{"id":838,"date":"2016-05-10T16:32:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T22:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/?p=838"},"modified":"2016-05-10T17:24:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T23:24:32","slug":"county-commissioner-bill-kennedy-to-step-down-to-run-msub-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/county-commissioner-bill-kennedy-to-step-down-to-run-msub-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"County Commissioner Bill Kennedy to step down to run MSUB Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_844\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bill-Kennedy-01-color.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-844\" class=\"wp-image-844 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bill-Kennedy-01-color-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Kennedy 01 color\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bill-Kennedy-01-color-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bill-Kennedy-01-color.jpg 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Kennedy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a press conference today at Montana State University in Billings,\u00a0 Yellowstone County Commissioner Bill Kennedy was named as the new President and CEO of the MSUB Foundation.\u00a0 Kennedy will step down and retire from the Yellowstone County Commissioners position effective Aug. 1 after 24 years.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&#8217;s term was to expire at the end of 2017 unless re-elected for another term.\u00a0Commissioner Kennedy\u00a0is a known\u00a0fixture and individual\u00a0in the Yellowstone County area and is the lone Democrat on the 3 person commission.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after his position is vacated effective Aug 1, the\u00a0Yellowstone County Democrat <!--more-->Central Committee will select 3 names to submit to the Yellowstone County Commissioners Ostlund and Reno to fill Kennedy&#8217;s position.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_840\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Commissioner-Bill-Kennedy-in-background.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-840\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Commissioner-Bill-Kennedy-in-background-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Nic Talmark, Chairman of the Lockwood Pedestrian &amp; Safety District talking to students Wednesday May 4th about Lockwood Bike Safety week while Yellowstone County Commissioner Bill Kennedy watches in the background. \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Commissioner-Bill-Kennedy-in-background-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Commissioner-Bill-Kennedy-in-background.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nic Talmark, Chairman of the Lockwood Pedestrian &amp; Safety District talking to students Wednesday May 4th about Lockwood Bike Safety week while Yellowstone County Commissioner Bill Kennedy watches in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Commissioner Bill Kennedy is currently the only Democrat on the county commission.\u00a0\u00a0Both Republican Commissioners John Ostlund and\u00a0Jim Reno will select\u00a0from\u00a03 individuals presented to them from the\u00a0Yellowstone County Central Democrat Committee.\u00a0 If\u00a0the commissioners\u00a0do not approve\u00a0any of the 3 names, then they can\u00a0request 3 more names from the\u00a0Democrat Central Committee and then have to pick from the 6 names given.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to Yellowstone County News weekly newspaper as more info is released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a press conference today at Montana State University in Billings,\u00a0 Yellowstone County Commissioner Bill Kennedy was named as the new President and CEO of the MSUB Foundation.\u00a0 Kennedy will step down and retire from the Yellowstone County Commissioners position &hellip; 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