[0:02] This conference will now be recorded.
[0:09] Will stand
[0:15] alsible
[0:25] with liberty and justice for all.
[0:34] Welcome everyone to Tuesday September
1st board of supervisors meeting.
[0:40] Uh it's also available on goto for later
viewing.
[0:46] We all should have received an agenda.
[0:51] There's no movement of any item.
Um, I would entertain a motion.
[0:58] » Move to the agenda.
>> I have a motion. Do I have a second?
[1:04] » Second.
>> Motion and a second.
[1:08] Any discussion?
All those in favor say I.
[1:13] » I.
>> I.
[1:14] » Oppos. Same sign.
Passes.
[1:19] Approve the minutes of the August 25th
meeting.
[1:24] have a chance to look at the minutes.
[1:32] If no additions or corrections, I
[clears throat] corrections, I would
[1:35] enter a motion.
>> I move to approve the minutes.
[1:41] » Motion do I have a second?
>> Second.
[1:44] » Motion and second on the floor. Any
discussion?
[1:47] » Roll call. Jim.
>> Hi.
[1:48] » Sydney.
>> Hi.
[1:49] » Dad.
>> Hi.
[1:50] » Mark.
>> Hi.
[1:51] » Bam.
>> Hi. Motion passes.
[1:57] County Attorney General discussion. He's
not here.
[2:05] » Sheriff's update.
>> Yes. Good morning, every morning.
[2:09] » Just a quick update. We did do a a test
this morning at 6:30 on the generator.
[2:14] It was successful. did switch over what
we were hopeful for, but we're going to
[2:19] continue to conduct some testing on that
just to make sure we're consistent
[2:22] before we further the the bids on this.
Outside of that, our dispatch center
[2:30] number two is back up and running. So,
everything is good in that area. Other
[2:35] than that, I don't have anything if you
have any questions for me.
[2:39] Any
>> questions sh
[2:44] Thank you.
[2:47] uh department head discussion
[2:53] » two things um want to confirm next
week's meeting slashno meeting unless
[2:59] anyone has anything
>> anything big come in has anything okay
[3:06] » anything come across
I would consensus
[3:11] take a week off
>> yeah you Sure.
[3:14] » Mhm.
>> No meeting next week.
[3:19] » And then second one, um, just after a
visit yesterday, I just wanted to
[3:24] discuss taxes a little bit, how they
work. Um, so if you look at your taxes,
[3:31] when we reprint them, it gets printed on
the bottom. I believe they're they're on
[3:34] the top of this your second page there.
The different taxing authorities. Um, so
[3:40] for this person, it says like the
distribution of your current taxes. It
[3:46] gives a percentage there. So this
individual, the first one is Osage
[3:52] school is 47%.
So when you come to the county and you
[3:56] say, why are you raising our taxes? Just
look at those just to see like where
[4:00] your money is actually going to. It's
not just Rachel's raising her taxes. I
[4:05] have nothing to do with it. I'm just
putting it all together, compiling it.
[4:10] Um,
they're all listed there. There's Oage
[4:14] School, Rural Basic, General Basic,
General Supplemental, NYAK, Hospital, a
[4:20] township if you're in a township or city
if you're in a city. Um, the assessor
[4:24] and egg extension.
That's all. They have questions. And
[4:30] there was a big change last year with
the roll back how that went down the
[4:34] taxable value actually kind of stayed
the same. Um but there's just those
[4:41] different changes that are happening.
>> I'd like to add to that too that um you
[4:47] know everybody wants a raise also and uh
we our taxpayers money are going for
[4:56] services that we provide.
So if we don't increase with the times,
[5:04] the services will decline
as far as I'm concerned. So
[5:09] we just have to consider that
we need our roads plowed. We need rock
[5:15] on our road and improvements. So
[5:23] anybody else have anything?
Any more department heads?
[5:30] County Engineer update.
>> Good morning. I guess I'll stand. Go
[5:35] ahead.
>> Oh, it's fine. No,
[5:38] » I was going to ask.
>> I knew there was something I wanted to
[5:41] ask.
>> I don't have a lot. What happened to the
[5:44] company chair? Anybody know? I I'm
guessing it's over in in the planning
[5:49] and zoning office because John Robinson
has been back and forth doing they've
[5:54] been doing some work there
>> and that was okay the closest chair with
[5:58] a roller.
>> I don't want to get comfortable here
[6:00] anyway brought that up because I was
going to say something at the department
[6:03] head
>> last week I pushed that.
[6:04] » No, it's fine. It's fine.
>> Or I might have even gone and gotten it
[6:08] because I realized it wasn't
>> okay.
