The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors held their first meeting of the new calendar year.
The Board named Supervisor Maggie Armstrong as the new Chair for 2025, with Supervisor Steve Smith as the Vice Chair. They then approved keeping the same paid holidays for county employees as in 2024, as well as keeping meeting dates the same for Tuesdays at 9am, along with Thursdays at 9am while they are working on the budget for the next fiscal year.
The Board approved the News Gazette and Stuart Herald as their certified publications, and adopted the federal mileage reimbursement rate of 70 cents per mile, along with making annual appointments and filling Board appointed positions. A list of those appointments can be found in this story online. The Board then approved resolutions permitting to appointing the 2025 compensation commission, allow the auditor to approve charges without Board approval per Iowa Code, give the County Engineer right of final acceptance, and install a master matrix for large animal confinement operations.
Annual appointments:
Region XII: Brian Johnson, Steve Smith, Dani Fink
Weedmaster: Keep Tim Masters
General Relief and VA Admin: Beth Watson
New Opportunities: JD Kuster and Maggie Armstrong (alternate)
5th Judicial District: Mike Dickson
Planning and Public Safety Board: Mike Dickson, Brian Johnson and JD Kuster
Midwest Partnership: Brian Johnson and Steve Smith (alternate)
Enterprise Zone: Brenda Dudley
Western IA Tourism: Kristine Jorgensen
Adair & Guthrie County EMA: Maggie Armstrong and Steve Smith (alternate)
South Central E911: Jeremy Cooper and Matt Harmann
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Josh Sebern
De-categorization Governance: Steve Smith
M&M Divide Resource Conservation and Development: JD Kuster
Heart of Iowa Region: Maggie Armstrong and Mike Dickson (alternate)
Hungry Canyons Alliance: Maggie Armstrong
Medical Examiner: Dr. Josh Straley
Zoning Administrator: Chris Whitaker
Board Appointments for Terms Ended 12/31/24
Board of Health (2): Dr. Steve Bascom and Peg Snyder
Involuntary Hospitalization: Dana Minteer
Zoning Board of Adjustment: Becky Moore
Zoning Commission: Pete Leiferman (Appoint upon acceptance)
Conservation Board: George Hemmen
Township Trustees for;
Cass (2): Ron Robson
Dodge: Mark Drake and Joni Dvorak
Highland: Don Schwartz
Orange: Jason Nees and Larry Nees
Penn: Peggy Norlin
Stuart: Rick Hawley
Thompson: Brian Rumple and Chris Blass
Victory: Roger Tallman and Mark Laughery