[6:59] Ladies and gentlemen, at 8:15

[7:04] meeting order of [clears throat] the board of supervisors, regular meeting

[7:07] start with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[7:12] United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation

[7:17] under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[7:25] » Thank you all.

[7:31] A motion to approve the consent agenda. >> I make the motion to approve the consent

[7:37] agenda. Moving the accounts payable to under item 11.

[7:44] » Second. >> Motion made and seconded to approve the

[7:49] consent agenda is moving the accounts payable to number

[7:54] 11 due to some software problems yet. So

[8:00] we're working on it. The thought consent agenda also consists of the

[8:06] permit report, jail report, reporters report,

[8:11] [clears throat] minutes from September 1, 2026 board of supervisors meeting,

[8:16] and a fireworks permit for I29 Speedway 191933

[8:23] Jessup Avenue, Pacific Junction on September 26,

[8:28] year of 2026. That's a wrong address.

[8:32] » Oh, what's the address? I'm sorry. >> 19340.

[8:35] » 1 19340. >> Yep.

[8:37] » Okay. >> Wait, that correction.

[8:43] » There's still Jessup, right? >> Yeah.

[8:50] » Any questions? Anyone else have any corrections we need?

[8:55] » All those in favor? I >> move and carry.

[9:02] We have no new liquor license at this time.

[9:07] We're now up to public comment.

[9:12] » Uh morning, Henry Clark, Glennwood, Iowa. Have a quick brief discussion on

[9:18] Glenwood Hospital.

[9:26] And what I'm proposing is for the sale of it. Uh it's item 17. I recommend we

[9:33] do a 280 agreement with the city and the GRC development.

[9:37] Uh I would recommend we assign the Mills County Economic Development staff to

[9:42] this project. Uh what I recommend is one put it up for

[9:48] sale for three months listed on Craigslist or Loopnet as a retirement

[9:52] home, not for rental housing. uh set a price of $2 million with

[9:57] $50,000 property tax ceiling for first two years in market value and I put a

[10:03] million dollar bond for demolition on it. It's not brought into usage within

[10:08] two years. After three months, I recommend putting on auction. Okay? So

[10:14] million dollar minimum again $50,000 tax ceiling, million dollar bond for

[10:19] demolition. Benefits to this would save demolition cost. I just want to throw

[10:24] out $200,000 figure. Uh add the tax rule, say 100,000 or more per year once

[10:30] it's up and running. Add 32 jobs to the market.

[10:35] This item brings my original $23 million potential benefit for the development to

[10:42] auction process of the GRC ground to 25 million. Hospital was never part of my

[10:47] original 23 million to one time cash confusion. Uh, the addition of the

[10:52] $100,000 property tax brings my 2.37 million to

[10:58] date to 2.47 million annual property tax adjustments to either tax increases or

[11:04] cost reductions. Thank you very much for your time

[11:08] consideration. Still asking for a 20-year tax abatement

[11:12] in my house and any property I own during that time. Thank you very much.

[11:17] » Thank you, Henry. >> Appreciate it.

[11:20] Anyone else? Bonnie,

[11:23] » it's nice to see Don here at the at the meetings.

[11:27] » It's nice to see Don here at the meetings.

[11:30] » You need protection. >> You need protection.

[11:33] » Yeah. >> Yeah, you do. [clears throat]

[11:36] [laughter] >> You said that with a little bit of

[11:39] » nah. You've known me. >> Well, I guess you're up there engineer,

[11:46] » right? only general discussion today. Uh September 14th, we're shooting to do the

[11:53] uh permazine application on Eastman Road. That'll be from the whole length

[11:59] of Eastman, so 195th Street, all the way over to 221st Street. That will include

[12:06] up to the top of the hill on 22nd Street.

[12:11] That is of course weather dependent. So if there's rain in the forecast, we'll

[12:15] just push that back. until we get some dry blood.

[12:20] Um, we've sent up to Pawatami County our final comments for the maintenance

[12:26] county line agreement. So, we may have that ready for uh board signatures next

[12:33] Tuesday. Wait for their engineer to see if there's he has any final comments and

[12:38] we'll probably do similar to last time we had a document with them. We signed

[12:45] it here. hurry up to message send it up to them a copy and then they

[12:50] can sign it at their 10 o'clock board meeting do it all in the same day.

[12:55] Our pavement markings uh annual project is completed for the county

[13:02] next week or later later this week. I have flood plane manager web flood based

[13:07] training. So keep up on that. And then, believe it or not, we're already uh

[13:14] getting uh getting things ready for winter maintenance. It's around the

[13:18] corner. Um be looking over our equipment and stuff here in the next month or so.

[13:23] Make sure we're all good. Kind of doing some of the stuff carried over from last

[13:27] year. Minor things, sanders, make sure they're all good. But, uh there's

[13:32] potential for snow not not far away. So, >> as it is, it's not going to snow this

[13:37] year. >> Yeah. You never know, though. have to be

[13:40] prepared. So, um we did just get quotes from our sold prices this year. They did

[13:47] go up, I believe, seven $8 a ton. That happens a lot. We

[13:53] looked at another company. They're even higher. So, let's stick with the company

[13:57] we've been using. It's more but still cheaper than others. So, do what we got

[14:02] to do. But, we'll be getting that. So, we fully stocked

[14:06] » more than 2%. >> Yeah. Well, they didn't raise it for

[14:12] four or five years, so it's been stuck. So, it looks like a big jump. If they

