Dallas County supervisors reorganize leadership, approve committee assignments, banks and official papers

The Dallas County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 2 adopted a package of organizational measures to begin the 2026 calendar year, appointing Supervisor Julia Helm as board chair and setting committee and administrative designations for the year.

By adopting Resolution 2026-001, the board named Julia Helm chair and designated Supervisors Kim Chapman and Brad Golightly as chairs pro tem, effective Jan. 2, 2026. A motion to adopt the resolution was made and seconded and the action was entered into the record and attested by the county auditor.

The board also approved Resolution 2026-002, which lists committee assignments for each supervisor. The assignments place Helm on regional planning and transportation bodies including the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and designate alternate memberships across the Central Iowa Regional Transportation Planning Alliance (CIRTPA), REAP, MIDFA and watershed and emergency management entities. The motion passed without further discussion.

In Resolution 2026-003 the board designated multiple financial institutions as official depositories for county funds for 2026 and set maximum deposit limits by office. The list includes (by example) Lincoln Savings Bank (Adel), Wells Fargo Bank, Raccoon Valley Bank and IPAIT, with maximum deposit amounts specified in the county record for recorder, sheriff and treasurer offices.

The board named Dallas County News and The Perry Chief as the county’s official newspapers for legal notices and publications under Resolution 2026-004, effective Jan. 2, 2026.

Finally, Resolution 2026-005 appointed a roster of Dallas County residents to serve on an Eminent Domain Compensation Commission for one year, listing owners of agricultural and city property, several realtors and several people identified as knowledgeable about property values; names and contact information were entered into the record.

These organizational actions were procedural and were approved by motion and recorded in the minutes. The board moved on to other agenda business after the package of resolutions was adopted.