[0:00] when we do the vote.
>> Well, I put it at the end. So, that is
[0:03] up to you guys.
>> I have four o'clock. Let's call this
[0:05] meeting to order. Could I have a motion
to approve the agenda?
[0:09] » Motion [clears throat] to approve the
agenda.
[0:10] » Second.
>> All in favor?
[0:12] » I. Let's stand for the pledge of
allegiance.
[0:16] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:21] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:27] justice for all.
>> [laughter]
[0:31] [clears throat]
[0:33] » What?
[0:37] » Okay.
>> Um, our first item on the agenda is
[0:41] public comment.
[0:45] » So, do we have anyone who wants to
speak?
[0:49] » Yes.
>> Yes. Don,
[0:55] [clears throat]
>> name is uh Don Sner. I live at 2403
[0:58] State Highway 2, Clarinda, Iowa. Uh
that's at the corner of Highway 2 and N
[1:04] uh Avenue, which is a landfill road as
most people know about it. Um the reason
[1:09] I'm here today on it uh is there's a
I own the the corner there and then I
[1:17] also bought the apron that was behind me
that used to be 24 or 218 N Avenue, I
[1:24] think. But anyway, uh the cement part
that the uh
[1:32] state put in when they redid highway 2
originally on it, uh they took out uh uh
[1:37] what was there, which was I think black
top or asphalt or whatever and and ran I
[1:42] think 500 ft up there with uh I guess
highway grade u
[1:48] uh cement on it. Um and uh over the
years and so forth on it, it's uh been
[1:55] patched some and uh uh not uh
maintained the way that I think it
[2:03] should be on it. Uh we have a lot of
traffic on that road. I I had almost put
[2:08] it against J20
from uh Highway 2 to Bethesda and uh
[2:15] going up the hill. They're all semiis or
garbage trucks. Going down the hill,
[2:21] they're the same trucks, but they're
unloaded at that time and they pop over
[2:25] the hill at 50, 60, 70 mph, whatever.
And uh you know, I put dust control
[2:32] down. Uh, actually the cement goes to my
first property and then it goes to
[2:38] gravel to my second property and then I
and that that was
[2:43] 200 feet and then I went another 100 ft
down on it to try to keep the gravel
[2:48] dust down. But that uh uh still by the
time they get there and they're bringing
[2:53] the dust along with them on it, we still
get it. But I I'm here mainly because of
[2:57] to try to get that maintained. I would
hate to lose and I think the county
[3:02] would hate to lose a good cement road
even though it's a partial up there uh
[3:07] and have to re have that go to gravel
which the whole road really needs to be
[3:14] paid with the traffic amount but I don't
know what calls for that and I and I
[3:18] realize that's a big dollar amount on it
but uh [clears throat] uh we got garbage
[3:22] trucks going up we've got semis holding
rock because of all the stuff that
[3:26] they're going out to the landfill Now um
the big dump trailers side dump trailers
[3:33] are going up pickups and trailers uh at
least wise till noon almost every day or
[3:39] one right after another going up and
down on it. Um I I've given you some uh
[3:44] pictures there of the of the road that I
I've taken and so forth. One of the
[3:49] hazards on is that picture one through
three that you've got in front of you
[3:54] there on it that uh shows a six to seven
foot drop off with a uh uh that it's
[4:02] been there probably over a year and
that's just from war out along uh there
[4:06] on it. uh if a car, you know, semi-truck
dropping off the site isn't going to do
[4:11] anything, but a car drops off, I you
know, it that that's to me what I would
[4:16] consider as a uh a hazard on it. Then
the remaining pictures show uh some of
[4:21] the potholes on it. Uh uh I used a 4ft
ruler to try to kind of give you an idea
[4:28] uh of how big the holes were and how
deep they were. And then you can imagine
[4:33] a unloaded dump truck or semi coming
down that and hitting those uh
[4:41] [clears throat] the just the loudness
and so forth of it that goes across
[4:45] there. Uh you know we have semis coming
down using J brakes down Highway 2 and
[4:50] it's not as loud as what it is the
popping and because you know those
[4:54] trucks are heavy and there are a lot of
metal and stuff to them. So, uh, anyway,
[4:59] I guess what I'm here, I guess, to put
it on record that that I would hate to
[5:03] lose that mainly because of my property
value. And if, uh, if it isn't
[5:10] maintained, it's going to end up like I
took I went to Red Oak on J52.