[6:10] » Thank you. So, speaking of rock on
roads, since you brought it up, we're
[6:13] going to address a situation that I
found out about this morning about
[6:16] somebody scraping a window and using it
for their own purposes. So, we'll
[6:20] address that. Um,
[6:25] we're still out doing no passing zones.
Um, we are running out of sign posts
[6:30] because we've got to move so many signs
for this
[6:33] nice mandated thing. So, [clears throat]
we're still out there doing it. We've
[6:36] got a lot of them marked. We just got to
get them located and where we can adjust
[6:39] the speed of it. There will be some
roads, like I said in the past, that
[6:42] will stay 55 and that's basically
because of tight curves and short
[6:45] stretches where we don't necessarily
feel the need to go 60 miles an hour in
[6:49] a mile, you know. So, um, we're still
working on that. I will inform you that
[6:54] tomorrow, I'm hoping tomorrow, right? Uh
we got a phone phone call with the
[7:01] railroad yesterday and we're working
really well with the maintenance facil
[7:04] the maintenance crews on on the the
railroad um for the rail through
[7:09] Carpenter.
They and I have agreed that we'll do
[7:12] some minor maintenance on the crossing
to get us through winter to uh get us at
[7:18] least through April when we hope the
project for replacing that rail crossing
[7:22] will come to fruition. We're hoping so.
We'll be out and about working side by
[7:29] side with the railroad. We're looking at
temporary cold patching, maybe some dura
[7:34] patching in the rail itself, in the
rails crossing itself with um haven't
[7:40] really got a good um
plan of attack yet from the railroad
[7:44] about there was talk about removing some
wooden ties and just filling it in with
[7:48] asphalt or cold patch just to get
through. Um, so kind of they're they're
[7:54] sparking the information the the service
to get it done. So kudos to them for
[7:58] trying to trying to improve it. We can't
get in there without their permission.
[8:01] So we're working hand in hand with them.
So we'll hopefully
[8:07] improve it a little bit or at least make
it better than it is. It won't be
[8:13] perfect. So but we'll get us through
through
[8:17] » I think they're talking.
>> Yes. That's why we're working on Kevin.
[8:21] They've got their crews to try to and it
may be removal of ties. It may be just
[8:26] trying to put uh cold patch in. But I
said any cold patch we put in on wood's
[8:30] probably not going to hold because
everything flexes and it doesn't bond to
[8:34] wood very well. But we even thought
about once we get the cold patch in, we
[8:38] may take the dur patcher and seal the
top of that so we don't have water
[8:41] migrating into the cold patch and things
like that.
[8:44] kind of a let's try to get and we're
only going to focus on the the the uh
[8:49] westbound lane for now. The eastbound is
not perfect, but it's a lot smoother
[8:54] than the westbound lane and and so um
that was their decision uh to look at
[8:59] that. So,
>> so um in light of that, you know, there
[9:03] was another flat tire incident.
>> That's what he told me and
[9:07] » and that was reported. Yeah. So, I just
want to publicly state that those people
[9:12] that are concerned about the condition
of that railroad track, and I've
[9:17] mentioned it to many people in and
around the car Carpenter area, there's a
[9:22] phone number right there on the railroad
sign. Call that phone number and submit
[9:30] a report and they they put a number on
it and they log all those reports. I've
[9:35] done it a few times as I've gone through
and encouraged others. And I know the
[9:41] incident with the tire, she did call and
and submit a report and and a claim,
[9:48] » you know. Um,
>> and he does they do get those phone
[9:51] calls because it sounds to me like the
contact that I have does get those calls
[9:55] and there are a lot of them and they're
aware of it.
[9:58] » You said the more that they get the
higher up it bumps. So, I've encouraged
[10:02] people to do that. That's the only thing
right now that I can tell taxpayers to y
[10:08] to do. And I understand their
frustration because man, I hate driving
[10:12] over that thing.
>> I do, too. So, um, but
[10:17] I will stress it's not going to be
perfect, but we hope to improve it.
[10:21] » Okay.
>> So, I think you guys will do a good job.
[10:24] » Well, it's all about what the river
wants to do. Hopefully, he said, "I I
[10:28] don't know if it'll take we're going to
provide cold patch and Dura Patch and
[10:31] stuff because it is and and the and the
agreements between railroads and and and
[10:36] the highway authorities is really weird.
Their stance is, well, if your road
[10:40] wasn't here, we wouldn't have a
crossing." Our stance is if your
[10:43] railroad wasn't in the way, we wouldn't
need a crossing. But, they have private
[10:46] property and our roads crossing private
property. It's just it always goes back
[10:50] and forth, but a lot of times we're
stuck with their rules on their private
[10:54] property. So we are limited in what we
want to do unless we want to spend a
[10:58] fortune in flagers and railroad
insurance to go build potholes and
[11:02] usually it's just right up against the
rail because their rails do settle and
[11:06] our road stays the same and the bumps
come when the rails settle and they've
[11:09] got a transition like that. So anyway,
we're looking to improve the ride, not
[11:15] make it perfect, but once the project is
is done, hopefully next year
[11:20] » and hopefully they will start that
project next year.
