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Votes at a glance: supervisors approve personnel appointments, several annual resolutions and administrative actions
Summary
At its meeting supervisors approved multiple personnel appointments (EMA director, planning and zoning, veterans affairs, roads, general services), designated the Hampton Chronicle as official newspaper, adopted several annual resolutions (26-1 through 26-7) and froze mileage reimbursement at 70¢ for six months.
Franklin County supervisors approved a series of routine but consequential items during the meeting, including appointments to several county offices, annual administrative resolutions, and a temporary freeze of the county mileage reimbursement rate.
Appointments: By voice vote the board appointed Eric Arnold as Emergency Management Agency director, Dan Tilkus as planning and zoning administrator (lead commissioner/sanitarian), Adam Akers as Veterans Affairs director, Jay as secondary roads engineer, Julie Crowley as General Services Director, and confirmed Jay as the county representative to the North Iowa landfill board. Each appointment was moved and seconded and approved by 'aye' votes.
Resolutions and administrative approvals: The board approved a set of annual and administrative resolutions and motions: Resolution 26-7 (county engineer certification of completion for farm-to-market projects); Resolution 26-6 (authorize county engineer to sign for and collect federal disaster relief funds); Resolution 26-5 (authorize county engineer to close secondary roads in emergencies and necessary situations); Resolution 26-2 (master matrix construction evaluation); Resolution 26-3 (investigation of drainage districts per request); and Resolution 26-1 (appointment of deputies and assistants naming specific deputy and assistant appointments). Roll-call votes were recorded for the resolutions that required them, with named supervisors recorded as voting 'aye.'
Other administrative items: The board designated the Hampton Chronicle as the official county newspaper for 2026, authorized the issuance of certain checks during 2026 under Iowa Code 331.506, and voted to freeze the county mileage reimbursement at 70¢ per mile and re-evaluate in six months.
What passed (high level): - Multiple personnel appointments (Eric Arnold; Dan Tilkus; Adam Akers; Jay; Julie Crowley) - Resolutions 26-1, 26-2, 26-3, 26-5, 26-6, 26-7 approved - Official newspaper designation: Hampton Chronicle - Authorization to issue checks during the year (Iowa Code 331.506) - Mileage reimbursement rate frozen at 70¢, review in six months
Board next steps: Several approvals were procedural (annual resolutions), and staff will continue to implement appointments and follow up on execution items such as signatures, clerk filings and reporting to state departments where applicable. The board adjourned at 9:38 a.m.