[5:17] Boy, I tell you, if I was a supervisor
or somebody with the county, I'd be
[5:22] ashamed to call that an account road
anymore. Um, I don't know if any of you
[5:26] have been on it lately on it, but uh, if
anything, they should have a 25 m an
[5:32] hour speed limit on it for as bad as it
is. It's it's just horrible on it. And
[5:38] and and the tough part is you pop over
to Montgomery counties and they're
[5:41] they're better. Um,
which I guess I don't understand, but
[5:46] then on J20, you come out of Montgomery
County into Paige County and you got a
[5:51] better road on it. But uh um I would
just ask somebody to take a peek at it,
[5:56] figure out what at least wise would do
to maintain it. I realize, you know,
[6:00] it'd be nice to put an asphalt
[laughter] top over it, but at least I
[6:03] was getting the potholes filled so that
the water just doesn't keep corroding
[6:07] it. So anyway, uh that that's the only
thing that I get. I presume that the
[6:12] landfill is probably taxfree. Is that
correct or not? Are they do do they pay
[6:19] any kind of property taxes or anything
or not?
[6:21] » I would doubt it.
>> No.
[6:24] » This would just be a suggestion on it.
Is there any way that we could look at
[6:29] it
somehow that they adding on to, you
[6:34] know, their their their prices up there,
some type of a search charge on it in
[6:38] order to maintain that road all the way
up there on it. Uh um I mean that's what
[6:44] who uses it mostly is the garbage
trucks. I mean
[6:47] » you could very easily find out what the
number of garbage dumps there are.
[6:52] » I'm sure there's plenty because they
they come from all over. So yeah.
[6:56] » Yeah. So
>> Brian told me at the
[6:58] » Brian Ward
>> Brian Ward at the landfill said there's
[7:01] at least 40 trucks a day.
>> Yeah. And that's that way and that way
[7:06] because they come back on it. So anyway,
uh it's just it's just I'm just looking
[7:11] at the number of traffic on there of
whether or not any tax dollars could be
[7:17] put to that. Uh uh I
I pay pretty good taxes along there. Not
[7:24] griping. Everybody else pays taxes too
on it. But the state state takes care of
[7:28] highway 2 for everything. And so the
only thing I get is a little bit of snow
[7:32] removal. Um you know, of course, I get
fire department. I get my kids to
[7:37] school, that kind of stuff, too. So,
anyway, uh wanted to make it part of the
[7:41] record. So, what
>> I know you've talked to me a couple
[7:44] times and I've talked to JD. So, when JD
gets his turn, we'll we'll discuss it.
[7:49] Is that okay?
>> Okay.
[7:51] » Yeah. All right.
>> Okay. Thanks, Don. We We appreciate it.
[7:57] » Do we have other public comment?
[8:04] I'm Jean Wagner. um two issues. One is
about um the board of adjustment uh
[8:09] about the uh gun [clears throat] range.
I brought up last week and you guys were
[8:14] going to get some answers. So, I brought
I handed a a hand out to you, the four
[8:17] of you. So, I just going to read through
it a little bit to see if there's some
[8:20] things that they could so as I get to
it, you can [clears throat] answer them.
[8:23] I I I I'll answer a couple things before
you even start on the gun range. First
[8:27] of all, again, the gun range belongs to
the state. again. Um, we had a meeting
[8:33] in 2019 on the gun range with the board
of adjustment. I have talked to Darren
[8:38] Sundererman who was our sanitarian. He
has met with Scott Hire who is out um at
[8:44] the prison. That that well is covered.
When [clears throat] when you said it
[8:49] wasn't capped or it needed to be capped,
it does have a cover over it. So,
[8:53] nobody's going to fall in, no animals
going to fall in or anything. And at
[8:57] this point, it's in the hands of the
state to take care of. It's not ours.
[9:02] So, I just assume not even talk about it
because it's not ours. But, um, you
[9:08] know, our sanitarian has been in in
contact with them about this. Um, and I
[9:13] think the the u the prison has some
ideas um as to what they might want to
[9:20] do with this, but it's not um an open
discussion at this point. But we have
[9:25] looked at it. It's covered. And so that
part I when when you kept saying capping
[9:32] I was I was imagining an open well which
it's not. And so
[9:38] » we don't deal with it.
>> It should be closed.
[9:40] » It should be but that's not up to you.
That's up to the land owner.
[9:44] » That's up to the landowner to discuss.
When the when you read the minutes it
[9:49] says capped. It doesn't [clears throat]
say closed. It says capped on that
[9:53] meeting. So it's in the hands of the
prison right now. Uh, and they will they
[9:58] will look into it further. So, it's it's
not our issue at this point.
[10:02] » Okay. And I guess did they say anything
then also about the fence that doesn't
[10:06] go completely around?