[11:24] » That's well, we're still working through
some paperwork on on that. We had to re
[11:27] reestablish
uh the agreement and and I don't know
[11:32] that I've got another agreement for you
guys to sign yet. Um, I'll have to check
[11:37] because they were still working on
getting estimates from the railroad
[11:40] because things changed from the first
agreement to where the co-op was going
[11:45] to remove their rail, now they're going
to keep it. That changed things. I think
[11:48] I maybe mentioned that to you guys a
couple weeks ago. So,
[11:52] they're re they're redoing the agreement
or at least getting some sign off on it
[11:56] so that we can have a a firm path of
which way we're going to go now because
[12:00] it changed the way the roadway authority
our authority is for trying to patch
[12:04] between two rails and things like that.
So, anyway, I don't want to get
[12:09] everybody wound up, but it looks like
we'll try to do something to help make
[12:13] the transition in the tracks a little
bit better for
[12:17] get us through. So the sale come
>> well. And I think the thing is to to
[12:22] relate to that railroad team. This isn't
just about us wanting to make sure our
[12:27] cars stay nice and neat and our tires
stay neat, but that if you have a loaded
[12:32] semi Oh, yeah. chucking through there
and something blows, you've endangered
[12:38] things on both sides of that road.
>> I wouldn't say they're not aware of
[12:40] that.
>> Very hazardous for them.
[12:43] » I wouldn't say it's they're not aware of
that. They have a lot going on and I'm
[12:47] not going to necessarily defend them.
They've got a lot of crossings. We got
[12:50] We're in Iowa. Every mile of road has a
crossing where the rail goes. So, um
[12:55] [clears throat] there's a lot to
maintain on both sides when you think
[12:58] about it. So,
>> and crossings on the gravel roads coming
[13:01] off of that are just as bad, if not
worse.
[13:03] » And they're talking about doing a repair
south of their rail on a gravel road. I
[13:10] don't think it's in North County. So,
but there's a lot of bad crossings and
[13:14] and so
>> we'll do what we can to maybe make it a
[13:17] little bit better
>> for a short amount of time until the
[13:20] project can take place. So,
>> thank you. Thanks for working on that
[13:24] one.
>> But I think if we can get a good working
[13:26] relationship with the railroad, we can
probably do a lot better maintenance on
[13:30] our crossings if we can work hand in
hand and try to avoid some of these
[13:34] flagger costs and things like that. I'm
not saying they won't always be that way
[13:38] depending on the work, but
>> I appreciate that.
[13:41] » So
that's all I got for you.
[13:46] » Thank you.
>> Any questions?
[13:50] » Thank you. Thank you.
>> Moving on. Discussion possible action
[13:55] for services with M [clears throat]
broker Associates Incorporated.
[14:03] And I think she's on the line.
>> Good morning. Can you all hear me?
[14:08] » Yep. Yes.
>> Okay. Well, thank you um very much for
[14:13] your time. Um I just wanted to um I
guess it's more of an update. Um I've
[14:21] talked to uh uh Rachel a couple times.
Um one of the things about that we learn
[14:27] in life, isn't it? Is that we learn we
keep learning about ourselves. and I
[14:31] discovered that uh I'm really really
good at delivering HR services but maybe
[14:36] not so good at retirement. So, um this
all started um uh
[14:44] just about two two three months ago when
um I was had some occasion to talk to a
[14:50] couple counties and was hearing that
there's just not they're just not
[14:55] finding anybody out there that's
delivering the types of services that I
[14:59] did. Um you know, a really coste
effective way of doing it. Um, and I
[15:08] really love the, you know, providing
care services because I feel I'm helping
[15:15] people, I guess, is one way of doing it.
Um, and I'm
[15:21] am looking to u work with a limited
number of counties. So, I just wanted to
[15:27] kind of give you an update. Nothing's
really new from what I provided before.
[15:34] Um, this would be a I think the
[clears throat] thing that's unique
[15:38] about it is that it's
one fee and it's an unlimited number of
[15:47] communications with any management
personnel in the county. So what I'm
[15:53] hearing from counties is
that
[15:58] [clears throat]
department has really are looking for
[16:02] somebody to call when they have an issue
no matter how minor they think it is
[16:08] because my approach is preventative one
is have a conversation [clears throat]
[16:13] assess the situation see what's going on
those can be involved
[16:19] almost always at a easy
level. Um, and you keep the problem from
[16:27] developing into a large one. Um, I've
also been told many times that the my my
[16:36] responsiveness is really good. So, if
you're a department head and has a
[16:40] potential issue going on, you don't want
to wait a couple weeks to talk to
[16:44] somebody and see what the best course of
action is. Uh so that's the other thing
[16:49] that I've been been hearing. Um also
from a standing point um the majority of
[17:00] issues that arise in counties are not
legal issues. So sometimes what happens
[17:06] is that department heads will hesitate
to make a phone call because of the
[17:11] cost. Um and again that kind of works
against
[17:17] um looking at a problem really in its
really early stages um before it gets um
[17:24] you know out of hand.
