IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County will eliminate two positions on the county fair board, reducing it from 13 members to 11 — the same as it was three years ago.

The county board approved the change Monday in a 4-1 vote after Chairman Dan Harrington said a 13-member panel makes it “too hard to agree,” adding that no one on the fair board is against it.

Voting no was Commissioner Joe Stevens, who said “a mixed bag” of responses came to him from fair board members. He claimed the county’s action may not be in keeping with the fair board’s bylaws.

“At this time I’m not sure it’s the best thing to do,” he said.

Stevens also said the fair board is “a working board,” and questioned whether trimming its size will add to the burden for remaining members.

Harrington confirmed that all of the cur

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