Amador County – About 40 people attended a noon ceremony as six elected officials said their oath of office Monday, led by County Clerk, Recorder and Registrar of Voters Sheldon D. Johnson.

Johnson was also one of those who was reelected, among 10 county officials voted back into office in the primary last June.

The 10 elected county officials were invited by Johnson to take their oath of office at noon Monday, in the Board of Supervisors Chambers. Six showed up for the ceremony, and Johnson said they agreed to say their oath simultaneously.

Many uniformed deputies of the Amador County Sheriff’s Department were among those in attendance, as Sheriff and Coroner Martin Ryan took the oath for his second term of office. Ryan was first elected in 2006, and took office in 2007.

Also attending was Assessor Jim Rooney, elected for his third term, who began his first term in 2003.

Auditor Joe Lowe also took his oath, and starts his third term. Lowe first took office in 2003.

Johnson is in his 32nd year in office, and his position also includes the position of Registrar of Voters, and the Commissioner of Civil Marriages.

Also sworn in was District 3 Supervisor Theodore F. “Ted” Novelli, who is starting his second term on the Amador County Board of Supervisors. His first term began in 2007.

Supervisor Chairman Brian Oneto of District 5, who passed the gavel to the new chairman of the board on Tuesday, also took his oath at the ceremony Monday. Oneto is also starting his second term, and took office in 2007.

Treasurer and Tax Collector Mike Ryan also took the oath, and starts his sixth term. He was first elected in 1991. Not attending were the Superintended of Schools, the District Attorney and the Superior Court Judge. Superintendent Richard F. Glock will start his third year as superintendent of the Amador County Unified School District. He took over for former Superintendent Mike Carey in July 2008. District Attorney Todd Riebe will start his fourth elected term, and was first elected in 1998.

Superior Court Judge Susan C. Harlan starts her fourth elected term, and was first appointed in 1991 by Gov. Pete Wilson. She was first elected in 1992.

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