The Essex Region Conservation Authority has its new board chair for the next two years.
Amherstburg councillor, Rick Fryer, was voted in at the Authority's annual general meeting Thursday night.
Fryer says he was a little surprised with the nomination, but he's looking forward to taking on the role.
He says he'll be looking to tackle the flooding issue throughout the county.
"My goal for the next two years as a chair is, hopefully, to bring in some extra monies from upper levels of government to alleviate people from getting flooded. So that's a huge initiative that, I think, we have to look forward to trying to help resolve for the residents."
Fryer says education needs to be a top priority going forward as well.
"You look back 30, 40 years ago and nobody wore a seatbelt and everyone wears one now. You get to the younger generation and they want to see pathways, they want to see avenues for them to ride their bikes to school and I think that healthy, active living, once you institute that in a young age, I think they'll have that for life."
He says he's always been a proponent of healthy, active living.
"Let's get out there into the schools. So each community, I think, is getting more and more in tune to outdoor living, outdoor activities and using those pathways. And I always say, the more you can get the kids off the couch, I think, the better the future is going to be and better they are in school."
Fryer takes over for the outgoing chair, Windsor councillor, Ed Sleiman.
ERCA re-elects its chair every two years alternating between the city and county representatives.
City councillor, Irek Kusmierczyk, was elected as the new vice chair as the meeting as well.