County Government Organization

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There are three basic forms of county government: Traditional Plural Executive Form (the current form in Black Hawk County); the Elected Executive Plan; and the County Manager Form. Under the County Charter Government Bill passed in 1988 by the Iowa General Assembly, counties are allowed to study and change that form.


Elected Officials
Elected Officials are the board of supervisors, recorder, treasurer, auditor, sheriff and county attorney. Each official is elected to a four-year term.

NAME	TITLE	TERM EXPIRES
John Miller (D)	Supervisor	2016
Linda Laylin (D)	Supervisor	2016
Tom Little (D)	Supervisor	2016
Craig White (D)	Supervisor	2014
Frank Magsamen (D)	Supervisor, Chairperson	2014
Tom Ferguson (D)	Attorney	2014
Rita Schmidt (R)	Treasurer	2014
Tony Thompson (D)	Sheriff	2016
Judy McCarthy (D)	Recorder	2014
Grant Veeder (D)	Auditor	2016

Appointed Officials
Appointed Officials are appointed, or hired, by the Board of Supervisors to manage administrative departments. The following department heads serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors.

NAME	TITLE	DEPARTMENT
Rory Geving	Superintendent of Maintenance	Building Maintenance
Kim M. Veeder	Information Technology Director	Information Technology (IT)
Catherine Nicholas	County Engineer	Engineer
Doug Meyer (Interim)	Country View Administrator	Country View
Amy Landers Jones	Youth Shelter Director	Youth Shelter
Jerald Clyde	Human Resources Director	Human Resources
Bob Lincoln	Community Services Administrator	Community Services

Appointments for some officials are handled differently, such as the Health Department, Conservation and Veterans' Affairs. The Health Department and Conservation are their own "Employer of Record" so are not part of county bargaining units. The director of the Health Department is appointed by the Board of Health, whose five members are appointed to three year terms by the Board of Supervisors.

NAME	POSITION	DEPARTMENT
Bruce Meisinger	Health Department Director	Health Department

The executive director for Conservation is appointed by the Conservation Board. Appointments to the five member board are made by the Board of Supervisors and serve five year terms.

NAME	POSITION	DEPARTMENT
Vern Fish	Conservation Executive Director	Conservation Board

The director for Veterans Affairs is appointed by the Veterans' Commission. Appointments to the five member commission are made by the Board of Supervisors. Commissioners serve three year staggered terms.

NAME	POSITION	DEPARTMENT
Bennie Spain	Executive Director	Veterans Affairs

Associate Official
Associate Official refers to the assessor. The county assessor is appointed by a Conference Board that consists of members of the Board of Supervisors, a representative from each of the school districts and the mayor from each of the cities in the county. Term of appointment is six years. The assessor's budget is appropriated by its own tax levy, unlike other departments.

NAME	TITLE	TERM EXPIRES
Tami McFarland	Assessor	2015