The Cass County Board of Supervisors held their annual administrative meeting this (Tuesday) morning, in Atlantic. Two newly-elected members of the Board, Steve Baier of Griswold and Steve Green, of Atlantic, began their duties after having been sworn-in, earlier. The first order of business was to elect a Board Chair and Vice Chair.
Cass County Board of Supervisors (clockwise, from left to right): Steve Green; Frank Waters; Gaylord Schelling; Dale Sunderman (Auditor/Board Secretary); Mark Wedemeyer and Steve Baier.
The Supervisors unanimously re-elected Gaylord Schelling as the Board Chair, and Frank Waters as Vice-Chair, following a recommendation by Schelling. In other business, the Board approved the appointment of deputies for the Auditor and Sheriff’s Offices, the appointment of Township Clerks with current incumbents, with the exception of Brighton Township, where the current clerk asked not to be re-appointed. To fill the position, the Board appointed Tonia Larsen.
The Board made no changes in the dates and times of their regular, future meetings. The meetings will continue to be held on Wednesday’s, beginning at 8:30-a.m., with the exception being the last week of the month, when they are normally held the last business day of the month.
They also made no changes (other than changing the date) in the 2017 annual livestock construction facility resolution, commonly known as the Master Matrix.
The Cass County Board of Supervisors approved the following appointments:
Mary Anstey Deputy Auditor
Sheri Karns Deputy Auditor
William Ayers Deputy Sheriff
Benjamin Bartholomew Deputy Sheriff
Ryan Johnson Deputy Sheriff
Corey Larsen Deputy Sheriff
Joshua McLaren Deputy Sheriff
Kyle Quist Deputy Sheriff
Tyler Shiels Deputy Sheriff
John Westering Chief Deputy Sheriff
Joni Knudsen Sheriff’s Assistant
Billie Taylor-McLaren Sheriff’s Assistant
Stephanie Witzman Civil Process Server
A township clerk and a township trustee in each of 14 townships were to be appointed. Only the clerk in Brighton Township filed a request to not be re-appointed and one application for that position was received. Motion by Green, second by Waters to make the following appointments:
Township Name Township Trustee 4 yr term ends Township Clerk 4 yr term ends
Bear Grove Joe Herbert (12/31/2020) Jeff Schuler (12/31/2020)
Benton Vicki Sanny (12/31/2020) Linda L. Olsen (12/31/2020)
Brighton Judy Sandbothe (12/31/2020) Tonia Larsen (12/31/2020)
Cass Duane Weirich (12/31/2020) Max R. Potter (12/31/2020)
Franklin Ray Zellmer (12/31/2020) Virginia Eilts (12/31/2020)
Grant Clifford Merk (12/31/2020) Tom Schultes (12/31/2020)
Grove Robert Vernon (12/31/2020) Shirley Jacobsen (12/31/2020)
Lincoln Kathryn Russell (12/31/2020) Linda Harms (12/31/2020)
Massena Joy Scanlan (12/31/2020) Joyce Bower (12/31/2020)
Noble Rod Sindt (12/31/2020) Tim Steinbeck (12/31/2020)
Pleasant Kenneth Cousins (12/31/2020) Luanne Steffens (12/31/2020)
Pymosa Glen R. Smith (12/31/2020) Kristy Pellett (12/31/2020)
Victoria Duane Ortgies (12/31/2020) Linda Edwards (12/31/2020)
Washington Alan Zellmer (12/31/2020) Duane Winston (12/31/2020)