[14:16] would have done the two 3% each year, not as noticeable, but it probably

[14:24] » And what about pre-treatment? >> We're not going to be doing any

[14:28] pre-treatment. >> I don't I think it's a waste of time

[14:32] because you never know what the weather's going to do. And if you put it

[14:36] down and it rains, it goes away. We tried some experiments, different

[14:43] things, and just with our operation, a big big factor is that we don't run 247

[14:49] like the state does. So they can put an application down. They have a lot more

[14:54] traffic and then they can come back and hit it again. Whereas us, we put it

[14:59] down, it may melt it, but then we can get

[15:02] refereed and put another application a few hours later. We don't have quite the

[15:06] amount of traffic that's keeping it there in the roads just running off. So,

[15:12] number of different things plus that that ice storm [clears throat]

[15:17] and the state ran into it too, but we pre-treated

[15:21] 241st and some subdivisions and it honestly didn't make any difference that

[15:26] night. >> Well, I think a lot of it got washed off

[15:29] before

[15:38] I got anything for me. We still have the f grinder or not?

[15:42] » No, we took it back. >> You missed some, but that's okay.

[15:49] » We got a little [clears throat]

[15:54] quite That made quite a difference out on 221st Street.

[15:59] » But there's still some Yeah, that was bad. It just seemed like it kept

[16:05] spelling up to

[16:11] What we got? >> So, I had a few people at Hickory Ridge

[16:15] reach out to me about these trees right here off of Hillman.

[16:19] » Um, they're blocking the right way. Well, not blocking the right way, but

[16:24] blocking the site distance from people pulling off of Hickory Ridge

[16:30] and uh the trees. The issue is is that

[16:33] they're kind of down a ways. It's kind of a ravine right here, but people here

[16:38] were wondering if there was any way that some of these trees could be um cut back

[16:43] so that they have more sight distance, especially since you can't turn left off

[16:49] of 34 right now currently because of construction. Uh might be a good time to

[16:54] do that if we're able to limit

[17:01] it. Well, you can see limits Here's this. So, I mean, it's right close there

[17:10] just to the right where there was >> distance at the corner turning out.

[17:14] » Yeah, I've driven it. I went out there. I mean, it's

[17:18] it's pretty tight. Pretty tight. So, I'm kind of over going into the road a

[17:22] little bit. >> Well, yeah, we'll go take a look at it.

[17:27] If it's up just for sight distance now, but most good. If it's something bigger,

[17:32] push back more to the fall or >> Yeah.

[17:36] » s distance or something like that. Maybe just trim it up.

[17:40] » Yeah. I appreciate it. >> Yeah.

[17:45] » I had a few people kind of jokingly, but in a sense, they said, "Well, you're

[17:51] fixing all them roads over there with that new product and stuff." He says,

[17:56] one guy says, "Can you can you get any of it east of there? east of Glenwood,

[18:00] you know, because it's all over around Glenwood and I will mention it to the

[18:05] engineer. >> Yeah, I know a lot of people perceive it

[18:10] that way, but it's also where the majority of our traffic is and

[18:14] » I told them >> the permazine um we're targeting areas

[18:19] where it's a cost benefit to us, right? And so places like Eastman, we're

[18:23] rocking it two, three times a year, putting this product down then saves us

[18:28] from rocking it hopefully. I mean, we will see, but it's for a cost savings

[18:36] just because of the traffic. >> And I and I explained that and they

[18:39] said, "We understand, but they said, you know, we still would like to have a

[18:43] little bit of new stuff in our area. We don't like to be left behind

[18:47] everything." Fortunately, I can't think of any gravel

[18:51] road on the east side of the county that has the same traffic as Eastman or

[18:56] Deacon for that matter. It's just I mean,

[18:58] » yeah, you couldn't find Washboard. So, any gravel road at some point,

[19:03] » every gravel road, >> but yeah, that's so that's why we're

[19:08] targeting folks in Well, I said if you can't put the cheap stuff down, just pay

[19:12] them. >> Yeah, that's right.

[19:14] » Okay. >> Or we could turn some of them back to

[19:18] their rent. Oh, go ahead.

[19:24] » But we'll uh keep that conversation. >> Okay.

[19:28] » Thank you. Have a good week. >> All right. Thank you.

[19:33] » Mr. Jenner,

[19:37] » thank you for coming in. >> Yeah.

[19:40] Put me on the agenda. So, >> sounds great. [clears throat]

[19:46] my board last Wednesday had an individual who wanted to

[19:51] see a project done in the county I guess so about three weeks ago I talked to him

[19:55] on the phone said it wasn't feasible he came to you guys said he was going to

[19:58] write a grant went to that point brought to my board

[20:02] decided not to go forward with it at all and that's how we're here so I wrote you

[20:07] guys a letter of what my board said

[20:12] [clears throat]

[20:16] sent that to you guys on sorry

[20:24] » so anyway like I said my board is is not trying to move forward with the project

[20:28] so yes I don't know if that's still means I've seen your guys' hands or not

[20:33] or if you guys have nothing to do with it because guess like I said we do not

[20:38] we have everything we need to do

[20:43] now you guys have questions about it or anything like that. But like I said, I

[20:47] think what my board said was pretty straightforward and laid it out there

[20:50] for you guys. So you guys can look at it. Said if you

[20:54] have questions, ask questions. If not, I don't know if any formal action said,

[21:04] you know, I read things on the county attorney what they put out and stuff.