>> I think [clears throat] that's being
[10:08] looked at, too. So,
>> okay.
[10:11] » I don't know how you can totally, you
know, cover the whole thing. But that's
[10:15] the other thing is it's very well posted
that says no trespassing.
[10:18] » Well, apparently whoever drives on it
can't [clears throat] read because they
[10:21] go around the edge and go on the
property.
[10:24] » Um, [laughter]
okay. I appreciate the checking into it.
[10:26] That's what I wanted to get done. Then
in the solar p project issue, um I had
[10:31] just a couple questions. I didn't know
>> if the Mid America's here. I don't think
[10:36] they're here, but I just had a couple
questions for clarification. Um I was
[10:40] going over some of the information
they've sent us and they talk about um a
[10:45] number of um jobs when they be u when
they begin the project under
[10:50] construction. They talked about like a
hundred jobs. And our question is how
[10:55] many of those jobs are going to be local
people and how many are going to be
[10:59] people they're bringing in because
they're talking about eating at
[11:02] restaurants um [clears throat] things
like that. So if they're if they're
[11:07] local people they wouldn't be eating at
the restaurant. They'd be eating at
[11:09] home. So my my concern is that they're
making promises or pie in the sky
[11:16] expectations of how many jobs it's going
to create and I don't think it's going
[11:20] to be as many as they're saying. Also,
they're um when the project is
[11:25] completed, how many full-time jobs are
they offering to the community? And it's
[11:30] probably going to be a couple, one or
two. So, it's not like it's going to be
[11:33] a manufacturing plant that offers a
whole lot of jobs. And that's kind one
[11:37] of my concerns. It's displacing three
farmers off of the land that they farm,
[11:41] which is [clears throat] the land
owner's choice, but they're talking
[11:44] about the trade in of what they're
bringing to the community. They're also
[11:47] you have to look at what's taking away
from the community. Um, my other
[11:51] question was how many of those panels
are Chinese solar panels and how many
[11:55] are made with Chinese parts? You know,
we we like to promote things that are
[12:00] USA. Are the solar panels all going to
come from China in this project? I don't
[12:05] know that the data doesn't say. And then
um we wanted to ask a question about who
[12:11] is going to determine [clears throat]
how much uncontrolled water we have to
[12:15] take onto our flat land. Um, the letter
that Met America sent to the Iowa
[12:20] Utilities Commission, the one lady, and
I can I keep forgetting to look up her
[12:24] name, she was indicating she did she
didn't think there was going to be any
[12:28] water coming on our land. We're
contending that there will. So, what is
[12:34] who would be the determining person that
says yes, there's going to be a problem
[12:38] or no, there isn't. And and our concern
is, okay, if they're saying there's no
[12:42] issue and we feel like there's going to
be an issue and we take action on our
[12:45] side of the property, is that going to
be a a blowback on us? Because if they
[12:51] say there's no water problem and we
think there is and we and we put
[12:54] something on our land to protect our
land or we going to be in trouble
[12:57] because we we put something on our
property. It's like they're having
[13:00] they're saying on their land they can do
whatever they want when they buy it and
[13:04] then and then they turn around and say,
"Well, you can't do something on your
[13:06] land." And that's what we want to know
who is going to be determining. So who
[13:11] do we go to to find out or get that a
get that answer or determination? Um the
[13:16] the other the last point would be
they're saying right now there's no
[13:20] issue with groundwater or with the
runoff water, [clears throat] but
[13:23] they're not saying what's going to
happen during construction or
[13:26] afterwards. And that's our concern is
that just like with the gun range and
[13:30] these other issues we brought up, they
[clears throat] always make all these
[13:33] promises and say, "Oh, there's no issue
here. There's no problem here." then
[13:36] they get the okay and then they they can
take seven years to solve a problem. So
[13:41] that's my issue is who if we're if we're
issuing the permission to build the
[13:46] solar panel farm or project, who is
going to maintain that they are
[13:51] following the guidelines that they've
agreed to because with the solar with
[13:55] the gun range, nobody has cared, nobody
has bothered to check. And that's my
[14:00] point is is that going to be again the
same problem we've had three or four
[14:03] other times with with these big
projects. they make all kinds of
[14:07] promises and then when it comes down to
the people having to live next to it and
[14:10] deal with it, well, we didn't know we
didn't have anything to do with that.
[14:14] So, that's [clears throat] our our
concern and I would like an answer, you
[14:17] know, at some point about who has that
final say so that we can be be
[14:22] understanding what what our next step is
if we have to take one. So, thank you.
[14:25] » Thanks, Jane.
