Board of Supervisors

Location

County Office Building
600 Gunder Rd. NE, Suite 3
Elkader, IA 52043
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Mailing Address

111 High St. NE, Suite 102
Elkader, IA 52043

Contact Information

563-245-2166

Responsibilities

The Board of Supervisors is the legislative body of the County and the following are some of its duties and powers:

Approves bonds of county officials
Establishes and vacates public highways
Levies taxes to produce revenue for county purposes
Allows claims against the county and orders them paid
Allows applications for Homestead, Military, and Family Farm Credit
Fills vacancies in county offices, except members of its own body
Canvasses the vote totals of elections
Approves all budgets of the county
Appoints a County Engineer to supervise the county road system
Oversees the maintenance of the county buildings
Appoints all members to the following county boards:
- Care Review
- Conservation
- Health
- Zoning Board of Adjustment
Appoints individual members to the following boards:
- Eminent Domain Compensation Commission
- Civil Service
- Compensation
- Judicial Magistrate Appointing Commission

Board of Supervisors

Doug Reimer
Supervisor
Representative Appointments
Bio

Steve Doeppke
Vice-Chairperson
Representative Appointments
Bio

Ray Peterson
Chairperson
Representative Appointments
Bio