[21:07] And when you try to get all these parties

[21:11] into one room, it's tough to do because you got the lake under this party, you

[21:16] got the grounds under this party, you have the board of supervisors. Uh, you

[21:21] know, >> like I said, we looked into this

[21:24] extensively 10 or 12 years ago. We're not against any of the parks, but we

[21:28] determined 10 or 12 years ago that this is just not feasible.

[21:32] » Well, it's just not feasible to go in that direction. I didn't look into what

[21:37] the insurance would cost to have an ADA ramp. You know, it would be probably on

[21:43] a separate policy because of the danger of it. And

[21:50] there's a lot of things like, you know, the lake may not be deep enough where we

[21:54] have to try and do this. So, you know, there will be dredging concerns and

[21:58] things that >> like I said, there's there's already a

[22:00] boat ramp there duplication services 60 acre light. So,

[22:07] » [clears throat]

[22:09] » So anyway, that's where we're at. >> I think it's a good idea to have an 88

[22:14] doc, good idea to have another program. But there's also a difference between a

[22:19] good idea and what is actually possible according to our staff. I think we need

[22:24] to trust our conservation staff who are out there every day and who have looked

[22:28] into this extensively. Not saying it's a bad idea, not saying that it's something

[22:31] that we can't look into in the future. I just don't think that with the grant

[22:36] deadline by the end of September and the conservation staff not being so sure of

[22:41] this proposal, I don't think that it's a good idea. So, I would make a motion to

[22:47] accept the conservation board's recommendation on requests for matching

[22:51] grant funds and to deny any improvements currently to the area.

[23:02] Forever

[23:15] I will second that for some discussion.

[23:22] We have a motion made and seconded. [clears throat]

[23:28] You might have to correct me on some of this.

[23:32] Uh due to the re recommendation of the

[23:36] conservation board and timing of this right now as far as when the grant has

[23:41] to be done, uh we would deny the improvements to

[23:47] Pony Creek Lake dock and boat ramp area. But

[23:52] fair enough with at least we have it on record.

[23:57] » Main issues that I see is number one, there's concerns about it being deep

[24:02] enough. Um, deficit and tax that they had gone out before in the past and

[24:09] checked the depth and that the depth wasn't quite their standard. Uh second

[24:13] thing that I'd be concerned about is since my understanding it's a

[24:18] non-navigable waterway, we'd have to have an easement with private land

[24:22] owner. Um and I don't believe to my knowledge um we never had the private

[24:29] land owner come in and talk to us. Never met with them. We never saw if this was

[24:33] something that they were interested in doing. And that's from advice from the

[24:38] county attorney's office. So I don't think that this is a terrible idea. I

[24:41] think it's a great idea. I just don't think that it's feasible right now. I

[24:46] think we got to trust our staff. >> Well, another thing, if you look at the

[24:49] number of terraces, conservation work that has done been done in the northern

[24:55] part of the whole drainage district and

[24:58] stuff. You know, we're holding back water, holding back water, and we're not

[25:02] getting the lake filling up, but it's not going to increase much. I mean, it's

[25:07] going to stay about where it is. It's not going to come up two or three feet

[25:11] in the next 10 years or something, you know. So, the tube that

[25:19] » is there any other discussion? >> Yeah. Um,

[25:24] I agree with you a thousand% on, you know, doing the due diligence, but it's

[25:28] just something that we could at least look at or entertain if the land owners

[25:32] did some more research to prove it that is deep

[25:36] enough and if they could get easements, >> we prefer probably just to

[25:42] revamp up the area that's currently being used as appropriate

[25:46] instead of building a whole new area.

[25:51] I mean, you need we have area right now for four to five boats and trailers,

[25:55] which on most days that's plenty overflow parkings across the way at

[26:01] Creek Park. But if we did anything, there' be a lot more fiscally

[26:08] responsible to improve what's currently being used.

[26:13] That's pouring a concrete slab. So it's a concrete boat ramp instead of just

[26:18] gravel which at the same time we could do the one mile lake which gives us

[26:23] probably just as much as one. What do you drink

[26:28] [clears throat] and then we could put a boat dock I mean right off if anything

[26:32] right across from the park of the lake that is currently owned by

[26:38] so then one wouldn't have to deal with it wouldn't have to deal with private

[26:41] land owners. That would be a lot more make a lot more sense and be more

[26:45] fiscally responsible to it.

[26:51] » Does that make sense? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[27:00] We would you like would you know in the future

[27:06] someone becomes interested in this in your

[27:09] » mercy. So that they can cover that currently. Okay.

[27:14] » I I think it's something that we can entertain in the future. It's just by

[27:17] the end of the month.

[27:23] » Okay. So we have a motion made and seconded on the floor and discussion.

[27:28] All those in favor

[27:34] » and saying thank you J. Appreciate it.

[27:39] » Thank you. J. >> Thank you, sir, for your interest.

[27:42] Appreciate it. >> Thank you for your time. I appreciate

[27:44] all your concerns. All brought up valid points.

[27:46] » Thank you, sir. >> Sorry for the short time run on this.

[27:49] » No problem.

[27:53] » Sure. >> How are you this morning?

[27:56] » Everything smooth over the weekend? >> It did. As I can tell, um

[28:03] just update on the on the cars. We had we had a new drone operator among our

[28:08] our crew had to have first car having an inverter put in that got taken care of

[28:12] and they finished that. They did put our the new cruiser that's been not been

[28:16] uped. They took it. So in the process of being hopefully they said a week um I'll

[28:26] take some maybe three. So we're getting close to

[28:31] that spare which would be fantastic for us. Uh, you know, we we spend a lot of

[28:36] time when we have a part down doing shuffle and picking people up.

