Counties and the Hospital Authority.
After choosing leadership positions, the BOCC voted to keep unchanged the commissioner assignments to boards, committees, and councils. Commissioner Boles will assume the positions formerly held by Pat Kemp, who had served the maximum allowable two consecutive terms as Countywide District 6 commissioner.
Some of the positions include:
- Affordable Housing Advisory Board – Gwen Myers
- Arts Council of Hillsborough County – Chris Boles
- Aviation Authority – Harry Cohen
- Children’s Board of Hillsborough County – Gwen Myers
- Environmental Protection Commission – Gwen Myers and Harry Cohen
- Hillsborough Transit Authority0 – Gwen Myers, Christine Miller, Joshua Wostal, and Donna Cameron Cepeda
- Hospital Authority – Ken Hagan and Donna Cameron Cepeda
- Juvenile Justice Board – Donna Cameron Cepeda
- Port Authority – Christine Miller
- Public Safety Coordinating Council – Donna Cameron Cepeda
- Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council – Member, Harry Cohen; alternate, Donna Cameron Cepeda
- Tampa Bay Water Board of Directors – Harry Cohen and Joshua Wostal
- Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. – Ken Hagan
- Transportation Planning Organization – Christine Miller, Harry Cohen, Gwen Myers, Chris Boles, Joshua Wostal, and alternate Ken Hagan
- Tampa Sports Authority – Ken Hagan
