Fair Board

Members

The Fair Board shall consist of not less than three (3) nor more than seven (7) as per-ORS 565.210, appointed by the BOC. Only one member may be a member of the BOC. The Benton County Fairgrounds Manager shall serve as a nonvoting ex-officio member of the Fair Board.

Terms

Terms shall be three (3) years. Any member may serve two (2) successive terms if reappointed by the BOC. Terms begin on January 1 and end on December 31^st. A member who is appointed to complete less than two years of a vacant term may be appointed to two successive terms. The maximum consecutive service shall be eight years. Regardless of the length of consecutive service, after leaving the Fair Board for four years a former member is eligible again for appointment. Terms shall be staggered, with two members' terms expiring the first year, two members' terms expiring the second year, and three member's term expiring the third year. The ex-officio position shall not be governed by this Section.

Current Members

Kristi Schrock- Chair
Aurora Jensen-Vice Chair
Rick Freeman
Zel Brook
Craig Henrickson
Mark Stephens
Rylee Henderer
Jennifer Martin- Fairground Manager
Jesse Ott- NAPE Director
Kerri Sellers- Recorder

Fair Board Meeting Notes

You will find the most recent agenda below along with meeting minutes for each month a meeting was held. If you do not see meeting minutes for a certain month, there was no meeting held that month. Please remember that minutes will not be posted until they are approved by the Fair Board first. Minutes will be posted here for one year, after that they are archived in department files and can be requested by contacting the Benton County Natural Areas, Parks & Events Department at (541) 766-6521 for previous months or years.

Meetings

Fair board meetings will be held at the fairgrounds on the 3rd Monday of each month, unless there is a holiday or during fair. Below are the upcoming dates for board Meetings.

February 24th @ 6pm- Fairground Auditorium

March 17th @ 6pm- Fairground Auditorium

April 21st @ 6pm- Fairground Auditorium - Joint Meeting with foundation

May 19th @ 6pm- Fairground Auditorium

Agenda's

February Agenda

March Agenda