[28:41] » Jones or >> what's that? That's at Jones.

[28:45] » At Jones. >> At Jones. Yeah.

[28:48] Okay. Well, then we actually went up Friday.

[28:53] » And we're not the only county that has this problem. You go across the state.

[28:59] There just not enough people doing that. You know, I think you could open up one

[29:03] or two more shops and still not have enough.

[29:06] » I have talked to um I know that Vermont County is usually out of Canada. Um but

[29:13] they're using Taho because they were the Taho through that

[29:17] that dealership. I don't know if they're doing other

[29:21] other than Taho. Um, we also had talked to company out of

[29:28] place of Kansas 911 custom. Uh, they're considering buying a building in Omaha

[29:35] and uh doing work out of that. However, the initial up

[29:43] there just be the service. I'm not sure if that helped. We just not

[29:48] have to have those done, but that happened

[29:53] to transport back to a way different. We're we're exploring other options.

[29:59] We're continuing working.

[30:04] Just a side note, we are looking at all of our

[30:10] purchase.

[30:14] We got much cheaper get the same service if not better.

[30:23] That's all I got for today.

[30:28] Okay. Thank you, sir.

[30:50] » Replacement cycle. Um, [clears throat] you know, we added all those to my

[30:54] budget this year. We're facing a lot of pricing issues

[30:58] right now and processors about

[31:03] buying everything off because the prices are outrageous. I'm

[31:08] hoping they'll come down in the future and hope such good but right now I'm

[31:15] doing um four desktops, one laptop and two

[31:19] monitors

[31:22] station county roads for autocat work. standard desktops

[31:29] [cough and clears throat] laptop that replaces the sensor's

[31:31] office.

[31:35] Total this is three at the total of $6,212.36.

[31:42] Sorry, four desktops laptop. >> Sorry, three desktops, one laptop.

[31:49] Three, sorry. What was the price? >> $6,212.

[32:02] Make a motion to purchase replacement computers through CDW. Three desktops,

[32:08] one laptop, and two monitors for $6,23.

[32:13] Second.

[32:32] I seconded it. >> Yes.

[32:37] » Very quiet though. >> Sorry, my ears are plugged. Allergies.

[32:42] Can't hear myself. A motion made, seconded to approve the

[32:47] purchase of computers, three lab, three desktops, one laptop,

[32:53] and one other one. >> Two other three desktops, one laptops.

[33:01] » And a price of $6,212.36.

[33:07] Any further discussion? Not all those in favor?

[33:13] O motion carries purchase of vehicle router.

[33:19] » Oh I'm have to come back next week. So

[33:28] I'll come back next week.

[33:32] » Thank you for all you do. >> Couldn't do without Stacy, could you?

[33:37] » No, I could not. >> There you go.

[33:42] Can you grab Melissa? >> Melissa.

[33:44] » Yeah. So, here's the couch tables if you guys

[33:48] want to thumb through those while Melissa's on the way in.

[33:53] I have some joint projects.

[34:07] Morning.

[34:27] » Oh, no. Those are my Just kidding. Continue on.

[34:31] » Sorry. >> Next on the agenda is our treasure,

[34:36] Mr. L. Consideration of formal action

[34:41] resolution 2632 authorizing the opening of a new bank account and designating

[34:49] dignitaries under Iowa code chapter 12c.

[34:55] So what we've discovered within

[35:01] is that switching to Tyler, it does not

[35:08] allow us to proceed the way that we currently do it with solutions.

[35:13] Um I know that Megan has been in contact

[35:17] with um the drainage districts to verify

[35:23] that they are okay with us opening the bank not just the drainage

[35:28] portion um to where the auditor's office will do their

[35:35] drainage forms. it'll come out of that account and my step in that I don't have

[35:42] to write the checks back to the way they normally would be it now

[35:47] » they'll step out which will be nice make it a lot cleaner too I think

[35:51] » so there'll just be one check issued per drainage district then

[35:55] » no they'll just have their own bank account so all the drainage districts

[35:58] that use the same bank account >> okay

[36:01] » and then they'll have the fund lines just like we have in a regular fund but

[36:04] that would keep it separate from any county money because it's trained

[36:07] districtly. >> I think that's been should have been

[36:10] done sometime. >> Yeah, good idea.

[36:13] » Yeah. >> It's like a headache to me when you guys

[36:17] pull all this money together and going, "Okay, this much goes here, that much

[36:20] goes there. >> Who gets this much interest? Who gets

[36:24] that much interest?" You know, >> a lot.

[36:27] » Absolutely.

[36:32] I can make the motion to approve resolution 2632 authorizing the opening

[36:35] of a new bank account and designating inventories under Iowa

[36:42] code chapter 12C. >> Yeah, it's like four drainage districts.

[36:45] So that way the >> Yes.

[36:50] » Just to make it super clear.

[36:55] » C is working together to

[36:59] motion made and seconded to approve resolution 2632 authorizing

[37:06] opening a new bank account and designating signitories

[37:11] under Iowa code chapter 12C. Any more discussion,

[37:18] concerns?

[37:22] Hearing none. All those in favor? I

[37:26] » opposed. Motion carries. Next on the agenda is the consideration

[37:32] formal action auditor certificate of adjustment for partial numbers.

[37:39] Yep. 0272103.

[37:46] list of zero >> followed by zero.

[37:48] » This was brought to our attention um by a taxpayer um

[37:53] their military and homestead credits were um

[37:58] removed last year. Um and then after they were able to show that they were

[38:04] co-rustee on the trust, we reinstated them.

