Iowa County reconstitutes Pioneer Cemetery Commission; board approves new appointments

The Iowa County Board of Supervisors approved a reconstituted Pioneer Cemetery Commission and adopted a proposed one‑year rotating supervisor slot intended to stagger appointments.

At the meeting supervisors discussed two options for commission composition and agreed to what the minutes record as “Option 2.” Under that option supervisors named a slate of appointees and approved the chair signing appointment documents. The board voted by voice to approve the appointments and to authorize the chair to sign.

Why it matters: the Pioneer Cemetery Commission oversees county cemetery matters and appointments determine who will serve on that advisory body. County staff and supervisors noted the change will align terms and add a one‑year supervisor term intended to rotate the supervisory representative annually.

Details recorded in the meeting: the board discussed placing a supervisor on the commission with a one‑year term so the supervisor role rotates annually. The transcript lists the appointee names as part of the adopted option; those names as spoken in the meeting include James Johnson, Lauren Miller, (supervisor slot to rotate annually), Susan (surname unclear), Jeff Chapman, Becky Birch, Diggy Davidson, Richard Olin and Scott Hamlin. The board also approved by motion a separate appointment earlier in the meeting of Dan Stromel to another commission (appointment subject to a resignation that staff expected). The board approved motions by voice vote; individual roll‑call tallies were not read in the transcript.

The board asked staff to transmit updated appointment paperwork to the appropriate commission contacts and to return with any items requiring further action.