(KLZA)-- Following interviews Tuesday, the Richardson County Board of Commissioners appointed a new County Treasurer.
Current Deputy County Treasurer Amanda Bartek-Young will be sworn into office Tuesday, August 1 at 9:00 a.m.
Bartek-Young has been employed at the Treasurers Office since April of 2013.
She will fill the unexpired term of Austin Duerfeldt who resigned July 5th, after accepting a position as Agriculture Economist with the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
The current term expires in January, of 2019. The position will be up for election in November, of 2018.
The Commissioners interviewed four finalists for the position. Cass County Treasurer Richard Wassinger assisted the Board with the interviews.
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