[38:08] And when we went to run taxes, I know Megan and I looked on like that specific

[38:13] one two or three times to make sure it was on there. Um, you know, didn't want

[38:17] to, but anyway, when we printed it wasn't on there. So, the that first one,

[38:21] that single one is just to add those military credit and also homestead,

[38:26] which they are entitled to as preapproved.

[38:29] » That's what that list is. >> No, that's what just the one is.

[38:32] » Just the one. >> Just the one is right there. So, that's

[38:35] one of them. >> Then all these are

[38:37] » Yep. and then we'll talk about all those.

[38:38] » Okay. I will make a motion to approve Audrey

[38:44] certificate of adjustment for partial number 027210300

[38:48] 0.

[38:55] benefits. >> Second that

[38:59] motion made and seconded to

[39:04] formal action on an auditor certificate of adjustments for partial number

[39:10] » as stated. Thank you. All right. Any more discussion?

[39:18] All those in favor? >> I

[39:22] motion carries. Consider formal action auditor certificate of adjustment

[39:28] multiple personals partial due to software calculation error and low

[39:34] income elderly. >> So we've got a stack of them there and

[39:40] then I have two more that I don't have the certificate ready because I was

[39:43] having to check the math on it. Um so she did those so I have two more that we

[39:48] add to it. Um these we're not sure what happened. Um, our software did not

[39:54] calculate the eligibility low-inccome tax credit. So, it showed on, if you

[39:59] look at your package, if you look at the back speed, it shows there is a credit

[40:02] there. But, if you do the math, the credit's not really there. So, this just

[40:07] um adjusts those amounts to make sure that they get all the credits that are

[40:11] due to them. Now, I have two more that your packet

[40:16] and I can email those to you later today,

[40:19] but they're the same situation. I just wanted to make sure our map was mapping

[40:22] on that

[40:27] » solution. >> We think so.

[40:29] » It is. There are other charters that have come for them about that as well

[40:35] that didn't did not calculate correctly. And then the other part that they

[40:39] there's two of them in here that um they have made future payments towards their

[40:47] taxes. Um, and the future payments were deducted in the net net tax prior to the

[40:55] credits being applied. So there's one of them in here who would

[41:05] they pay towards that and um they were actually build

[41:12] they should actually have a credit going into

[41:17] not much on on one but because of that they should have so then we'll work to I

[41:25] guess let's actually all of them has let them know that this

[41:29] is being done. Um >> is that something you get a hold of

[41:33] solutions for? Is it something you get a hold of for moving forward?

[41:36] » Well, I don't I don't think it's a Tyler issue

[41:40] just based on the issues that solutions have with calculating tax. A lot of

[41:44] different other issues that have come up as well like just seems like they can't

[41:48] whatever reason their math doesn't seem to be working.

[41:52] the elderly the [clears throat] future payment one goes back two years there's

[41:56] been rejurers but it's I've had that same issue going back two years and

[42:01] solutions are supposed to fix >> it's something new for me

[42:08] » and I somewhere >> in a in a sense it's going to be six

[42:12] months before you will really know if the system will work correctly

[42:18] » the new one >> right

[42:19] » well I mean we'll test it as we go. We'd probably be a whole year through it

[42:23] before we have all the bugs out, honestly.

[42:26] » Okay. >> I mean, it just it

[42:28] » and you know, that's something maybe you can explain to them, too. You know, this

[42:31] system is new to us, new to everybody. >> Uh I thought about maybe bringing Tyler

[42:38] in, let you let everybody departments, you know, ask questions if

[42:43] they had questions. I think once we get a little closer, um, might not be a bad

[42:47] idea, but I mean, >> okay,

[42:49] » we're just kind of rough that right now. I mean, they did have Floral was here

[42:53] all of the week before last and helped out as well.

[42:56] » I felt that we did help. >> It was worth it.

[42:59] » It is. Yeah, I think so. It's a lot of time hands-on. So,

[43:02] » right. >> Still got some other issues that we're

[43:04] working through, but I think that's to be expected when you're changing

[43:07] software providers. Um, and Tyler is a a bigger company, so they don't have

[43:12] software writers that only do Iowa. They do everywhere. So, you're going to your

[43:17] software person and you're telling them what they need, but they don't have a

[43:21] program set specifically for Iowa. So, when you are working with them, they are

[43:24] creating these programs work exactly how you would, which is great, but also

[43:28] takes a ton of work. So, and then I um if you guys approve

[43:34] these adjustments, then what I'll do is in the minutes I will type out all the

[43:38] minutes so that we have it on file. But there was probably

[43:54] » just so everybody somebody's aware of what's

[43:59] » you got have enough checks and balances, right?

[44:02] » They're getting that all the time.

[44:10] I have yet motion to approve auditors for adjustment for multiple parcels due

[44:16] to software calculation error on lowincome elderly credits. I second

[44:23] that. >> A motion made and seconded

[44:29] to approve auditor's certificate of adjustments for multiple parcels use of

[44:34] software calculation air and low income elderly credits.

[44:42] » Will we have to show this in a budget amendment? It's really

[44:45] » I don't think so. No, it's just a credit.

[44:51] Is there any other discussion, [snorts] questions, concerns? I think this is

[44:58] something that if we have to look at it monthly, we should look at it monthly.

[45:02] Be more show up. I mean, who knows what's going to show up.

