Absentee Ballots forMonroe Conservation District 2012 Director Election

This election will take place during the Annual Meeting and Pancake Supper on Thursday, January 26, 2012.
If you are planning to attend you may vote in person, or you may use the links on this page to access an Absentee Ballot.

Four-Year Term
Vote for no more than two (2) Directors

Delmer Cilley - Delmer is a cash grain farmer in Dundee Township and farms 500 acres. He and his wife Carol have two daughters and four grandchildren.  Delmer is a member of St. Peters Lutheran Church in Petersburg, Farm Bureau, Michigan Corn Association, Soybean Association and serves on the Board of Directors for D&P Communications and the Southeastern Michigan Antique Tractor & Engine Association. Delmer has been a board member since 1991 and is currently vice chairman.
 
Mark Mathis - Mark farms approximately 2000 acres of cash crops and raises quite a few steers in Raisinville Township. Mark and his wife Valynda have three children. He is enrolled in several conservation programs which protect environmentally sensitive land and protects groundwater. His memberships include St. John Lutheran Church in Dundee, Farm Bureau, Corn Growers Association, Soybean Association, and currently Ida school board president. Mark has been a board member since 1994, and presently serving as secretary for the district.

Connie Velliquette - Connie and her husband Richard live in Temperance where she currently serves as a Bedford Township Park Commissioner.
Since her retirement from the Bedford Public Schools in 2001 she has pursued her interest in gardening and the environment as an Advanced Master Gardener certified thru MSUE in Monroe County. She has been a volunteer at the Conservation District annual tree sale for a number of years, packing and sharing her expertise. Connie is also on the Temperance Action Committee. She represented Bedford and Erie Townships as Monroe County Commissioner from 2006-2010. Connie would very much like the opportunity to help the district move forward with their conservation efforts.

Please print and complete this Absentee Ballot, mark your selections, place in a sealed envelope, and mail to: Monroe Conservation District Absentee Ballot, 1137 S. Telegraph Road, Monroe, MI 48161 by January 20^th 2012.