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 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

Boards on which Mr. Bowden serves:

• County Economic Development Board
  • County Economic Development Revolving Loan Board
  • County Economic Development Housing Advisory Committee
• E-911 Board
• Emergency Management Agency
  • County Disaster Recovery Committee
• Northeast Iowa Agency on Aging
  • Northeast Iowa 3A Building Board
• Northeast Iowa Regional Housing Trust Board
• Upper Explorerland Housing Authority
• Winneshiek County Solid Waste Agency
• Law Enforcement Center Building

Boards on which Mr. Peterson serves:

• 1st Judicial District Department of Corrections Board
• Northeast Iowa Juvenile Detention Board
• Iowa Workforce Development Board
• Substance Abuse Services for Clayton County
• Resource Conservation and Development Board
• Turkey River Watershed Management Authority
• Upper Explorerland Revolving Loan Fund Board
• Scenic Acres Facility

Boards on which Mr. McCartney serves:

• County Social Services Mental Health Region
• Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health Center
• Northeast Iowa Community Action Board
• Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission
  • UERPC - Executive Board
• Upper Explorerland Transportation Policy Board
• HAWC Partnerships for Children
• REAP
• County Courthouse & Office Buildings
• County Farmland