[45:06] » We ran we were able to run the report from Melissa has filed for the elderly

[45:10] and low-inccome and we just ran all of them. And so that's that's everybody

[45:13] that has that credit. So, We should I mean we might have some

[45:19] other issues with some calculating but I don't think it'll be these run through

[45:23] and fix all those that is all we have on probably

[45:28] » all those in favor

[45:32] [clears throat]

[45:36] » thank you

[45:46] discussion possible formal action additional accounts payable rate

[45:51] » I'm not sure we're going to she got most of them done

[45:57] can we do the other two items first and I'll send

[46:01] her to see if we need those additional I

[46:06] think she said she got a lot of it done

[46:12] » did she get >> that's

[46:18] got on Tyler's to-do list.

[46:22] » Yep. >> If you could say,

[46:23] » yep, we had a little hiccup with the [clears throat]

[46:29] um didn't give her permission to actually

[46:32] finish the final. So, that is everything there that she was able to enter and get

[46:36] taken care of. [snorts] >> Want to go on to the discussion of the

[46:40] bill? >> Well, we can approve

[46:45] Yeah, you guys want to do accounts payable first?

[46:47] » Yeah, accounts payable way that make a motion to approve accounts payable.

[46:55] Second that

[47:01] motion made and seconded to approve accounts payable.

[47:10] Any questions or [clears throat and cough]

[47:15] concerns from the board members.

[47:19] I'll ask for approval.

[47:24] [cough] [clears throat]

[47:27] » Yes, >> we need to take you to doctor.

[47:29] » I know.

[47:32] » Okay. Uh what about the additional accounts payable date?

[47:36] » Do not need that. >> Do not need that. Okay. She just texted.

[47:40] She got a lot of them done. That's good. >> Okay. Do you have any news on the

[47:48] [clears throat] VA building?

[47:51] » So, I'm working with I sent information to Deshawn and Don on Friday um with all

[47:57] the parameters that you guys wanted for that. So, as soon as they are able to

[48:02] have time to get together that all the information we need like the resolutions

[48:06] and stuff, then I'll have it for you guys. They would probably move that date

[48:09] the dates back a little bit just for time sake just it's going to take a

[48:12] little longer to get those things ready um because I know their office of swamps

[48:16] right now. So we are working towards it. It is getting closer um to having you

[48:21] know finally been able to set that date but want to make sure that we have all

[48:24] of our eyes crossed before we do that. So as soon as they are ready then I'll

[48:30] bring it back. I know you guys

[48:35] attention. So yeah, Lisa is out sick.

[48:43] » Yeah.

[48:49] » Thank you.

[48:55] » Coming and I'm gonna have new business so don't skip it. Okay. No, please.

[49:05] Any birthdays or anything over there today?

[49:09] » No. Not today. >> Coffee.

[49:14] » 101. Last week. I was You turned 101. >> Gary did. Yes, that's where I was at.

[49:20] » I was Morning Katie. How are you? Okay, good.

[49:24] » All right. How are you guys? >> Good.

[49:27] Katie Dodd for electing deputy consider formal action canvas of special election

[49:32] for Hastings City Council fill a vacancy held

[49:38] held on September 1, 2026.

[49:43] » So the first thing I do is I'm always just going to file our post election

[49:47] audit with you guys. Um we conducted that on Friday. Um, Secretary of State

[49:54] randomly selects a precinct um that gets audited in every election. Um, for this

[49:59] election, the precincts were um the Hastings precinct and then the absentee

[50:04] precinct. What got picked was our absentee precinct. We had one ballot

[50:07] spot in >> one.

[50:11] It was really difficult. [clears throat]

[50:16] So >> stupid question, but you does there have

[50:18] to be any kind of percentage or majority to do this or is it just

[50:26] » when it comes to candidates, it can be um a tie or they by one vote, they can

[50:34] » What if this one person says >> they've already

[50:39] » for the time being? >> What if they What if they didn't? Um if

[50:45] they didn't it would have gone to the next highest vote getter.

[50:50] » The next highest vote getter. So this is just the absentee precinct. We had nine

[50:53] total votes in the election. >> There's one that came and voted

[50:56] » absentee. >> Okay.

[50:58] » Yeah. So one voted absentee, eight people voted.

[51:03] » So um that if the absentee uh or the post-election audit is a little bit more

[51:10] thorough when you have >> sure

[51:12] » more ballots. So, [laughter] >> yeah.

[51:16] » Any questions on it? >> Nope.

[51:20] » Okay. >> All right. Then all we need to do is

[51:24] sign abstracts. Um, so Denny Lawrence won. He had five votes.

[51:37] » See, nine voters. He has five votes. Was it five?

[51:40] » Um, so Vinnie had five votes. Uh Terry Rosco had three and then Alita Jones had

[51:45] one.

[51:51] » Yeah.

[51:59] » All right. And because there was no statewide reporting for this, the

[52:02] election summary just looks a little bit different.

[52:06] » Uh you'll need to sign that one.

[52:10] » Yes. It doesn't matter where

[52:26] » seal. [laughter] >> Well, I I didn't have a lot to seal this

[52:30] time, so it's easy to get >> done.

[52:34] When I have like 300 pages to seal, kind of put [laughter] it off a little bit.

[52:39] I was worried about how much we were going to have to sign.

[52:44] » That'll be in November. Don't worry. You'll get your your signing done then.

[52:50] [clears throat and cough]

[53:01] » Amber will get silos.

[53:06] Do we need a motion to approve this? Accept this.