So
[17:28] give you maybe just one quick example.
Um a lot of times department has really
[17:36] need to walk through or talk through
something
[17:40] kind of to like increase confidence. Um
had a situation last week in which the
[17:45] department head was extremely nervous
about having a conversation with one of
[17:50] her employees.
Um we spent a lot of time just talking
[17:55] about that best way to approach it. Um
how to have that conversation. she knew
[18:00] something needed to be done, just needed
a bit of confidence to move forward. So,
[18:06] that's a really, I think, unique service
that I've always provided to counties.
[18:13] Um,
again, you don't, the county doesn't
[18:17] need to really be concerned about the
cost.
[18:21] Some years, in some counties, things
move along just, you know, no problem.
[18:27] And then there's another year in which
it seems like things come in in bunkers.
[18:32] So it's all the same flat view.
Um,
[18:38] one
analogy that I'm not sure how good of
[18:42] the analogy it is is that you want to
find the right person or resource for
[18:48] the situation.
So for example, if you need your teeth
[18:53] clean, don't go to an orthodontist. um
go to that resource that has the most
[18:58] experience in dealing with that issue.
Um
[19:02] you have instances in which something
gets really complicated or um there is a
[19:08] need to bring in other resources. Well
then we triage that I triage that with
[19:13] county and we together kind of decide
well here's who we need to bring into
[19:18] this situation.
Um so it's a pretty straightforward
[19:22] service. Um again unlimited uh phone and
email. Um I will also review
[19:33] um like I did last week with the
department head on
[19:37] you know how to how to talk with how how
to have a difficult conversation I guess
[19:41] is one of the ways of doing it or if
the department needs a has written up a
[19:48] letter to the employee or discipline. um
how we do those we go through those
[19:53] together. Um
I know uh in the past um I've worked
[20:00] with county on
primarily the negotiations and if I'm
[20:06] correct, correct me if I'm wrong, I
don't think you have
[20:10] will not have a bargaining obligation
this year. Is that correct?
[20:15] » We have a three-year contract that was
signed.
[20:19] » Okay. Okay. Um so in the year in which
uh the agreement isn't open sometimes
[20:25] there are contract interpretation issues
that may arise or you know there may be
[20:32] a grievance or something that comes
about um for that contract. Um and then
[20:38] those I could work with the county too
on looking at that contract and see um
[20:46] just discuss about whether there is an
interpretation issue. Um I know there's
[20:53] not been
many grievances or anything filed in the
[20:59] county. So hopefully that will continue.
just in case that it would um you know
[21:04] you'd have somebody to
talk to or um whether the rich or the
[21:11] supervisors would have somebody to
consult with on interpreting that
[21:15] contract and then also responding to
that with the union or the the employee.
[21:22] So [clears throat] I want to be
respectful of your time. So maybe I'll
[21:27] just pause here and see if there's any
questions.
[21:35] » You said flat. Excuse me. You said flat.
I mean, you don't have to name that now,
[21:40] but I guess I'd be interested as far as
what you're looking at. You can send
[21:46] that to Rachel. And flat fee. is that
and you said unlimited email and phone
[21:54] conversations. So we have we have two
things. We have HR in regards to all the
[21:59] departments but then we also have the
the contract. So are you saying the flat
[22:02] fee covers both of those avenues?
>> Yes. Um for sure. Um when the contract
[22:11] isn't open any questions regarding the
contract would be included. And I think
[22:16] I maybe was remiss. Um that's my bad. um
that I that up um that I
[22:26] intended I think to send an email to
Rachel but and I don't mind the the flat
[22:30] fee is the annual fee is $10,500.
Um
[22:36] and uh again I apologize I meant to send
send uh that to Rachel and she and I
[22:41] maybe talked about that but um I maybe
failed to follow up with an email on
[22:47] that. Um
so I think um again it's a number that
[22:53] doesn't change
in years in which the bargaining is
[22:57] open. I think maybe the best thing to do
is just to look at that when the time
[23:03] comes. Um
some how I'm doing that is in some
[23:08] counties
it isn't everybody feels in the county
[23:12] that they maybe don't need someone at
the bargaining table but they do want
[23:18] somebody a resource to ask some
questions you know during that course
[23:23] either the preparation a lot of the work
is before you know bargaining takes
[23:28] place so that's something that we can
certainly talk about and see what the
[23:32] county you like you know planning your
development.
