[1:54] running
[2:00] question.
[2:12] Good morning everybody. We'll get this
meeting called to order.
[2:16] I'll make a motion to start the meeting
and approve the agenda.
[2:19] » I'll second.
>> Those in favor? I. Minutes of the
[2:23] February 10th, 2026 board meeting.
>> I'll make a motion to approve.
[2:27] » Second it. Those in favor? I
[clears throat]
[2:31] » advertise for county engineer position.
>> [clears throat]
[2:36] » And we got the finalized sheet on that,
right Brad? Or
[2:39] » he sent it to
>> you sent it to and it's a combination.
[2:42] One's a long version, one's the
advertised issue.
[2:46] » Kind of depends on what format you're
going to advertise.
[2:50] If [snorts] it's an expensive print
version, then the shorter version would
[2:56] suffice initially.
>> Okay.
[3:00] That's
for Brad's [clears throat] replacement.
[3:06] You read through those J. I'm good with
them. I read through.
[3:10] » I'm good with them.
>> We'll make a motion to approve them. And
[3:15] [clears throat]
>> before we go forward, Brad, are you
[3:17] placing them or are we
[3:22] do it either way, whatever. I think the
responses should come back through the
[3:26] supervisor's office. Um, so but uh I
don't know how many places you would
[3:32] like to place.
>> Probably more the marrier.
[3:37] » Unless it's expensive. So
>> yeah. [clears throat] So I'll get you a
[3:43] suggested list of places and if you want
us to send it.
[3:46] » Okay,
>> that's fine.
[3:47] » That will work. All right. All those in
favor? Hi.
[3:50] » I
resignation [clears throat] letter from
[3:54] Gary Smith, Waffle County
Assessor.
[3:59] Gary saw this on the agenda, so he bowed
out of the meeting.
[4:04] So, actually left the courthouse.
[laughter]
[4:08] So, [clears throat] we did have a a
little mini mini party with all the area
[4:13] assessors
over Pete's range last week and we
[4:17] presented him with a plaque for years of
service.
[4:21] And I know he's
he [clears throat] gets a little
[4:24] emotional about it. Been here a long
time. How long was he been here? 37.
[4:30] » I don't know for sure because he did
some time in Mahaska County and then
[4:34] came back and he's been in the
assessment world for over 40 years.
[4:40] » I was thinking it was 37 or 38 years
here, but
[4:44] [clears throat] a lifetime.
and he's turning it over to Travis, who
[4:50] seems to be having a totally different
hair day.
[4:54] [snorts]
[5:00] » That's first thing I noticed when you
stand up, [laughter]
[5:03] wrestling tournament's over, he's going
back to normal,
[5:08] right? So, yeah, you guys get a chance,
you know, make contact with Gary and
[5:12] Tom, thanks for your years of service.
Know he'll appreciate it. So,
[5:17] I'll make a motion to approve.
>> I'll second it. Those in favor?
[5:21] » I
28E agreement regarding service
[5:24] contracting W County Sheriff's Office
and the city of Eddieville.
[5:30] Says 10% increase into what they pay us
for contract patrol of 60 hours a month
[5:38] is what it is. has helped it. I went to
each one of the cities and asked for a
[5:42] 10% increase for uh revenue increase to
help out with expenses.
[5:48] » Do you have to do one of these for each
one of the cities?
[5:50] » You know, Eddieville is the only one
that requests an additional 20 a new.
[5:56] The other ones don't request it. So, I
don't
[5:58] » Okay.
>> I don't see us needing to do that.
[6:00] » Long as you got right. So, that's why
just wonder when it was only them. So,
[6:06] » I'll make a motion to approve. I'll
second. Those in favor?
[6:09] » I tell my family trout fishing day
donation.
[6:14] They ask for $500
to give this every year. Anybody know
[6:20] how much they raised total?
Do you know Tom at all? Is it like
[6:26] $5,000 or something total?
[clears throat and cough]
[6:30] As for the fishing trout fishing day in
March
[6:34] before the w of course by then the
waters might be really warm where things
[6:37] are going.
>> I'm going to make a motion to approve.
[6:42] » I'll second that. Those in favor?
>> I.
[6:45] » All right.
Elden uptown downtown donation.
[6:50] Do they have a dollar amount?
>> They they was not a dollar amount
[6:54] requested. Karen looked it up and the
last time was money was given was
[6:58] $10,000 back in 2020.
[clears throat] So with that being said,
[7:03] I'm going to make a motion to table that
until we get done with our budget.
