Pionk resigns from road commission Friday morning

By RALPH ANSAMI

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BESSEMER — Gogebic County Road Commission Manager-Engineer Darren Pionk resigned Friday after being suspended earlier this month for allowing equipment and employees to be used at his residence for his personal benefit.

Gogebic County Board of Road Commission Chair Marti Wegner, of Watersmeet, said the vote to accept the resignation at a special morning meeting after a closed session was 5-0.

The road commission issued the three-week suspension on a 3-2 vote at a special meeting on Sept. 6, then met again Friday morning to chart its future.

Pionk had...