[23:38] » Does that answer your question?
>> Yes.
[23:42] » So to tag on to that question or your
reference to HR, is that HR specifically
[23:50] for that department that you are working
on the um contract negotiations or is
[23:58] that for all county employees? That's
for all departments.
[24:04] So I don't um and it's management
personnel. So it's not that you know
[24:12] employees directly could call me. It's
the department head. It would be the man
[24:18] I'm the resource to management
personnel. So yes, it would be um you
[24:25] know auditor, treasur, recorder, um
conservation,
[24:31] um it would be any any management
personnel in those departments.
[24:41] » Thank you.
>> Yes, you're very welcome.
[24:46] if if something would um like I say this
is you know email phone um it's really
[24:54] aligned to me for management to
you know address issues and I say a lot
[25:01] of them a lot of them most of them get
resolved you know pretty easily and
[25:08] quickly
if something would come up um
[25:14] like it would include like a rewrite of
your employee handbook. I mean, that's a
[25:19] major undertaking. But let's say there
was a policy in the county that
[25:26] everybody was sort of interpreting it
wrong or was really causing some issues
[25:33] in the county and you know there's kind
of a pattern that certainly that that
[25:37] individual policy um I could take a look
at and you make some suggestions on how
[25:43] to make the wording a bit clearer so
it's it doesn't cause any confusion or
[25:50] as much confusion. Um, but if there
would be something that the county uh,
[25:57] you know, feels that they would like to
do that, you know, goes beyond the email
[26:01] or phone, I'm open to, you know, talking
about those um, and discussing that, you
[26:07] know, with the county
to see what the best way to
[26:12] to accomplish that.
[26:15] Any
[26:19] other questions for Renee?
[26:25] » It's something that we'll have to I
mean, we have the union contract for
[26:28] three years and I know what you said at
HR for other things. It's something that
[26:32] we'll have to look at the price and see
where it's at compared to what we have
[26:38] the direction we started after,
I guess, after you retired. So, we'll
[26:43] have to do some comparisons. Mhm. Sure.
Understand that completely. Yeah.
[26:52] And it it is uh has been happening and
it's perfectly uh
[26:59] reasonable that
at least in a secondary road department
[27:04] um the negotiations
uh
[27:11] with a change I guess I will say with a
change in chapter 20 regarding
[27:15] negotiations for secondary road
departments I think the process has
[27:19] become much more strange. streamlined
um where it's
[27:24] I'm trying to think of the word it's
just sort of a less formal process.
[27:28] So you know there there are situations
in which if everybody is happy with the
[27:34] language in the baring agreement um then
it's really just a simple matter of
[27:39] coming to a conclusion on you know wage
increase. Um
[27:46] because when the law changed in chapter
20, the other major issue of course for
[27:51] the county and for employees is health
insurance and that's no longer a
[27:56] bargainable subject. So I do think the
negotiations have um you know
[28:03] streamlined and I'm thinking uh with the
cost of the negotiations
[28:09] [snorts] prior to when I retired um I
know this is I know my thing now is a
[28:16] bit more but I think the services are
more broad as well.
[28:27] Okay.
Well, we'll have to discuss this amongst
[28:31] ourselves, Renee, and uh talk with
Rachel and we'll uh we'll get back with
[28:38] you.
>> Okay. Sounds good. I sure appreciate
[28:41] your time.
Thank you.
[28:43] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[28:45] » Bye.
>> Bye.
[28:46] » Bye.
[28:50] » Okay. Item eight, discussion and
possible action on contract for services
[28:55] with crisis intervention.
[29:04] » I would entertain a motion.
Move to move to approve resolution
[29:10] 1382-26
in the amount of $1,000 to crisis
[29:14] intervention services.
>> Second.
[29:18] » Have a motion and a second on the floor.
Any discussion?
[29:23] » Roll call. Todd
>> I.
[29:24] » Mark.
>> Hi.
[29:25] » Pam.
>> I.
[29:26] » Jim.
>> Hi.
[29:27] » Sydney.
>> Hi.
[29:30] » Taxes.
[29:33] discussion and possible action on
contract for services with St. Anser
[29:38] Senior Saints.
That would be resolution 1383-26.
[29:47] I move to approve the contract for
services with the St. Ansar Senior
[29:52] Saints which we had budgeted for $4,000
resolution 138326.
[30:00] A motion. Do I have a second? Second.
Motion and a second. Any discussion?
[30:07] Roll
>> call. Mark.
[30:08] » Hi.
>> Pam.
[30:09] » Hi.
>> Jim.
[30:10] » Hi.
