Cache County Council selects David Erickson as new chair

At their first regular meeting of the new year, members of the Cache County Council appointed council member David Erickson to serve as their new chair for 2023.

CACHE COUNTY – At their first regular meeting of the new year, the members of the Cache County Council appointed David Erickson as their chair for 2023.

He was nominated for that position by council member Nolan Gunnell and that motion was seconded by council member Karl Ward.

The vote on that appointment was 6-to-1, with the sole dissenting vote coming from newly elected council member Mark Hurd.

Erickson is no stranger to the responsibilities of chair of the Cache County Council. He previously stepped into that role in December of 2017, replacing former council chair Greg Merrill.

Erickson is a Cache Valley native who was raised on a family cattle and crop farm just north of Smithfield. He is a 1986 graduate of Utah State University and taught agriculture sciences at Sky View High School for 31 years prior to his retirement in 2020. In addition to operating Crow Mountain Farms, Erickson is now an appraiser for a local agricultural lending bank.

His professional experience has included serving on the boards of irrigation companies and several local, state and national agricultural committees. Erickson was first secretary and then president of the Utah Agriculture Educators Committee. He has also been chairman of numerous youth initiatives, including the Cache County Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers program.

Erickson’s public service background includes membership on the County Junior Livestock Board, the County Board of Adjustments and the County Planning and Zoning Board.

He has been a member of the Cache County Council since January of 2015, representing the county’s North District. He was re-elected to that seat in 2020.

Erickson is the only remaining member of the council who endorsed Marc Ensign in his unsuccessful write-in bid to replace County Executive David Zook in 2022.

The council members also appointed Council Chair Barbara Tidwell to serve another term in the role as vice chair in 2023.

Tidwell is a retired banker and former chair of the Cache County Republican Women.

She joined the Cache County Council in 2016, after running unopposed to fill a seat representing parts of Logan formerly held by Cathy Robison.

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2 Comments

  • Fred S January 11, 2023 at 4:55 pm Reply

    Oh good, the last remaining toddler is now driving the car.

    • Paul Rodrigo January 12, 2023 at 8:56 am Reply

      No kidding. He was part of the trio of toddlers (I mean you borup and worthen) who caused all the trouble last year on the council. Hopefully he grows up for this term.

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