The Page County Board of Supervisors convened its reorganizational meeting and approved a slate of annual procedural resolutions and appointments.

The board appointed Judy Clark as chair and Todd as vice chair following motions and seconding by board members; the appointments were approved by voice vote. The board then adopted a series of routine annual resolutions, including authorization for the chairman to sign deeds and leases on behalf of the county (Resolution 2), authorization for the county auditor to issue checks for recurring fixed charges without prior board approval (Resolution 3), and authorization for the assessor to mail homestead, military and family farm exemption forms under Iowa Code provisions for 2026 (Resolution 4).

Supervisors also approved adding Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday, Jan. 19) to the county holiday list after a motion to add the state and federal holiday passed. The board discussed dog licensing and confirmed the county has not issued dog licenses in many years and will not charge a fee under the current approach; that action was approved (Resolution 6). The Southwest Iowa Herald was designated as the county's official newspaper for public notices (Resolution 7).

The board adopted a construction-evaluation resolution required by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for confinement feeding operations (Resolution 8) and approved its annual committee and interagency assignments, naming representatives to bodies such as the regional planning authority, SWIPCO, the E-911 service board, and other regional boards (Resolution 9).

On appointments, the board approved AJ Lyman to represent the county on the SWIPCO board for a one-year term and appointed Larry Schum to the zoning board of adjustment to fill a vacancy. The board also appointed Ricky Rivers and Rudy Brownfield to the conservation board to fill two vacancies and approved Pam Bell Knapp to the veterans affairs board after clarifying that Paul Anderson’s term was not up.

All listed motions were made, seconded and approved by voice votes recorded as 'Aye.' The board noted some open vacancies remain and that applications are posted on the county website for those positions.

The meeting concluded the reorganization items and moved on to staff reports and budget discussions.