The Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners took a set of formal actions during its Jan. 7, 2025 reorganizational meeting. Key outcomes:

- Oaths and officer elections: Newly (re)elected commissioners were administered the oath of office by County Auditor Mark Thompson. The board selected Commissioner Steve Gardner as chair and Commissioner Duane Anderson as vice chair by unanimous ballot; a motion was made to cease nominations and cast a unanimous ballot for each office.

- Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda, including the Dec. 17, 2024 county board legal minutes and the auditor's warrants and claims (voice vote; motion carried).

- Resolution 2025‑2 (elected-official minimum salaries): The board approved the customary resolution establishing minimum elected-official salaries for 2025. Commissioner approval followed staff recommendation; the resolution notes that the commissioner salaries were previously approved on Dec. 17, 2024.

- Resolution 2025‑3 (mileage rate): The board approved the county mileage reimbursement rate of $0.70 per mile for 2025, aligning with the IRS rate announced for the year.

- Memorandum of Understanding (correctional officers): The board approved an MOU with the correctional officers' group establishing a schedule bank arrangement; the MOU mirrors an agreement previously adopted for deputy sheriffs and is monitored by corrections management.

- Well-being policy: The board approved a new county well-being policy and formation of a well-being committee. County staff described the committee as a cross-departmental effort led by public health staff and the county SHIP coordinator and noted a planned kickoff meeting.

- Resolution 2025‑4 (meeting schedule and draft work plan): The board adopted its regular-meeting schedule for 2025 (first and third Tuesdays at 9 a.m. in the boardroom) and approved specified evening exceptions for board of appeal and equalization and truth-in-taxation hearings. A draft 2025 work plan was presented as a nonbinding roadmap of expected topics and staff work sessions.

Most motions on routine personnel, financial, policy and procedural matters were carried without recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript; where a roll-call-style tally was recorded it is noted below. The board instructed staff to circulate final documents and to follow up on items that require additional confirmation (committee schedules, external bylaws, and HUD review timelines).