[53:11] » Make a motion to approve the canvas of special election hasting city council to

[53:15] fill back city hall on September 1st. >> Second. Motion made seconded to

[53:22] approve canvas of special election of Haitian

[53:26] city council to fill a vacancy September 1, 2026. All those in favor?

[53:36] Okay, >> thank you.

[53:37] » Thank you, Katie.

[53:43] » Next on the agenda is board supervisor committee meeting update. Uh, the only

[53:48] one I had last week, I we had an EMS meeting

[53:52] here in Glenwood at the county annex building.

[53:58] Approximately 25 people that were not associated with

[54:04] fire or rescue were there, which I thought was great.

[54:10] We had probably an hour almost almost an hour and a half of

[54:17] comments, questions. Uh there was some people that got a little

[54:22] upset because one couple seemed to accumulate

[54:28] » 75% of the time. And I think somebody finally tapped the gun on the shoulder

[54:33] and says, "Can other people ask questions?"

[54:37] She was They were very liid about

[54:42] [clears throat] asking for the dollar half when we had

[54:45] mentioned that maybe we would only need a$110

[54:49] to make this work. Joe George did a very good job on

[54:56] putting forth why we were asking for the dollar and a half and to have the 40

[55:01] cents that we would not ask for. And she finally I I guess we could say

[55:07] understood that no uh because turn around and do this all again a big

[55:14] cost to the county to put it up to vote again. Uh so you know u

[55:22] there was a lot of good questions asked a lot of concerns you know about what

[55:26] was going to take place and when we put our

[55:29] final tally sheet or whatever you want to call it out to the public and thing I

[55:34] think it'll be a lot easier to understand. So

[55:38] that's the only one I had. Last week I had a zoring board of

[55:44] adjustments meeting. I spoke about the uh conduct within our meeting um what

[55:50] power board of adjustment members have, what should be said, what shouldn't be

[55:55] said. There's pretty good discussion [clears throat] um following an issue

[56:00] that occurred from a meeting a few months ago. So we're on track. Uh we

[56:06] talked briefly about the upcoming Bolson Lake solar project conditional use

[56:11] permit as well and that was decided to be held down at the annex instead of the

[56:16] high school. That way um it can be reported and heard well like at the high

[56:22] school where we'll have to use here very well. Additionally had

[56:27] conservation board meeting uh Jason Hoffman came and presented the dock

[56:32] idea. We had a very long discussion. The conservation board did along with

[56:37] members of the conservation staff. Um, everybody thought it was a great idea.

[56:42] We were just concerned about the feasibility of the of the project. So,

[56:47] um, they ultimately decided to send that letter that we received today. That's

[56:51] all I had. >> What was your first name?

[56:54] » Gordon. [snorts]

[56:56] Last week, I was going to attend the EMS meeting and we had an emergency at

[57:00] juvenile detention. had a elderly man driving his

[57:05] grandchildren on the South Expressway and

[57:09] had a some health issues and missed every

[57:14] building and tree along the way and proceeded to hit our juvenile detention

[57:20] building. Kind of hard to do >> challenging.

[57:24] » Yeah. But I it happened. Um >> yeah, it just didn't go well. So I had

[57:30] to go up there for a few hours.

[57:35] » Okay.

[57:40] Over here

[57:44] down

[57:51] » under new business. I um have had QRS investments um echo groups contact and

[57:58] send in. They've done this for a couple years, but I kind of wasn't able to get

[58:02] move forward with it due to um not getting the information I needed. Um

[58:09] anyway, so they're asking for an abatement and in 2024 uh an ordinance

[58:14] was passed um for new construction like for commercial or industrial that does

[58:20] allow for partial exemptions. Um it's a five-year sliding scale. Um,

[58:27] and I have the application, but we'll need to follow the the ordinance here.

[58:32] And I believe we'll have to have a public hearing, and I do think we'll

[58:37] have to have a development agreement that is created for them. Now, there is

[58:39] a development agreement that was created at one point. Um, but that um did not

[58:45] ever get approved and I don't know if that's because

[58:51] the ordinance had to go through first and maybe it got forgotten or I don't

[58:55] know. So, I'm going to work with the county attorney's office on this to see

[59:00] if get something moving on this because

[59:04] it's been off for like two years now and it needs to get done if you guys are

[59:07] willing at least get it in front of you guys to get approved. Um, so I'm

[59:11] waiting. The assessor now is working on the values that I need that will show

[59:16] the actual value added for the new construction and how then that would

[59:20] then be written into a development agreement and we'd have to have a public

[59:22] hearing to approve that. Thus approving the abatement as well. I have reached

[59:27] out to um I think his name is Greg over at QRS and

[59:32] let him know that we're looking into it. Um I will probably give him a call again

[59:35] today. Just tell them where we are. Um but it's something that at least needs

[59:39] to come before you guys decide something you want to do or not

[59:42] » in the development agreements or any other agreements we have I would like to

[59:45] see added um that uh while they're applying for this exemption that they

[59:52] also agree to the valuation just because of uh let's use Bucky for

[59:58] example you agreed for we didn't previous administration did a 15 20 year

[1:00:05] uh abatement And then uh once time came due, they

[1:00:09] said, "No, we're not worth that much." And then [clears throat]

[1:00:12] » won and fought it. So >> I think we need to make sure that in the

[1:00:15] development agreement, it's clear that this is only an abatement of county

[1:00:18] taxes. Yes. >> Not of everybody else's.

[1:00:20] » Yeah. And and this is good. >> So that's something I am working on. Um

[1:00:26] I'm also going to be meeting with all of our um developers to or over the next

[1:00:32] week talk about next year's um tip and the removal.

