(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Board of Supervisors in Montgomery County will hold a Special Meeting at 1:30-p.m. on Monday, July 18th. On their agenda is an interview for the Montgomery County Auditor/Commissioner of Elections position that was made vacant by the resignation in June, of Auditor Stephanie Burke, who resigned at end of last month to accept the school business official/board secretary’s position with the Stanton School District.

It’s expected the interview will be in a closed session after the agenda is approved. Once the Board resume’s in an open session, they will discuss the Auditor’s position and take possible action on making an appointment, or the Board may choose to wait until the November General Election.  If a person is appointed, they must run in November to fill the remainder of Burke’s term, which expires with the 2024 general elections.

Some have suggested Montgomery County Treasurer Jackie Porter and the auditor’s office’s staff handling duties on an interim basis until the November election. Monday’s Montgomery County Board of Supervisor’s meeting takes place in the Supervisor’s Meeting Room, at the Courthouse in Red Oak.