Approximately 35 Holt County residents crowded the supervisor’s meeting room and adjoining hallway, Monday, to listen to discussion about whether the county should dissolve townships and move to a seven-member board of commissioners.

A motion to the effect, made by Steve Boshart, would have placed the item on the November ballot, giving the people of Holt County the ultimate decision.

Prior to the motion being made, supervisors spent more than 90 minutes hashing over the item, which was added to the agenda late last week.

Boshart, of O’Neill, said some of the county’s townships are we...