>> Are there other public comments? Yeah.
[14:30] » You want to get up, Jim?
[14:40] Uh,
>> want to state your name?
[14:42] » Jim Moreno, current Iowa. I live at 2264
P Avenue.
[14:48] [clears throat] I came home this morning
at about 11:30 and I met a county truck
[14:53] that was driving by spraying. We had a
southwest wind. I checked with KMA and
[14:59] they said it was 11 mph. At 11 miles an
hour, you can spray in Iowa under their
[15:05] spray guidelines.
[15:09] Apparently, he was spraying on the west
side of the road. Shortly after that, he
[15:13] came back by, but when I got out of my
vehicle at home, I could hardly breathe
[15:20] with the air from the chemicals.
I walked into my house and it had filled
[15:26] up because we had the windows open.
I just spent the last two and a half
[15:30] hours trying to get that smell out of
the inside of my house. My throat's
[15:34] sore. We have fruit trees. I had grape
vines. I don't know if I still do or
[15:41] not, but I don't know what was sprayed
across the road.
[15:45] I don't know if this guy even has spray
training. I don't know if he's certified
[15:50] to spray,
but
[15:54] I called county engineers office and no
one had time to call me back.
[16:01] Okay.
>> And this has not been the first time
[16:03] I've went to the engineer's office about
an issue.
[16:08] Another issue I have is with the north
side of my property is a little null
[16:15] and driveway on the other side. It's
quite short from that null.
[16:20] I've asked for when I first moved out
there, there was a drive ahead sign and
[16:27] we had trees and everything else. Well,
they went through they cleaned that
[16:31] ditch out which was a good thing.
Uh, but they took the sign. It never
[16:37] came back.
John and Matt Brockman both have signs.
[16:42] John's sign for his, you can see it 3/4
of a mile away.
[16:47] and his sign empties out onto a dirt
road. George Crawford has a sign. He's
[16:54] got a short drive.
>> And what does the sign say?
[16:56] » Pardon?
>> What does the sign say?
[16:58] » Uh driveway head or blank driveway.
>> Okay.
[17:01] » So, I just want to know why I'm being
discriminated against.
[17:07] » Okay.
[17:10] So, I know you don't have the answers
today, but I figured this was the place
[17:15] to go to ask.
>> Okay.
[17:19] » Thank you.
>> Thanks, Jim.
[17:22] » Any other public comment?
[17:28] » Okay,
we will move on to our county engineer.
[17:44] Good afternoon, JD King, Paige County.
It's a hot day in Paige County,
[17:50] but we're blessed with air conditioner
up here,
[17:55] and [clears throat] hopefully it doesn't
get hotter.
[18:01] The engineers update went out Monday.
[18:07] We're have blades out of the districts.
Had three blades out on 230th reshaping
[18:13] a section there
west of where we had done some training
[18:21] and had a roller and a water truck.
So yeah, like I said, it was an
[18:28] extension of the training. The place
where we did the training with the motor
[18:32] graders, we extended that to the west.
Another road section.
[18:38] We're hauling rock with three trucks,
two belly dumps in a tandem yesterday
[18:42] and today.
We're mowing [clears throat] gravels in
[18:46] the southwest.
Spray patcher is working. It was on the
[18:51] East River Road
and we're working on a bike replacement
[18:58] on D Avenue south of J64 down on the
north the Westboro Road.
[19:05] Hungry Canyons has some funding in that.
So, we're
[19:10] keeping track of
the extra effort and keeping track of
[19:15] costs.
[19:19] Minor works going on in the shop,
repairing tires from the mowers,
[19:24] getting ready to do our winter service
for the tandemss.
[19:29] The [clears throat]
the Ram 550 that was purchased
[19:35] last week arrived yesterday.
[19:41] It's in the yard as we speak. pleasant
change from couple years
[19:48] like our other trucks.
And Jamie's working on a fleet
[19:54] management software change.
[19:59] We continue to work on J53
paperwork to close it out.
[20:05] And we check it for for bleed for oil
bleed through the chips with the heat
[20:12] with the current heat and traffic.
Make sure it doesn't
[20:17] bleed and pull up.
We continue with project development.
[20:22] Some of that's on our agenda today.
And
[20:28] part of that D Avenue pipe is funded by
Hungry Canyons Alliance.
[20:35] We have questions
for the engineers update.
[20:42] » I don't.
>> So, so what are they spraying? So, what
[20:44] would they be spraying out there on P
Avenue?
[20:47] » They're spraying brush.
>> What they spray? What chemical?