>> Sydney.
[30:11] » Hi.
>> T.
[30:13] » I.
Discussion and possible action on
[30:17] contract for services with foster
grandparents program.
[30:28] Move to approve resolution 1384-26
in the amount of $5,000 to
[30:36] help me out here.
>> Foster grandparents program.
[30:38] » Foster grandparents program.
>> Second.
[30:43] » Have a motion and second on the floor.
Any discussion?
[30:47] » Roll call. Pim.
>> I.
[30:49] » Jim.
>> I.
[30:50] » Sydney.
>> Hi.
[30:51] » Hi.
>> Mark.
[30:52] » Hi.
[30:56] Discussion and possible action on
contract for services with Nyakog
[31:02] Housing Trust Fund.
>> Make a motion to approve resolution
[31:07] 1385-26
contract for services agreement made
[31:11] between Mitch County Board of
Supervisors and Niko Housing Trust Fund
[31:15] is effective as of September 1st, 2026
where we they requested $2,000 from the
[31:22] board.
>> Okay. Have a motion on board. Do I have
[31:26] a second?
>> Second.
[31:30] » Motion and second. Any discussion?
>> Call. Jim.
[31:34] » Hi.
>> Sydney.
[31:35] » Hi.
>> Todd.
[31:36] » Hi.
>> Mark.
[31:37] » Hi.
>> Hi. [clears throat]
[31:41] » Discussion and possible action on
contract for services an Heritage Museum
[31:47] and History Center.
>> Make a motion for 1386-26
[31:53] for 4,000. The St. hands for Heritage
Museum and Historic History Center.
[31:58] » I second that motion and a second. Any
discussion?
[32:03] » Call Sydney.
>> Hi.
[32:05] » Chad.
>> Hi.
[32:06] » Mark.
>> Hi.
[32:07] » Hi.
>> Jim.
[32:08] » Hi.
>> Discussion and discussion and possible
[32:14] action on contract for services with
RSVP of North Iowa.
[32:23] I'll make a motion to approve resolution
number 1387-26.
[32:27] This contract for services agreement
made between Mitchell County Board of
[32:31] Supervisors and RSV P of North Iowa is
effective September 1st, 2026. Whereas
[32:37] the North Iowa has requested $5,000 in
funding from the M County Board of
[32:42] Supervisors that we approved at budget.
>> I second that.
[32:48] » Motion second on the floor. Any
discussion?
[32:52] » Roll call. Todd.
>> Hi.
[32:53] » Mark.
>> Hi.
[32:55] » Dam.
>> Hi.
[32:56] » J.
>> Hi.
[32:57] » Sydney.
>> Hi.
[33:04] » Approve transfer from general basic fund
to secondary roads fund.
[33:12] That would be resolution 138826.
[33:17] » I just make a note.
>> Yeah. So, I have done the paperwork for
[33:21] all these transfers. Typically, they
happen in November and May, but then we
[33:25] just have this done. So, once November
hits, we can approve it. And for the
[33:31] um we're going to get to them, but the
secondary roads, we transfer the full
[33:35] amount of the 1451.
[33:40] So, just to reiterate that for for the
taxpayers and the public, um it may seem
[33:46] like we're going through these rather
quickly and not discussing a lot of
[33:50] these things were discussed when we were
budgeting last uh January, February
[33:56] area. And so maybe to reiterate that if
um those services are being thought of,
[34:05] we need to have those contract for
services requests in so that we can go
[34:10] ahead and budget, I think, moving
forward in our years ahead so we can
[34:15] budget for them and and handle it
appropriately like like we are here.
[34:20] » Thanks for mentioning that because we
were zipping through it probably get the
[34:24] impression, well what's going on now,
right? we've discussed this
[34:27] » that all these entities were discussed
um because that they were either coming
[34:34] to us or we knew they would be um so we
talked about them during budget time.
[34:40] » I'll make a motion to approve resolution
number 1388-26
[34:45] uh general basic fund to secondary
roads.
[34:50] » Second.
[34:53] Okay, we have a motion or second on the
floor. Any discussion?
[34:58] » Roll call. Mark,
>> I
[35:01] » Jim.
>> Hi,
[35:02] » Sydney.
>> Hi, D.
[35:03] » I
passes.
[35:08] Approve transfer from rural services
basic fund to secondary roads fund.
[35:15] » And this one gets split up into two
payments. So the total for the year will
[35:19] be1,718,56.
[35:25] I [snorts] move to approve resolution
1389-26
[35:31] for the transfer from rural services
basic fund to the secondary roads fund
[35:37] not to exceed 1,718056
[35:43] split into two payments.
We have a motion. Do we have a second?
[35:49] » Second.
>> Go ahead, Sydney.
[35:51] » Motion and a second. Any discussion?
