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to the flag of the United States of
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God indivisible with liberty and justice
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» Thank you.
>> Thank you so much for being here

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tonight. Um, we know that, uh, an
accessible government is an accountable

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government. And so the board, we know
that Liberty County is a big county and

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that it's important to bring the the the
government to the people. And so that's

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why we're here tonight. And so we
appreciate all of you being here. Um,

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we'll start off with just a few
introductions. I think we'll start with

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the board of supervisors and then we can
go around to some of the elected

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officials in department head. So I'm
Mark Nelson. I'm the 2026 chair of the

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board of supervisors and we have Matthew
sitting here Dan Bing to his right uh

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David Dietrich and then also from
Anthony from the city of Anthony here we

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have Mayor Port County and Councilman
Ross. So thank you guys for hosting us

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in town today and you guys are on the
business tour. Appreciate that. If we

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have any other elected officials in
department heads, I ask you to please

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kind of stand. Engineer Lord Severs, our
MS director Drew Ber, our county

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treasurer Tina Bertran, our HR director
Melissa Thomas, budget director Ryan

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Ericson, our zoning coordinator Dan
Priestley, county, county James Lewis,

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sorry James, and then our city district
health Kevin Green over there. So, thank

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you all you guys. Hello, Michelle Scaff.
I'm sorry, Michelle Scout.

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I'm sorry. Sorry.
Um, do we have any Secretary Rose

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foreman here that
>> I'll be there. So, thank you. Oh, and

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and Tim, thanks for being here, guys.
So, we have we have four foremen that

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oversee four districts in the county and
these guys are supervising the staff in

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those districts and those day-to-day
operations. Tim is out of

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Correctionville, Jim is out of ODOT.
They oversee the east side of the

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county. We got Jamie and Michael out of
Mobile and Hornets respectively. And so

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those guys are are overseeing a lot of
work every day and we appreciate the uh

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the work that they do. Um
uh also I'd like to recognize if there's

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any other mayors, councilmen or city
clerks from other communities in the

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county that are here tonight. If you
just give a wave of the hand or

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Okay. Okay, we got a couple. Thank you.
Thank you for uh joining us. Um if you

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saw over here we have refreshments that
were sponsored by United Bank of Iowa

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here in Anthem. Uh typically the board
would buy um snacks and and refreshments

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for these types of things. UI reached
out when when this was announced and

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said is that something we could do and
so very appreciative that they wanted to

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do that. So thank you to UBI. Um but
then a really big thank you to um Amy

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McFarland and AC/DC. So when when we
wanted to come here, I I wanted to have

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an event center and then do a tour of
some of the businesses in Anthen and

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give people a chance to interact with
those business owners and see the great

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work that's going on in Anon. And I kind
of gave Amy a directive things I want to

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do and she made it happen. And so thank
you, thank you, thank you so much for

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that and for all that ACDC does. I think
as supervisors, we're pretty um proud

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that we get to tell people that we have
the coolest named economic development

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group in the state of Iowa. you're not
going to top AC/DC, right? So, thank

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you. Thank you so much. Um, so you've
all probably seen the agenda of some

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items that we're going to cover tonight.
Um, at the end, we do have open for any

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any comments, any feedback, any
questions. Um, as we go through these,

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if you have any questions or comments
you want to make as we go through these

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items, absolutely raise your hand. We'd
love to hear from you. The only thing

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that we ask is that we're respectful of
people when they're talking. So, let's

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try to recognize who the speaker is and
let them uh finish. And let's as a

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speaker, let's be mindful of everybody's
time. We have a lot of sub topics to

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cover. I'm sure there's lots of things
we're going to hear from you guys. So,

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as we as we go through this, let's just
uh be respectful of of that. So, with

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that, we're going to start with Connie
and I guess Ross is going to give an

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update. Sorry, Ross. Ross is going to
give an update from the city of Anthony

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and then BBC wants to take up stuff
that's going on. So, I'll turn to you

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guys.
Thank you. As Mark said, my name is Ross

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Baldwin. I am on the city council.
County Westfall here is on the city

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council as well. Our mayor couldn't be
here in county as she is the mayor pro

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Tim. There is only two of us here. So,
the city of Anthony does not have a

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quorum going right now. But, uh, I just
want to thank the Woodbury County

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Supervisors and the rest of the elected
officials um for coming to Anthe and

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seeing our town. As you guys see, we're
very proud of Anthe. We're very proud of

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the businesses and the amount of work
and money that has been put into AMP,

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especially over the last handful of
years. It's it's been a tremendous

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amount. And I'm just going to do a a
quick little highlight of where Amp's at

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today. And one thing I do want to
highlight is the businesses that we

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have. And I'll be honest, as I went down
this list, it surprised me even how many

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businesses there is in Anthem and on
Main Street for a town of less than 500

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people. So starting from the the west
end of Main Street, we have the Anthony

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Mini Mart, the Woodbury County hay
auction, Binhan feed lot, which is at

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the old Anthony elevator that they
renovated, the Rustic Boutique, Shelley

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Dandenburg, United Bank of Iowa, Maine
and Miller, Happy Hanks Barbecue, which

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Lorie Hanky, she also works out of that
building, which is next to our building.

