County Commission

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• Jim Scaggs: Presiding Commissioner 
• Ben Young: Southern District Associate Commissioner
• Ronnie Chandler: Western District Associate Commissioner

 Iron County has three Commissioners as do all third-class counties; Each Commissioner serves a four-year term. The election of Commissioners is staggered every two years. The district Commissioners being elected during the Presidential election and the Presiding Commissioner in the next two years. The Presiding Commissioner is elected by the votes from the entire county.
Iron county has 6 townships (Dent, Kaolin, Iron, Arcadia, Liberty and Union) and is divided into two Districts, Southern District & Western District. These districts are decided by population, and they are divided as equal as possible. Every ten years a census is taken, and the Commission decides whether to redistrict the townships.

The Commission is responsible for County administrative tasks which includes:

• Maintenance and repair of approximately 250 miles of roadways and bridges
• Establishes County policy.
• Approves and adopts the annual budget for all County operations.
• The County Commissioners are responsible for all county owned property. This includes all real estate such as the Courthouse, Justice Center, Administrative offices and all County owned buildings and everything in these buildings plus County owned vehicles and equipment.

In addition, The County Commission must represent the County on the following regional councils which may encompass Iron County:

• Division of Workforce Development
• Regional Planning Committee
• Solid Waste Management
• East Missouri Action Agency
• University of Missouri Extension
• Commissions and councils relating to health, education or welfare of the citizens as established by executive or legislative action of the government of The United States or of the State
• Other councils and organizations relating to operations of counties as from time to time may be created.