[20:51] » I'm not I'm not certain of what chemical
it might be, but I can find out. Uh I I
[20:57] do believe Mr. Moranville spoke with
somebody
[21:02] in the engineer's office today. We
didn't call him back, but he talked to
[21:07] somebody today.
>> Do we ever give notice to neighbors or
[21:13] people along the roads where we're going
to be spraying?
[21:18] » No.
I mean, we we he sprays in areas,
[21:24] but we don't contact people before we
spray. If there's no spray signs there,
[21:28] we should pay attention to those.
>> There's no spray where
[21:34] » if
if there's no spray signs
[21:40] » operator.
Oh, okay.
[21:42] » Got them on both sides of the property,
the federal signs.
[21:47] » So, but he was spraying across the road.
Is that correct? Spray
[21:51] » across the road into the wind and
wouldn't carry it over. Yeah.
[21:57] It's unfortunate.
>> So, you look a little bit more into
[22:01] that.
>> Yeah.
[22:02] » Okay. And call Jim back.
[22:09] » Okay. How about um the landfill road?
>> [clears throat]
[22:14] » Well, we have a our spray patcher can
work on the potholes
[22:19] and we can blade some material into the
edge ruts,
[22:25] but that's uh
those are environmental
[22:30] needs to be the material needs to be wet
or or if it's dry, we need a light rain
[22:37] instead of a heavy rain that washes it
away.
[22:41] So that's a challenge with the grade
there. It's a fairly steep grade.
[22:47] We we do know
what uh what a base stabilization and
[22:54] and [clears throat] chip seal would be
the proper
[22:57] would help
improve that road to the landfill.
[23:03] You know4 million dollars a mile.
[23:09] Is there a way to talk to the to the
state to get
[23:13] part of that done again? How many years
has that been since
[23:17] » that's that's a function of a project
that's project specific. We have those
[23:22] all along too and the joints are
failing. [clears throat]
[23:26] That's why we have the potholes.
[23:33] » So you'll work on that a little bit.
>> We'll work a lot.
[23:43] get some work done on that.
>> Okay.
[23:49] » Next item on the agenda is two utility
permits.
[23:54] One from FMTC
on the north end of Sycamore Avenue.
[23:59] There's a
house.
[24:02] Well, there's a a new
a new parcel
[24:08] along Sycamore on the east side of the
road.
[24:11] There's going to be a residence there
and they're plowing fiber into this
[24:15] residence.
[24:19] Also, Windstream
has a fiber being pulled along Tolbert
[24:25] Avenue from 210th.
They hooked on
[24:30] north.
There's a cell tower up there.
[24:36] Wasn't clear where they were going with
it, but it's along Tolbert.
[24:44] » So, we need a motion to approve the
utility permit for FMTC and for
[24:48] Windream.
>> Correct.
[24:50] » Okay.
[24:54] I'll make a motion that we approve the
utility permit for FMTC Sycamore A.
[25:02] » I hear a second.
>> Second.
[25:04] » All in favor?
>> I.
[25:06] » Thank you.
>> And the windream.
[25:09] » Yeah. And then I'll make a motion for
the utility permit uh wind for the
[25:13] windstream at Tolbert Avenue.
>> Second.
[25:18] » All in favor? I
>> I
[25:21] » Thank you.
Moving to the next item on the agenda is
[25:25] to have the board sign a title sheet for
Yorktown Bridge project.
[25:33] All
[25:37] project planning materials and documents
needs to be turned in on the 15th of
[25:43] September to make a December letting.
[25:49] » Okay.
So, we need a motion to uh approve the
[25:53] signing of the title sheet on the work
Yorktown project
[25:58] for letting in
>> December.
[26:02] At least that's what we have on schedule
now.
[26:09] Do I hear a motion?
[26:18] » The project involves replacing two
bridges south of Yorktown. We're going
[26:23] to take two bridges out, put one bridge
back, and build a 2,000 ft bypass road.
[26:31] The bridge we're not going to build is
currently 136t long. It would take 150
[26:39] foot bridge.
Taylor County had 150 foot bridge. Last
[26:43] fall it was a million2.
So by
[26:48] building 2,000 foot of the bypass road,
we're going to not spend a million2 in
[26:56] in Page County bridge funds. We'll spend
it on a different bridge.
[27:02] » What's it what's this one cost?
The project estimated at 1.4
[27:11] million.
[27:14] » That's with the bridge and the bypass
road.
[27:17] » Yes.
>> 1.4.
[27:23] » I'll make a motion we approve the
signing of the title sheet for the
[27:27] Yorktown project.
This project is on the five-year plan
[27:32] during the subsequent year this year.