[7:08] » Get some more details on what it's what
it is what it's for. I think that last
[7:12] one was
opera house or something like that. You
[7:15] remember [snorts]
Chad? Mm-m. [clears throat]
[7:19] I told her I thought we gave money
before, but
[7:24] » Opera House is different than Elden
Uptown Downtown. So,
[7:29] maybe one of us can make contact to see
what it is they're requesting.
[7:33] » All right.
I'll go with your motion to table that.
[7:38] Those in favor of table. All right.
Amended and restated joint agreement for
[7:44] operation of maintenance of sanitary
landfill.
[7:47] This is a new
updated agreement. I think the other
[7:52] been replaced
for
[7:55] eternity since it started it. It had
never been updated. So the DNR required
[8:02] that it be updated along with the new
comp plan stuff and the city's already
[8:06] approved it.
>> I'm going to make a motion to approve.
[8:09] I'll second it. Those in favor?
>> I I
[8:13] [clears throat] personnel request
request a payroll approval, change of
[8:17] employment, sheriff's department.
>> It's just uh put one of the cos is
[8:23] currently there and will sergeant
positions.
[8:26] » Okay,
>> I'll make motion approve.
[8:30] » Who [clears throat] is it? Do you have a
last name on it?
[8:34] » What's that?
>> The employee is Vandor.
[8:37] » Vanor. Okay. Yeah.
[8:41] I'll second that. Those in favor
>> I
[8:44] » request for payroll approval. New Ohio
sheriff's department.
[8:47] » Just a vacancy in the one of the jail
positions
[8:52] to approve.
>> Okay. [clears throat] Those in favor?
[8:57] » I.
[9:01] Any other business
come before the board?
[9:05] J. So, I I didn't know whether to bring
this up uh now or I guess with I didn't
[9:11] know Brian wasn't going to be here
today, but um I just [clears throat]
[9:14] wanted to kind of bring it up. I don't
know if you guys saw the the the House
[9:20] file that the pass through committee and
is made it through the funnel regarding
[9:24] the renewable energy standards that they
have proposed. Have you seen any of that
[9:30] at all?
>> I haven't seen the draft. No, I heard it
[9:32] went through but I haven't seen it. So
they've created a basically a
[9:35] standardized setback distance from
various structures, non-participating
[9:43] um
you know properties and whatever. Um
[9:47] obviously it's a long ways from from
becoming a law because it's got to go
[9:51] through the Senate yet and all that
before it would go to the full house or
[9:55] legislature for for a vote. Um, did you
want to know what some of those
[10:00] proposals are
at this point or
[10:05] » I can pull them or you can email them to
me either way. We actually have a
[10:08] meeting. Okay.
>> Thursdays.
[10:09] » All right.
>> Over that. So,
[10:10] » okay.
>> At one o'clock.
[10:12] » All right.
>> If you're bored.
[10:14] » No, I'll be there. It's just um
>> it is going to be in Eddieville.
[10:20] » What?
>> No, it's not. [laughter]
[10:24] Why don't you take me core out to the
county even further? Why don't you do
[10:27] that?
>> Pink room 1:00 on Thursday. So,
[10:31] » yeah. Um,
>> you had to think about it though.
[10:34] » I did have to think about it. Yeah. My
mind's going about 100 miles per hour.
[10:39] Um, but it does some of the
>> What's the house file number? You got
[10:42] that?
>> Yeah, it's 2580
[10:45] 2580.
[10:51] And the way it looks, it would
the county would have to weaken its
[10:56] ordinance. It's proposed in some areas.
It it basically calls for maximum
[11:03] distances for setbacks. So, you can go
over, but you can go under.
[11:08] Um,
[11:13] just be some food for thought for when
you have your meeting on Thursday, I
[11:16] guess, because who knows if this thing
will pass as it is. you know, or if
[11:21] there'll be a lot of changes to it or
>> Yeah, they actually about the last two
[11:25] years. So,
>> yeah. [clears throat] Yeah, this one
[11:29] originated in the House and it and it
passed out a subcommittee. So, it or a
[11:34] committee, so it uh
it's now house file instead of a study
[11:39] bill. [snorts]
[11:43] » And I think they put it on their
calendar for House debate. I don't know
[11:47] when that's going to be, but it'll be up
for debate from the way it sounds. So,
[11:57] » anything else?
>> No, that's it. [snorts] Anybody else?
[12:05] » Call for a motion to adjourn. I'll make
it. I'll
[12:08] » second. Those in favor? I I
thanks for coming.
[12:15] » [snorts]