On Thursday, Jan. 10, the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments Board of Directors elected Dearborn County Commissioner

Kevin Lynch as Second Vice President on their Executive Board.

Lynch will play a bigger role in helping lead transportation planning in our region.

The 2013 elected officers for the OKI Board of Directors include:
*President: Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune
*First Vice President: Kenton County Fiscal Court Judge Executive Steve Arlinghaus
*Second Vice President: Dearborn County Commissioner Kevin Lynch
*Treasurer: Resident At-large Member Kenneth Reed
*Past President: Clermont County Commissioner Edwin Humphrey

OKI is federally mandated and funnels about $40 million in transportation funds to construction and planning projects throughout its eight-county, three-state region that includes: Ohio’s Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties; Kentucky’s Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties and Dearborn County Indiana.  

It is a council of local governments, business organizations and community groups committed to developing collaborative strategies, plans and programs to improve the quality of life and  economic development potential of the Tri-State.