[1:00:38] Um so I'll probably have some more information for you guys next week on

[1:00:40] those. No, I totally agree with Wish because

[1:00:47] we lost ear over $300,000 with the court with Dungi

[1:00:54] and when it came down to it, P County and

[1:00:58] Mills County looked at one another and said, "We can't afford disable. We were

[1:01:03] paying the lawyers bills for >> losing and they were getting expensive."

[1:01:10] I capes though. So they agreed to it upfront, right?

[1:01:15] » This is our value. Be harder for them to fight it later on.

[1:01:21] » Just want to get that front kn. >> Thank you. Ambering

[1:01:25] was I had 20 year property tax.

[1:01:34] » Hey, does anyone else have any new business? The only new business I want

[1:01:39] to let you both know is that I received a phone call from Sam Deliv last week of

[1:01:46] Sam's agricultural properties just north of this house last year. They were taxed

[1:01:52] as residential instead of agricultural which raised his taxes from roughly

[1:01:58] 7,000 to around 13 14,000. Um since it is a two-year cycle, um that is the same

[1:02:07] for this year, uh his taxes are still residential. Um he did meet with Chris

[1:02:13] Goig in the past. Um and at the time she did say that she would take care of it.

[1:02:19] She did not take care of it. Um it's fixed for future reference, but uh if

[1:02:26] you guys [clears throat] are okay with it, I'd like to be able to fix it for

[1:02:32] now and be able to do an abatement or credit for this tax season. So, I asked

[1:02:38] Michelle to determine what the valuation would be if it was agricultural instead

[1:02:44] of residential. She's working on that. Then after that, I believe it goes to

[1:02:49] Amber's office to determine taxes. Then after that, we'll vote in the list. like

[1:02:56] the [clears throat] three of them last week. Um ultimately it's something that

[1:03:00] the board of supervisors would have to decide. Um but I think that um I think

[1:03:06] he kind of got wrong. I'd like to see it made right a little bit.

[1:03:10] » Um on the valuation for those properties, [clears throat]

[1:03:14] his um classification was changed prior to 2023. So it has been residential for

[1:03:19] some time. Um, also the taxes he's paying on now are from 2025

[1:03:24] value. He missed the appeal time for the board of review. Um, he can go and

[1:03:30] appeal to the board review next year and he can can appeal the 2026 and for the

[1:03:35] upcoming 2027 if it's not changed. Um, I believe as an honor standard that is the

[1:03:41] the avenue that needs to be used because the board of adjustment and Chris may

[1:03:45] have intended to change it, but since it wasn't changed, I think you're opening

[1:03:51] up a can of worms to allow anybody to say, "Hey, that I was going

[1:03:53] [clears throat] to have it changed. It didn't get changed." Um, we couldn't

[1:03:56] really find a whole lot other than it was supposed to be changed in 2026. So,

[1:03:59] it should be we're working on the 226 months to get those changed. But, I

[1:04:03] think the correct avenue on this would be for him to go to board review.

[1:04:08] I think it's an important process that we don't want people to skip.

[1:04:12] » I would I would agree that that's the route. And the one other thing is it's

[1:04:17] it's it is already splitting a lot. >> So

[1:04:22] » it's >> Yeah,

[1:04:24] » it is. But it's been bar >> it's use. Yes. So so the best way to

[1:04:31] vacate it >> best way to vacate it moving forward

[1:04:33] would be to vacate some there's nothing to argue about because

[1:04:39] it is being used as a >> I just believe I' I've discussed the

[1:04:45] issue with them. If we want to go a different route Amber if you want to go

[1:04:48] a different route to understand. I will um ask Sam if we can talk to him.

[1:04:54] » That's fine. You can come in. But I would I would still I would defer to the

[1:04:58] board of review. It's not my place to do that. Um and and he can still go back

[1:05:03] and say the 226 ones and get those back to act if they aren't already.

[1:05:07] » Sure. >> But the the time period to

[1:05:11] fight your um fight your

[1:05:16] » process. >> It's a process and and he missed it by a

[1:05:18] month. and he was told that that you you know you'll have to come back next April

[1:05:22] to request being withd

[1:05:41] and then you sold one then

[1:05:45] both ways just get rid of the subdivision.

[1:05:49] because it can very easily open up. >> Yeah.

[1:05:56] » I believe we'll work with anybody we need to work with.

[1:05:59] » Absolutely. >> I think we need to have a conversation

[1:06:01] because it kind of happened all of a sudden. He he came in, he had the

[1:06:05] conversation, said he was going to be fixed. Ultimately, it didn't get fixed

[1:06:09] for whatever reason. And um if there's any way that we can follow up with any

[1:06:14] route to be able to take care of it um I don't like to see a old farmer's tax and

[1:06:20] get up. So

[1:06:25] » there's no further business there. I'll make a posture. Go ahead.

[1:06:29] » Uh you have board of adjust next week. >> Yeah.

[1:06:33] » Uh >> I already have a I already have a form

[1:06:36] up. >> Okay. The 15th.

[1:06:38] » Thank you. It'll be it. >> I think next Okay.

[1:06:42] » It's on the solar farm, right? >> That's all I have.

[1:06:48] » What time did you say, sir? >> 914. Second.

[1:06:54] » Motion made and seconded to our meeting at 9:14. All those in favor?

[1:07:03] » We are done people.

[1:07:07] the church.

Board of Supervisors Meetings - September 8, 2026

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