 You may not expect it to be standing room only for members of office taking an oath. Turned out not to be a typical day for county commissioners in Beltrami County. Hedy Cloner has the story. Newly elected and former members on the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners took their oath of office. Guests watched Tim Sumner, Jim Lucacic and Reed Olsen raise their right hand. Commissioner Sumner will be the chair of the board and serves on several committees including Greater Bemidji and the Association of Minnesota Counties. He's pleased to be on the board once again. I'm excited to to kind of set the tone and pace of the Beltrami County Board. It was a packed room for the three men who were sworn in and Commissioner Sumner was able to incorporate his culture with the song as he took an oath. This was the first time this tradition was a part of the oath of office and Sumner expressed his gratitude. So we are probably the first time that this has happened here. Former Bemidji City Council member Reed Olsen defeated incumbent Joe Veeney in November's election and says he will bring something different to the table as he begins his role as commissioner. I'm kind of in the process of going around to each of the departments and trying to meet with department heads to ask them about what they what they do with their department is responsible for, what they think some of their successes are, what some of their challenges are moving forward. As a new member of the board Olsen is thrilled for what he can do for Beltrami County. What I want to do is help the help the different departments do the best that they can and try and figure out areas where we can improve and um and figure out successes that we can that we can repeat. In Bemidji, Haiti Clotter, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.