Curtis Ledbetter is the county’s new emergency manager and also the chairman of the Local Emergency Planning Committee, accepting the emergency manager appointment last week by Ozark County Presiding Commissioner John Turner. Ledbetter accepted the LEPC chairmanship in March.
Ledbetter is the administrative assistant at the Ozark County Sheriff’s Office, a job he will keep while serving in the emergency-management leadership roles for which he was recommended by Steven Ator, who recently stepped down from the emergency manager and LEPC chair positions.
Ledbetter grew up in Koshkonong and moved to Gainesville in 2000, completing his last two years of school here and graduating from Gainesville High School in 2001.