>> Hear a second.
[27:38] » Second.
>> All in favor?
[27:40] » I [clears throat]
>> I.
[27:43] » So, we'll sign that title sheet.
[27:54] So, next week, JD, could we hear back on
the the spraying [clears throat] issue
[27:58] and the the landfill road also?
>> Okay. Thank you.
[28:08] Okay.
[28:11] Next item on the agenda is Chris Faulk
from the Samuels Group.
[28:16] The jail update.
[28:20] » [clears throat]
[28:24] » Yes, Chris Vault, superintendent for
Samuels Group on the Page County Law
[28:29] Enforcement Center.
Well, we're in punch list, so [laughter]
[28:35] all the major construction is done. Um,
we've had the engineers, architects in
[28:42] for the first round of punch list items.
they are actively putting those um
[28:49] we put them in into the uh listing uh to
each contractor and they're actively
[28:55] getting them done. Um [clears throat] I
would say that we're probably 50%
[29:01] complete on the punch list items. Um
we're working through some issues on
[29:08] data. We've got some couple of things
that or were um kind of popped up on us
[29:14] as far as some intercoms and getting
some wire pulled where it needed to be,
[29:18] but nothing major. Um like I said, all
major construction is over. So,
[29:23] [clears throat]
we've had final cleaners in there a
[29:26] couple times. Um we'll have them in
there one more time once everybody gets
[29:31] out of the building. As of right now, as
it stands, um the plumbing crew is
[29:37] expected to be out by Friday.
Um their trailer left today. Um HVAC, I
[29:45] think, is going to be right behind them
the middle of next week. Electrical is
[29:49] pushing to get out by Friday.
Um so data will still be working,
[29:55] [clears throat] I think September 8th,
which is Monday.
[29:59] um their engineers come in Tuesday. Oh,
>> was it Tuesday?
[30:02] » Tuesday.
>> Was hoping it was Monday, but [laughter]
[30:07] [clears throat]
>> um they'll be in on the 8th and they'll
[30:11] start doing testing of the jail cells,
the locks, um intercom systems,
[30:16] speakers, all that. And then once we get
that, I'm probably going to call in next
[30:22] week for the um inspection, the total
fire alarm inspection from the fire
[30:29] marshall's office.
And then um
[30:35] once we get that done, I think Tony will
then call for the DOC inspection.
[30:40] um we have commissioning to go through
yet. So, that could be a little bit of a
[30:44] lengthy process and I don't think we'll
call DOC until we get um till we get all
[30:50] the commissioning done, which is
basically
[30:53] um all your HVAC systems, your security
systems, um door controls, um anything
[31:01] that's electronic in the building, um
the lighting controls, uh the BAS
[31:07] system, building automation system, that
all gets commissioned by a separate
[31:12] firm. um and make sure that it was done
according to specifications
[31:16] uh listed in the plans. Um then we'll
call for the DOC inspection. But during
[31:22] that time,
uh also this county staff will start
[31:26] going through training and that'll be
fairly extensive. I mean this is new
[31:30] building form, new way of operating um
with a lot of electronics. So, we want
[31:35] to make sure that they have a very good
understanding
[31:38] uh before we put uh inmates or offenders
into that building.
[31:44] Um I think this will probably be my last
update for you until we turn
[31:50] [clears throat] the keys over and I
imagine then I'll say this. Sid probably
[31:54] want to will probably shoot me, but I'll
say I'll say Sid will probably come back
[31:58] in and give you one last update with the
financials.
[32:02] Okay.
Thank you for all the updates you've
[32:05] given us and keeping us informed with
the pictures and the notations of
[32:10] everything that's going on. And it's
it's been amazing to watch how it's come
[32:16] from a
blank slate to to the
[32:22] nice interior that we have now. Nice,
clean, bright
[32:26] » interior that the inmates should really
appreciate.
[32:30] » [laughter]
>> Yeah, that's right.
[32:32] » I know the employees will appreciate it.
I know the dispatch is is enjoying it.
[32:36] So,
>> um, we appreciate, you know, everything
[32:40] that's that's been done and and, uh,
trying to keep us
[32:44] » on budget and everything that has
happened. So, thank you, Chris.
[32:48] » Yep. And, uh, I I imagine we've been in
conversations with the architect and the
[32:52] engineers and they want to do one final
walk through. I've got to kind of talk
[32:57] to them within the next couple weeks.
They want to do just one more just the
[33:02] detailing, you know, making sure all the
details, everything is covered. If
[33:05] there's one little thing, we want to
make sure that we got it taken care of.
