Six are under consideration for workers comp board

BISMARCK — Gov. John Hoeven has 30 days to appoint two new members to the Workforce Safety and Insurance Board of Directors from a list of nominees finalized Tuesday.

Under a 2007 state law being used for the first time, a coordinating committee of business representatives met and nominated three people for each of two open positions on the board, both of which are to represent employers in the state.

Under the new law, the governor can reject all the nominees and ask for a new list.

The three nominees for the board position representing employers with a premium level under $10,000 are Jamestown insurance adjuster Dwaine Heinrich; Bismarck hotelier and restaurant owner Bill Shalhoob, and Michael Gallagher of Fargo, owner of Michael E. Gallagher LLC, doing business as Curtis Construction Co.

The three nominees for the board position representing employers at large are grocer John H. Dyste of Forman, N.D., who owns Dyste’s Food Group, which consists of retail grocery stores in Forman, Milnor, Lidgerwood and Hankinson; Patrick Schmaltz, vice president of safety and human resources for T.F. Powers Construction Co., Fargo, and Jennifer Day, safety manager at IG Cardinal in Fargo.

Janell Cole works for Forum Communications Co., which owns The Dickinson Press.

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