Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Chairperson:
David Mitchem
David Mitchem, and his wife Emily,
reside in Milford Township. David operates a grain and livestock operation. The
farm operation consists of corn, soybean and wheat rotation, and also a farrow
to finish hog operation. David is a member of the Centerburg United Methodist Church where he has
served as a trustee and is currently on the SPR Committee, a former member of
the Centerburg School Board, a Farm Bureau member, and was a member of the state
Young Farm Couple Committee. David has installed water ways, buffer strips, and has installed
130,000 feet of tile.
David feels the conservation programs have to reflect the diversity of our
county. We have to help our urban neighbors, but we cannot forget our
agricultural roots. This county has always been at the forefront of any advances
in technology be it for home building or crop production.
Vice-Chairperson:
Jan Reynolds-Jan and her husband Tom live in Apple Valley in Howard Twp. and have five
grown children. Jan graduated from OSU with B.S. in education and holds a
master degree from MVNU. She has taught at Fredericktown Elementary School
for 26 years and has been an education partner with Knox SWCD in its Partnering
for Elementary Environmental Education program for the last 15 years.
In 2000 Jan was recognized by the Knox SWCD Board as their outstanding
cooperator in recognition for her role in helping to establish and develop the
Knox SWCD "Partnering for Elementary Environmental Education" program. Tom farms
in the Gambier area where they raise sheep and cattle and grow hay, corn, and
soybeans with both minimum-till and no-till practices.
Fiscal Agent: Tyler Brown-Tyler and his wife Mickey reside in Pleasant Township where they have a cash grain farming operation that has been in operation for 31 years. In addition to his farming interests Tyler also operates a successful agricultural equipment/diesel repair business. The Brown's are also members of the Knox County Farm Bureau. His farming operation consists of 1,400 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat in which no-till is utilized. Tyler feels one of the most important resource management issues for the district should still involve assistance on improved agricultural drainage.
Secretary/Treasurer: Tim Norris-Tim and his wife Heidi reside in Harrison Township. Tim is a member of various agricultural organizations which include; Farm Bureau; Farmers Union; American Association of Small Businesses and the Knox County Ex-Urban committee. Presently, he is the owner of Agronomic Information Technologies which provides Precision Ag products and service to over 100 growers in Central Ohio. Tim also co-owns C.O.R.N (Central Ohio RTK Network) which is a company that supplies RTK signals to around 1 million acres of land between Delaware, Upper Sandusky, Galion and Marengo. Tim was a past recipient of the Knox SWCD Goodyear Conservation award in 1984. Tim has installed numerous buffers on fields he farms adjacent to the Kokosing River . He and his family farm over 300 acres of no-till corn and soybeans and custom combine an additional 500 acres. They have implemented RTK Auto Steering Technology in order for them to strip till accurately on their farm. They also have their farm enrolled in the Ohio ODA Ag Easement
Program. Presently Tim is the chairman of the Harrison Township Zoning Commission, the Vice President of the Knox County Extension Advisory Committee and the Secretary and founding member of the Knox County Junior Miss.