[33:09] So, they'll put eyes on it one more time
before we turn the building over.
[33:13] » It's going to be a major change for
everybody.
[33:15] » Yep. Yep. And it's going to be it's
going to be awesome. It's going to be
[33:18] safer facility for them to work out of
and and and even for the offenders,
[33:23] it'll be a safer facility that they can.
>> You wouldn't want to buy the old jail,
[33:26] would you?
>> I'm I'm out on that. I think I'm good.
[33:30] So, all right. Thank you.
>> Okay. Thank you, Chris.
[33:36] » Okay.
Next, we start with a long list of
[33:39] abatements um for different cities.
We'll start with Essex. [clears throat]
[33:44] Um we have a
um an [clears throat]
[33:49] a request from the city of Essex for A12
North Avenue.
[33:54] They've taken ownership of this, so
they're asking that we abate the taxes
[34:00] um of $102 on the property.
This parcel was acquired as a nuisance
[34:06] property and the trailer home was
demolished for the community. So, that
[34:10] sounds like a a good thing. So, I need a
motion on that.
[34:18] » Make [clears throat] a motion pass
resolution 40-2026.
[34:23] Second. Second.
>> All in favor?
[34:26] » I.
>> Thank you.
[34:34] » The next one is the
city of Clarinda [clears throat]
[34:40] and we have Gary McClaren here with us,
the city manager. Um, we have a property
[34:47] at 107
South 11th Street. [clears throat]
[34:53] Um
[34:58] that one of the taxes were $78.
Um they transferred uh the property from
[35:06] the Clarinda economic development to the
city of Clarinda and will be sold for
[35:09] future housing development.
[35:15] » Anything on that one now for its bare
lot or
[35:18] » uh Yeah, it's it's a bare lot right now.
Uh what we're planning on doing is we've
[35:22] actually got three bear lots total in
town and what we're planning on doing is
[35:26] putting them out for bid and selling
them for housing.
[35:32] Seems like we always need lots to build.
So
[35:36] do I hear a motion?
>> Make [clears throat] a motion that we
[35:41] approve resolution 41-2026.
>> Second.
[35:45] » All in favor?
>> I
[35:47] » I. Our next one, Gary, [clears throat]
is the Hugh and Maxine Lowden Business
[35:54] Park. I'll let you talk to that one.
>> Yeah. Um, last year we had also asked
[36:00] for an abatement for this property. Uh,
last year it was only one tax bill. This
[36:05] year it's 24 because it has been
subdivided at this point. Last
[36:10] [clears throat] year you didn't allow it
because we got farm rental income off of
[36:14] it. So, I understand that that is what
how the law reads on that. Um, I can
[36:19] tell you this year we have had no farm
rental income on it. Everything has been
[36:23] expensed so far. Um, the project is
doing wonderful. Uh, the infrastructure
[36:28] is actually a little ahead of schedule
right now. Um, they're almost completed
[36:33] with the turning lanes on on the bypass.
So, it's going along very nicely. Um,
[36:38] [clears throat]
I just would ask that uh you guys abate
[36:42] the taxes this year on this uh $2,298.
Uh we do have a couple of very
[36:49] interested parties right now. So I think
we're moving right along. It'll
[36:54] definitely be on the tax rules before we
know it.
[36:56] » Sounds like an exciting um project down
there across from the the new park and
[37:02] everything. A lot of
>> construction [clears throat] going on.
[37:06] Um so that's good for the for the county
and good for the city.
[37:11] » So could I hear a motion for that
abatement? Make a motion ready to pass
[37:16] resolution 42-2026
Page County or Corinda.
[37:23] » Second.
>> All in favor?
[37:25] » I. Okay.
>> Thank you very much. We do appreciate
[37:29] it.
>> Thank you, Gary.
[37:31] » Okay. Then our next one is from the
Clarinda Regional Health Center.
[37:40] Uh, as most of you know, the the Clar
Hospital is a municipal hospital. Takes
[37:46] no tax dollars, never has, and um
they're quite proud of that, but they do
[37:52] keep getting more real estate because
they keep growing. So, uh we have a
[37:56] couple um requests here. We have uh 20
two I'll say it in a minute, 225 West
[38:04] La. And um that is one [clears throat]
of these is the old golden rod. The
[38:10] other one is um a house that they've
been using um for doctors and different
[38:18] people that come in and work at the
hospital. [clears throat] And then they
[38:22] also purchased um the uh Dr. Bradick,
Dr. Um
[38:31] can thank um yeah anyway um the two the
two doctors had that 3007. So um those
[38:39] » Rick
>> Raric. Thank you. Thank you. I like to
[38:41] think I was the best. Anyway, so they're
asking for the abatement on those three
[38:45] properties.
um they they did come to us last year to
[38:50] ask about um abatements on the
properties, but it was too late and we
[38:55] didn't allow that last year. So, we are
moving forward with it this year as
[39:00] requested.
