NORWICH – North Norwich Supervisor Richard B. Decker was expected to be appointed to a 14th term as chairman of the Chenango County Board of Supervisors in the first day of the annual session this morning.

Decker was sworn in last year after an unprecedented challenge. The effort to unseat him was seemingly pre-orchestrated by the Democratic Party, but resulted in not one but two candidates nominated for the position, both of them Republicans.

First term Supervisor William Craine, of Sherburne, and ninth-term City of Norwich Ward 4, 5, and 6 Supervisor Linda E. Natoli accepted nominations to the position.