GRUNDY CENTER- During its annual reorganizational meeting last Thursday, the Grundy County Board of Supervisors voted to appoint Barb Smith as the chairwoman for 2020 and named Chuck Bakker the vice chair.
The meeting included updates from several department heads, including county attorney Erika Allen, who informed the board that she has left Heronimus, Schmidt, Allen, Schroeder and Geer and will now be practicing civil law from Rickert and Wessels in Reinbeck along with her assistant prosecutor, Kali Adams. She also briefly discussed compliance with the Red Flag Rule.
County Social Services CEO Bob Lincoln attended the meeting to provide an update on the state of the multi-county partnership, which is set to lose Kossuth, Winnebago and Worth counties. He noted that calls for service for law enforcement are increasingly comprised of individuals with mental health issues and CSS patients, and he hopes that the counties involved will continue to strengthen their relationships in the years to come.
IN OTHER BUSINESS, the board:
- Presented service awards to Travis Case (five years), Charles Bakker (15 years) and James Ross (15 years).
- Appointed The Grundy Register and The Reinbeck Courier as the official newspapers for 2020.
- Approved a resolution designating the county engineer to approve farm to market construction projects.
- Made the following appointments: Harlyn Riekena as Weed Commissioner for the year 2020
- Charles Bakker as the Board of Supervisors’ representative on the Black Hawk/Grundy Mental Health Center Board of Directors for the year 2020
- Barbara L. Smith to the Operation Threshold Board of Directors for the year 2020
- Mark A. Schildroth to the Regional Transit Commission Board of Directors and to reappoint Heidi Nederhoff as the alternate for the year 2020
- Charles Bakker to the 911 Service Board for the year 2020
- Charles Bakker to the Emergency Management Commission for the year 2020
- Mark A. Schildroth to the Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments Board of Directors for the year 2020
- Charles Bakker to the First Judicial District Board of Correctional Services and to reappoint Barbara L. Smith as the alternate for the year 2020
- James Ross to the Juvenile Detention Board of Directors and to reappoint Heidi Nederhoff as the alternate for the year 2020
- Barbara L. Smith to the Northeast Iowa Response Group and to reappoint Roger Carr as the alternate with voting authority for the year 2020
- Heidi Nederhoff to the Department of Human Services’ Together 4 Families Board for the year 2020
- James Ross to the County Social Services Board and to reappoint Heidi Nederhoff as the alternate for the year 2020
- Barbara L. Smith to serve on the Landfill Commission representing the Board of Supervisors and the following township trustees, or their designees, to serve on the Landfill Commission for the year 2020: Jim Severance (Colfax, Palermo, and Lincoln), Lowell Riekena (Pleasant Valley, German, and Shiloh), Vern Knaack (Black Hawk and Washington), Stanley Neff (Clay, Felix, and Melrose), and Greg Melcher (Beaver, Fairfield, and Grant)
- Anne Mixdorf to serve on INRCOG’s Regional Housing Council for a term ending June 30, 2022
- Darrell Sloth to serve on the Dike Benefitted Fire District Board of Directors for a term ending December 31, 2022