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She works for carparts.com and has for
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and Lounge, the Fireside Meat Market,
John Stewart Associates, which we

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toured, I'm a part of that company,
Katie Cloud and Home, 1846 Jerky

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Company, Jeremy and Christy Bowman, Ida
Chiropractic, Jay Ly, Steve Alers, SA

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Commodities, the Rimson Farmers Co-op,
Lincoln Studio 101, Rhese Cochran, which

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is another building that's been
completely re renovated in the last few

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years. JK Insurance, Jennifer Okonnell
and Kelly Cook. And then the Anthony

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Vvent Center down here at the end. And
you can look around and see the amount

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of work and money that's been put into
the event center. And that's came from

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grants and big private donations. One
other business that is on Main Street

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that I left out is Little Saloon, and
it's it's currently underway of being

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renovated and opened back up. And that's
a that's another business that the city

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of Anon is is supporting.
and Pinebridge Parlor which is next to

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the little saliva. The off street
businesses is the Anthen service center,

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Collins Agency, Kurt Pollson Auctions,
Nutrian, the Shooting Shop, the Anon

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Veterary Clinic, Amy Cloud Photography,
Little Solutions, Anon Metal Works, and

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the Anthem Community Golf Club. These
are all the businesses in Anthem. It it

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it's over 25 businesses, which is
nothing short of amazing in my opinion.

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And a lot of the I mean these are
thriving businesses and continuing to

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grow. Another thing we have obviously is
the Anon Elementary School. It's K

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through eight. So the Anon Elementary is
there, but it's also the middle school

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from Maple Valley and Anthony. And it's
obviously the largest employer in the

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town of Anthem. And it this is it's
vital for our community.

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We also have a very active Anthem
Community Fire Department. Um we've got

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several fire members of the fire
department. I'm the assistant chief.

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Chad guy stand up. Chad Meyer, he's the
chief of the Anthem Fire Department.

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Ryan Jacobson, he's our secretary and is
Grant here, treasure, but Rick Baldwin

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and Nathan Ledwick, they're also on the
Anthem Fire Department and they're

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present as well. We also have the Anon
Rescue Squad, which is very active. I

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did see Don and Julie. They are here
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we have the Anthonoto Rec Ball Committee
and very active as well. This last year,

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if you drive down by our ballpark, we
just got a new cover put over top of it

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and and one company that I or not
company, but one organization I didn't

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list, but they are on Main Street is the
Anthem Legion Post 389. And they are

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very active. And so there's coffee there
every morning at the Legion, but the

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Legion was behind that cover that got
put over top of the grand stand down

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here this last year. And the Legion
applied for a grant through MER and MR

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awarded the grant. And we've got this
beautiful structure down there now

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covering the grandstands.
As well as there's churches in this

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town. I I believe there's the Methodist
Lutheran Church of Christ and the

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Catholic Church. Four churches in Anthem
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And then another really cool it it's
it's essentially a business is the

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Maidenbound Market that Amy's a part of.
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as Kayla too are a part of that. And the
Maidenbound Market is held every fall

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down here. And I don't you guys probably
draw between Friday and Saturday 5,000

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people to the town of An. And if you've
never been to it, come out. It's a

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fantastic event and they're they're and
showcasing

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people that uh vendors that hand make
all their own goods and so it's a

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wonderful event. So that's just a a
highlight of all of the things that are

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going for amp and it's exciting and and
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why as you tour Main Street and you see
everything that's going on you you get

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the a feeling of why we have such a
strong sense of pride in the town of

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Anthony. It's uh there's a lot happening
for a town of our size in my opinion.

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Some of the highlights from the the city
of An recently that I would like to

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bring up is within the last few years
we've completed our first phase of our

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underground electrical project. And
essentially that is the the main line

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coming in from that main line is all
underground. And if you go down the

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north side of Main Street behind all
those businesses in that alley that is

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all now underground and it was it was a
nightmare I mean before that. So this

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has been expensive but it it is a much
needed upgrade and something that we're

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hoping to continue to build off of for
the long-term reliability of our town.

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We within the last few years we
completely revamped our water tower. Our

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water tower needed a lot of work and
that's something that we got done here a

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few years ago and the water tower is now
on annual maintenance schedule but it

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was sand blasted the outside the inside
some of it was brought more up to code

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to today's code and that our our water
infrastructure here in Athen is in very

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good shape. Another thing that we have
done is the intersections here on D38.