So, could I hear a motion on that one?
[39:04] [clears throat]
[39:06] » I'll make a motion approve resolution
43-2026.
[39:11] » Second.
>> All in favor?
[39:14] » I
>> I Okay. [clears throat]
[39:16] And then we have okay we have 44
and
[39:22] 45
>> also. So
[39:26] » let me change my motion.
>> Yeah, you can change your motion.
[39:29] » Okay, I'll change my motion to approve
resolution 43 44 and 45
[39:37] for the Clarendon Hospital abatement.
>> Second.
[39:41] » Second.
>> All in favor? I
[39:44] » I there's three to sign.
Okay. [clears throat]
[39:50] Have that done.
Okay. [clears throat]
[39:55] Our next item is um
possible close session in accordance
[40:01] with Iowa code section 21.51c,
the board of supervisors to discuss
[40:06] litigation regarding Mid America's not
solar project.
[40:10] So, um, we'll need a motion to go into
close session.
[40:16] [clears throat]
[40:27] Um,
[40:31] I'll make the motion. I'll make a motion
that we go into close session per Iowa
[40:36] code
21.51C.
[40:43] » Second.
>> All in [clears throat] favor?
[40:46] » I. So, we're going to go into close
session at 440.
[40:52] » Technical difficulties over here.
>> Okay. I need a motion to come back into
[40:57] open session.
>> Make a motion come back into open
[41:01] session.
Second.
[41:04] » All in favor?
>> I I
[41:06] » Okay, we're back in open session at 454
and we took no action.
[41:15] » Okay, so our next item is uh board
communication.
[41:21] [clears throat]
I did not go to my meeting today.
[41:26] I'm still kind of taking it easy. So
anyway,
[41:32] » I have not had any meetings.
>> Okay. And you have one to Thursday
[41:36] night.
>> Thursday night. Yep. [clears throat]
[41:38] » Okay. [laughter] Landfill. Okay.
Anything else?
[41:45] I enjoyed Isaac, too. Todd said he
enjoyed it.
[41:48] » I enjoyed it. We learned a lot. I rented
a scooter. Got me around.
[41:53] [clears throat] They laughed at me, but
>> he laughed.
[41:56] » Todd was laughing at him. Anyway, it got
me around and it was good.
[42:00] » I did not run into any.
>> Okay, our next item then is to discuss.
[42:06] » Do [clears throat] we
>> Go ahead.
[42:07] » I'm sorry. Um, do we want to for next
week's meetings?
[42:12] » We're not having one.
>> We're not having one next week. So, we
[42:14] need to announce that to make sure.
Okay.
[42:16] » I got it.
>> Oh, you got Okay,
[42:17] » I got it. I was going to do that.
>> Sorry. Yep. Okay.
[42:20] » Okay. Because Corey reminded me
[laughter]
[42:24] » and now you did. So, that's good. Okay.
Um meeting minutes from August 25th.
[42:29] » Motion approved. The minutes are stated.
>> Second.
[42:33] » All in favor? I
>> I Okay. We will not have a meeting next
[42:36] week because this room will be used for
um right.
[42:41] » Yes.
>> For the school elections. Um so we have
[42:45] [clears throat]
both Shannona and Clarinda have school
[42:48] election going on. Um special election
for Pebbles. So anyway, we will not be
[42:54] meeting next week if anything should uh
>> and then our meeting on the 15th will be
[42:59] at 9:00 a.m. Correct.
>> Yes.
[43:02] » And on the 22nd
>> and on the 22nd. So those two will be in
[43:06] the day.
>> Yes.
[43:07] » Yes.
>> Okay. Everybody mark your calendars.
[43:10] Thank you.
>> 9:00 a.m. 15th and the 22nd.
[43:13] » Yes. City.
>> Okay. So September 8th, everybody out
[43:18] there on Zoom, um there's a special
elections going. So, we will not be
[43:23] meeting next Tuesday, September the 8th.
We will be meeting on September 15th and
[43:28] September 22nd, both at 9:00 a.m. for
the canvases for the election and for
[43:33] our regular meetings. So, just so
everyone knows. Okay.
[43:38] Could I hear a motion to adjurnn?
[clears throat]
[43:40] » Motion to adjurnn. Second.
>> All in favor? I I 457. Thank you
[43:46] everybody.