>> Roll call. Sam.
[35:57] » I.
>> Jim.
[35:58] » Hi.
>> Sydney.
[35:59] » Hi.
>> Todd.
[36:00] » I.
>> Mark.
[36:01] » Hi.
[36:05] » Approve transfer from general basic fund
to sub project fund.
[36:17] And this will be the same. It's a total
of 500,000. Um, we'll do it in two
[36:21] payments of 250.
[36:25] I'll make a motion to approve resolution
number 1390-26.
[36:31] And this is the transfer from general
basic fund to sub project
[36:36] $500,000.
Okay,
[36:39] » I have a motion. Do I have a second?
Second.
[36:43] Motion and second on the floor. Any
discussion?
[36:47] » Roll call. Jim.
>> Hi.
[36:48] » Sydney.
>> Hi. Don.
[36:50] » Hi.
>> Mark.
[36:51] » Hi.
>> Pam.
[36:52] » Hi.
>> Passes.
[36:57] » Approve transfer from general basic fund
to conservation land acquisition fund.
[37:05] Make a motion for $30,000.
Resolution 1391-26.
[37:12] » I second that motion and second.
Any discussion?
[37:20] » Roll call. Sydney.
>> Hi.
[37:21] » Todd.
>> Hi.
[37:22] » Mark.
>> Hi.
[37:23] » Pam.
>> Hi.
[37:24] » Jim.
>> Hi.
[37:27] » Motion passes.
>> Discussion and possible action on
[37:32] pointing a dispersement.
[37:38] Uh sorry.
Uh so we have kind of changed the
[37:44] process of this but uh public health
would turn in claims as they got them
[37:48] when they used the credit card. Um which
meant sometimes there'd be multiple
[37:52] checks getting they hold them until the
statement came. So sometimes there would
[37:55] be multiple checks. Um
they were pretty sure that they shredded
[38:01] the one check after they pulled the one
check out. Um, so we're just asking to
[38:05] void this check because it was in the
previous fiscal year. Um, there's a
[38:10] different way that we can do it if it's
in the same fiscal year. So, we just
[38:14] need to avoid it so we can send down
that remaining balance
[38:19] [clears throat]
>> and that has to be done by the board
[38:22] supervisors.
>> Yes. When it's from the previous fiscal
[38:25] year.
So the motion just we just voiding a
[38:31] dispersement.
Is that adequate for the motion or do we
[38:37] title?
>> What is the claim number?
[38:41] » We probably should target somehow.
>> Yep. Claim number is 66418.
[38:47] » I move to approve avoiding a
dispersement for claim number. What you
[38:52] just said?
>> I'll second.
[38:58] A motion. We [clears throat] have a
motion and a second for any discussion.
[39:04] That is that 66
>> 664
[39:08] » 418. Yep. Thank you.
>> Roll call.
[39:12] » Roll call. Todd.
>> Hi.
[39:14] » Mark.
>> Hi.
[39:15] » Pam.
>> Hi.
[39:16] » Jim.
>> Hi.
[39:17] » Sydney.
>> Motion [clears throat] passes.
[39:23] Yeah. Very good. meetings attended.
>> Uh I didn't have any during the week,
[39:28] but we had ISAC visited yesterday and
number of department heads were here for
[39:35] that. That was the director of Isac and
uh their legislative representative and
[39:42] their legal advisor. the three of them
were here and they came they spoke with
[39:47] us regards to things that ISAC is doing
to try to
[39:52] maintain existing things that they're
doing and also a new direction that
[39:56] they're trying to implement in different
things whether it be approaching the
[40:02] legislature or uh software that they're
developing to help counties and uh
[40:07] there's a lot of back and forth
[laughter] discussion between the three
[40:10] of them and the department heads that
were here and uh it was a pretty
[40:14] informative session last about an hour
maybe a little bit more
[40:23] » uh FMC ECI we're just continuing on
policies and procedures
[40:32] » um I had an emergency management um
fullscale exercise on Saturday morning
[40:40] um set up by our um emergency management
individual Chris Olsen and it was about
[40:48] 50 individuals that were there. It was
held at the Absolute Energy Plant up
[40:55] there close to to Lyall. Um it entailed
the Canadian Nation Railroad. Um it was
[41:03] a Canadian Nation Railroad tanker
exercise. It was kind of rainy that
[41:08] morning at first. So, so, um, it was
held right there on the grounds for
[41:14] absolute. Um, it included the Mau County
Sheriff, the Lyall, uh, rescue people
[41:21] and the and their fire department, the
railroad teams and representatives from
[41:28] Mason City, also Mitchell County
Regional Health, um, public health, St.
