(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors held their 2024 Organizational meeting this (Tuesday) morning, followed by their regular Tuesday session. During the organizational meeting, the Board elected to retain Mike Olson as Board Chair, and Charla Schmid as Vice-Chair. They also decided to continue holding their meetings every Tuesday at 8:30-a.m.  In other action, they designated the Red Oak Express as the Official County Newspaper. The Board opted not to include the Villisca Review as a secondary source for publication of County business. The Supervisors set the 2024 County Employee’s Holiday Schedule, and named Supervisors to serve on numerous committees.

During regular business following the reorganization, the board unanimously approved a new resolution for this year regarding bridge embargoes per Iowa Code. Chair Mike Olson said the move comes primarily to allow for enforcement of the weight limits on the county bridges put in place by the county engineer. Every bridge in Montgomery County is legally embargoed whether it’s 40 tons or below.  Per Iowa law, the embargoed bridge restrictions apply to any implements pulled by farm equipment such as grain carts and wagons, semi-trailers, and manure tanks. The limitations will remain in place until a county engineer certifies that said limitations have been resolved.