[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.

Mitchell County Board of Supervisors Meeting - 9/1/2026

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