[41:33] Ansar Rescue and Fire, and, um, the
sheriff was there. um operational
[41:40] command and control planning,
um public information, how we get
[41:47] information out when there's a situation
like that. So they blocked off the road
[41:52] and and they literally worked through
the exercise of um at at this point it
[42:00] was an ethanol spill. And so they talked
about how they would contain it and how
[42:06] they would make sure there were a couple
of little dummies off to the side that
[42:10] they they had to make sure were in a
safe position, a safe place. They talked
[42:16] about how they would seal a a rail car
or a tanker and um it was very
[42:24] informative
and they went through the communication
[42:28] between the Minnesota people and um you
know our Iowa team. Um it it was uh very
[42:38] informative and lasted a few hours and
and I think they were able to kind of
[42:44] find some some hiccups, some ways that
we can can improve and um and
[42:51] streamline, but uh for the most part the
operational command and control I think
[42:57] went very well. Maybe Justin has some
more to add on that. But it was um it
[43:04] was really encouraging to see the kind
of response because they timed from when
[43:13] they made that first initial call to
every step when every truck arrived,
[43:18] when every team arrived and you know
where what what was the situation? You
[43:25] know, how are we controlling traffic?
How are we controlling the the actual
[43:30] spill? How are we taking care of the any
people that might be involved? Of
[43:34] course, absolutes um had staff and their
safety uh team was in involved as well.
[43:41] So, um I don't know if Jason has or
Justin has anything else to add to that
[43:46] or not.
>> You know, I would just say that we don't
[43:49] get a lot of training time with anything
across the state line. So, having
[43:54] Minnesota fire bio fire route was uh
really good to see. They have a three
[43:59] mile by six mile section in Mitchell
County that they cover that they respond
[44:04] to. Uh Absolute of course being one of
them. Um they did a tremendous job. We
[44:09] didn't know what their capabilities
were. Their training regimen is very
[44:12] different than what um St. Ansker
Riceville State and Oage is. Uh but they
[44:19] actually showed up. They took control of
the scene. They did a a tremendous job I
[44:23] thought and did things appropriately as
you would expect. um communication was
[44:28] was very well between us. We established
that we can have radio communications.
[44:33] Uh not to dig too far into that, but
they had removed the the VHF
[44:38] capabilities out of their vehicles,
which does not allow us to use mutual
[44:42] aid with them. However, there is another
system, digital VHF that we're able to
[44:47] utilize to communicate on scene, which
is extremely important. So, they did a
[44:52] great job. Absolute. Um they have a a
really good setup there with all the
[44:57] safety measures necessary uh for spills
like this. They actually have their own
[45:02] drainage system already set up to
mitigate this problem. Um so that was
[45:07] refreshing to see that you know based on
28,000 gallons that was suspected
[45:12] leaking at that time.
Obviously they were able to handle that
[45:16] with no issues.
And what was neat to see was the
[45:21] planning for, you know, some maybe
individual oneoff training or, you know,
[45:27] they talked about anhydrris issues and
and that kind of training and that's a
[45:32] more specialized training, but you know,
both both the Iowa team and the
[45:38] Minnesota team, I'd have to say, visited
about the importance of anhydrris, you
[45:44] know, leakage training because that's so
prevalent in in our county and theirs.
[45:49] as well. So, a lot of great
communication and great great example of
[45:54] skill.
>> Thanks. And I also attended the Isac 99
[46:01] uh county tour and appreciated the
opportunity to kind of ask them some
[46:07] questions on how long it will be before
we're able to to get some
[46:15] tools to help us plan here for the next
year with all the tax changes and legal
[46:21] changes.
[46:25] That's all I got. public comment.
[46:32] Oh, I I want to mention this. So, a
couple weeks ago, um Deb Sharper was in
[46:38] and uh I don't know how I struggle with
pronouncing that. Not know, but and um
[46:45] we took some pictures. Uh I don't know
if any of you guys have received any
[46:50] emails, texts, or calls, but it was a
terrible picture. So, um, I called the
[46:56] Oracle and I guess there was a gal here
that was for the Oracle, took the
[47:02] picture. Um, I'm working with them to
get a better they they cut one of the
[47:07] supervisors off. Uh, couple people were
looking down at the ground and so um,
[47:14] we're working on I've got a couple other
pictures that Rachel had taken that we
[47:19] need to get in there. It was
>> I saw that. It was really bad.
[47:24] » Yeah, it was bad. So, um I just want you
guys and the public to know that we're
[47:30] working on getting a better picture for
it in the paper. So,
[47:36] we're evidently not very photogenic
[47:40] off.
>> Oh, the one that they posted that Deb
[47:43] posted was really good. Then the Oracle
that I was like, "Oh, no. That's not the
[47:47] same."
>> Yeah, it wasn't.
[47:51] If no other public comment, we'll
adjourn at 9:17.