Election of officers:
          Mark Hilleman Holl, Chairman
          Kevin Holl, Vice Chairman
          Sigourney Odor, Secretary/treasurer
           Troy Hibbs, Co-treasurer

Appointment of assistant commissioners:
           Jay Benson, Don Buck, Bill Degner
            Diane Pixler, Glen Wiley, Jim White

Cost share policy review; minor clarification edit, otherwise unchanged.

Updated committee assignments.

Conducted the annual review of EEO and civil rights matters.

Welcomed Union Grove Lake Watershed Coordinator Melody Bro, who reported on current developments in the watershed. Pledged a letter of commitment for a DNR Watershed Planning Grant application.

Reviewed average costs of conservation practices, leaving all the rates the same as 2009.

Approved support for the annual High School Envirothon competition.

Made plans to attend the Spring Regional meeting March 16 in Knoxville.

Reviewed information on the State Employees Retirement Incentive Program.

Attended CDI Regional Meeting in Knoxville.

Selected Seth Appelgate and Kody Sjoblom as our 2010 scholarship winners.  Seth's application was sent  to the Regional competition.

Designated persons to be authorized to sign on the checking account.

Learned that our Secretary, Sigourney Odor, plans to retire at the end of May.

Published the 2009 Annual Report in the newsletter.

Division of Soil Conservation Field Rep Paul Valin talked about the impact of the State Employees Retirement Incentive Program on staffing in the 100 soil conservation districts in Iowa.  Each vacancy created by a retirement is handled on a case-by-case basis.  Claudia Dalbey, secretary in Story County, will cover Marshall County.  Commissioners and staff will work together to determine priorities for secretarial support.

Scheduled the annual audit of the district bank accounts, to be completed by Assistant Commissioners Don Buck and Jim White.

Selected winners in the 2010 poster contest for the top two age divisions.  There were no entries from grades K-8.

Approved a donation to Iowa's Water and Land Legacy project.

Learned that the Iowa's Water and Land Legacy project is not allowed to accept donations from government entities.  Our contribution was returned to us.

Prepared nomination forms to be made available to persons interested in being elected to the office of Soil and Water Conservation District.  Two vacancies will appear on the General Election ballot in November.

Selected nominees for the award categories of Conservation Farmer of the Year and Farmstead Windbreak.

Approved a donation to the Marshalltown High School Envirothon team, who will be participating in the National competition in Fresno, California.

Kevin Holl volunteered to keep the website up to date after Sigourney's retirement.  Approved the purchase of software to be used on his computer.

Celebrated Sigourney Odor's retirement with an Open House luncheon at the office on May 26.