(Harlan, Iowa) – The Shelby County Board of Supervisors met in a regular session Tuesday morning, in Harlan. Shelby County Auditor/Board Secretary Mark Maxwell presented the Supervisors with the Certification (Canvass) of the Shelby County election results that were cast in Shelby County on November 7th, 2023. The results are shown below:

CANDIDATES ELECTED BY THE VOTERS OF THE RESPECTIVE CITIES LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN SHELBY COUNTY:

Shelby County EMS Public Measure – Approved

City of Defiance Mayor – Mary Jo Schaben

City of Defiance City Council At-Large – Max Powers and Brian Kloewer

City of Defiance City Council At-Large To Fill a Vacancy – Bruce Feser

City of Earling Mayor – Janice A. Gaul

City of Earling City Council At-Large – Brandon Boger and Jill Schiltz

City of Elk Horn Mayor – Stan Jens

City of Elk Horn City Council At-Large – Danny L. Petersen and Kayla Creek and Kendall Petersen

City of Harlan Mayor – Jay Christensen

City of Harlan City Council Lincoln Ward – Troy Schaben

City of Harlan City Council Ward 2 – Richard Petersen

City of Harlan City Council Ward 4 – Jenny Kelly

City of Harlan City Council Ward 1 To Fill a Vacancy – Kyle Lindberg

City of Irwin Mayor – James Borcher

City of Irwin City Council At-Large – Richard Wiig and Jonna Willadsen

City of Kirkman Mayor – Matt Nielsen

City of Kirkman City Council At-Large – Dennis Baldwin and Terry Fiscus and John Doonan

City of Panama Mayor – Larry Keane

City of Panama City Council At-Large – Kathleen Ann Schafer and Linda Cogdill

City of Portsmouth Mayor – Donald Kenkel

City of Portsmouth City Council At-Large – Darci Paxton and Teri Dunn

City of Tennant Mayor – James Brantner

City of Tennant City Council – Mark Tearney and Paula Campbell and Tom Ewoldt

City of Westphalia Mayor – Christopher G. von Ahsen

City of Westphalia City Council – Brandon Eck and Bruce Goeser

The meeting then had comments by Chairman Steve Kenkel, and Chris Nelson of the financial auditing firm that performs auditing services for Shelby County. New Iowa Code involving budgets were discussed and reviewed. Mr. Nelson gave his initial thoughts on the financial report submitted by Shelby County for the year ended June 30th, 2023.

Mark Maxwell noted increasing carryovers and Capital reserves was discussed and the example referred to frequently was the air conditioning at the Courthouse next spring. New budget director Taryn Knapp was present to ask questions and receive information about budget preparation. The recently passed EMS public measure and implementation was discussed. Auditor Maxwell will create the needed accounts to get the financial details in order when the financial accounts are needed.