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Milo City Council confirms 2026 appointments, adopts first-Monday meeting schedule
Summary
At its Jan. 5 organizational meeting, the Milo City Council confirmed 2026 appointments to city boards and offices, set regular meetings for the first (and optional third) Monday at 7:00 p.m., designated official publications and depositories, and approved administrative items including the mileage rate and clerk appointment.
The Milo City Council met Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, at Milo City Hall and approved a slate of organizational items for the year, including board appointments, administrative designations and the regular meeting schedule.
Mayor Diane Hall called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.; council members Daniel Amsden III, Eric Rasmussen, Christina Rodgers and Jeff Griggs were present (Tangela Mason absent). After the Pledge of Allegiance, the council approved the meeting agenda.
The council unanimously approved the mayor’s assignments of council responsibilities, including Jeff Griggs as mayor pro tem and parks representative, Christina Rodgers as the council representative for public safety and the mayor’s alternate to the Warren County Emergency Management Board, Eric Rasmussen as utilities representative, and Daniel Amsden III as streets representative. Mayor Hall also read and acknowledged Milo Public Library trustee terms for 2025–2030.
In an early procedural vote, Councilor Eric Rasmussen moved to change regular council meetings to the first and third Thursday at 7:00 p.m.; Daniel Amsden III seconded. The minutes record that the roll call returned zero ayes and four nays (Griggs, Amsden, Rasmussen and Rodgers), and the motion failed.
Following that vote, Councilor Jeff Griggs moved and Eric Rasmussen seconded a motion to set the council’s regular schedule to the first and optional third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.; the motion carried with ayes from Griggs, Amsden, Rasmussen and Rodgers.
The council designated the Indianola Record-Herald as the official newspaper for budgetary notices and ordinances, while minutes, wages and council notices will be published in the Milo Newsletter. Council minutes will also be posted on the City of Milo website and physically posted at Milo City Hall, the Milo Post Office and the Milo Public Library.
On administrative and personnel items, the council: approved People’s Bank (Milo) and Community 1st Credit Union (Indianola) as official depositories; appointed Mercy Clinic (307 E. Scenic Valley Ave., Indianola) as the designated physician/facility; set the 2026 mileage reimbursement at $0.70 per mile; appointed Misti Kosman as City Clerk; and designated the law firm Stuyvesant, Strong, Krapfl & Carda as the city’s attorney of record. Each of those motions was approved by the council members present.
The council also approved Derek Hommer as Fire Chief and named John Parker as the Fire Chief’s alternate to the Emergency 911 Board. Councilors approved appointments and reappointments to the Milo Planning and Zoning Board and the Milo Adjustment Board, listing full membership and term dates as recorded in the minutes.
The council confirmed appointments to the Anita Bales Milo Endowment Grant Board (annual appointments), re-acknowledged the Milo Public Library Board trustees and acknowledged the City’s 28E intergovernmental agreements with Warren County and township partners — including the Warren County Sheriff contract (noted as allowing a 0% annual fee increase unless renegotiated), a perpetual county building rent contract, and township agreements renewed through June 30, 2028.
A motion to adjourn at 7:14 p.m. carried with all present voting in favor.
The minutes record the actions above; no ordinances or budgetary appropriations were adopted during this meeting.
