Board of County Road Commissioners
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Fred J. Veigel
Chair of the Board
- Fred Veigel has served on the Washtenaw County Board of Road
Commissioners since he was first appointed by the County Board of
Commissioners in December of 1990 and officially assumed his Road
Commissioner position in January 1991. Commissioner Veigel’s
current term will expire effective December 31, 2008, unless he is
reappointed by the County Board at the end of this year. In
addition to being a member on the Road Commission Board, Veigel
has previously held the positions of both Chair and Vice-Chair
of the WCRC Board throughout his term of appointment. A graduate
from Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, Veigel has been a long time
resident of Washtenaw County and Ypsilanti. He graduated from
Local 252 IBEW with a 4-year electrical apprenticeship in 1958,
is a U.S. Army veteran, and has held a multitude of prominent
public service positions in the County that span over 40 years.
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David E. Rutledge
Vice-Chair of the Board
- Appointed to the Board of County Road Commissioners for a six-year term in January 2005, David Rutledge
is the Owner and President of Alpha Environmental Services, Inc., located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He received his
undergraduate degree in Political Science from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee and has done
graduate work at both the Harvard Law School and the University of Michigan Law School. He has served on the
part-time faculty of Wayne State University in their College of Lifelong Learning. Rutledge is a military veteran
having served in the United States Air Force as a Personnel and Administrative Officer achieving the rank of
Captain.
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Wesley Prater
Resignation
- Due to the federal Hatch Act*, Wes Prater has resigned from
his board position with the Washtenaw County Road Commission to
pursue his candidacy for the county's Board of Commissioners.
*The Hatch Act bars state, county and
municipal appointees from running for public office in partisan
races if their job duties are connected to programs financed
even in part by federal grants and loans.
