It didn't have the pomp and circumstance of the Presidential Inauguration, but the Oakland County Commissioners recently also took the oaths of office in a smaller ceremony to start 2013.

After taking the official oath, Commissioner Shelley Goodman Taub, R-District 12, was named Oakland County Board of Commissioners Caucus Republican Chairperson. Her district includes Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, and Birmingham.

Marcia Gershenson, D-District 13, will serve as Democratic Caucus Chairperson of the board. Her district includes Bloomfield Township, West Bloomfield Township and Farmington Hills.

Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown  administered the oath in the commission chambers in Pontiac. Chief Circuit Court Judge Nanci Grant said the Invocation, and Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard led the swearing-in with the Pledge of Allegiance. Also present was former commissioner David Potts, of Birmingham, who was recently appointed to the  County’s Zoological Authority for 2013.

This story was updated to reflect Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown administered the oath of office.

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