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This one right out here by the event
center and then down by the old fire

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station where Kurt Pollson's auction
store is. Both of those intersections

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needed a tremendous amount of work. We
have a lot of a lot of traffic that

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comes through. It's a farm to market
road D38 is. And they were we we spent a

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lot of money on it as the city, but it's
8 in of concrete with Rebar. And so it's

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it's we're we're proud of it and it's a
much better experience as you come

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through Anthony.
The next two big projects that we've got

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going on today is we are in the process
of updating our lift station down here

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behind the boat. Our lift station is
extremely outdated. I don't even know

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the year, but we it was that
infrastructure of the lift station was

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exposed of of how close to critical
failure we are during the flood that

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happened. And we were able to keep that
lift station going and running during

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the flood, but there's a lot of work
that needs to be done to that. And

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there's a couple grants that are out
there for that that we are exploring.

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There's uh one that is a $500,000 grant
and there's another $500,000 grant. That

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lift station project is obviously going
to be well over a million dollars, but

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it is it's something for the the
long-term viability of the town of Anon.

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We desperately need a new lift station.
The other project that we have been

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exploring, and this is going to be a a
few project, is we're exploring a new

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housing development. So, where the fire
station sits on the corner of Highway

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31, there's a cornfield there, and we
are exploring a new housing development

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there. West Gate, which was our previous
housing development, is is completely

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full now. Um the last lot was actually
just sold within the last couple of

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months. So, a lot of exciting stuff
going on in Anthem. Um the city of

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Anthem, we've got a great staff right
now. Jeff Collins is here. He's the city

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superintendent. Him and Mike um Mike
Gumball, they work hard. Um we're we're

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very happy with where we're at today. I
would say when you think about the

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biggest risk for the city of Anthony,
it's the same as every other small town.

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The biggest risk is aging infrastructure
and the cost of everything. And that is

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where
um you think about the support from the

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county that you guys have always given
an there's no question. Um I've been

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I've been part of organizations that are
on the receiving end of that support. So

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I'm not just saying that because they're
sitting here. Woodbury County

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supervisors have been very supportive
for the town of Bama. I my first job out

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of college was working at the grain
elevator south of town and that grain

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elevator was part of tax incremental
financing which was through Woodbury

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County. So the county has been extremely
supportive. The thing though for us in

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these small towns is is with the cost of
everything and the aging infrastructure

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is it is vital the support from our our
local, our city, our state, county and

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federal government. it. We we can't
continue to do these projects without

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these types of grants that we're talking
about. Uh I talked about the electrical

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project, the the lift station. These
grants are extremely vital and the

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support is vital, but that that's the
same for every small town. I know

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there's other representatives from small
towns and we're all in the same boat out

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here, but the biggest thing is we all
just keep working together and

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collaborate and come up with good ideas
and keep moving forward. That's all I

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have. If anyone's got any questions,
I'll be around all night. But Amy

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McFarland is here with the AC/DC and I
would like Amy just to give a couple

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highlights from the AC/DC and who they
are and what they do. Thank you.

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So ACC stands for Anthony Community
Development Corporation and we are a

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group of about 10 volunteers. Uh we do
small community projects, but we're the

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ones that make the fun happen in Anthe.
Our main goal is to provide family

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friendly activities and things for, you
know, people that want to raise a family

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here and want to stay here or want to
move here because of the great things

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that we have going on. So, uh,
sorry. I grew up in this town and, uh,

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it was the best life as a child growing
up in the '9s and all the things that we

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had to do. And, uh, my goal and the the
goal of the board is to

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give these kids in this town that same
life that we had. So, um, through

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donations, through fundraising, we have
annual events that we put on every year

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for the kids. Everything from the
Christmas carnival to our annual town

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celebration of kids day. I think last
year was our 100th year celebration. And

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how many people do you still came into
town for that? I mean there was hundreds

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of people here. Um the carnival comes,
we have concerts, we have food. It's

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just an amazing thing. Um that's
probably our biggest celebration of the

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year. And then just other smaller things
that we're doing throughout the year for

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the kids. Uh, as far as projects go, we
try to devote a good $10,000 worth of

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money every year to a project that needs
to be taken care of and added. So, um,

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for example, last year the bathrooms
down were a site and they just were not

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maybe a favorite place for the ladies to
go. And so we were able to take that

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money and have those bathrooms
completely redone and help an rack ball

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out and uh just make them cleaner,
nicer, more efficient. Uh this year

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we're going to focus more of of our
money on more projects down there at the

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ball field. You know, we want to have
that facility nice and welcoming and

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just be a place where those kids can
thrive. So everything from just renewing

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the dugouts to uh adding a shade onto
the structure that the legion had put

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on. So those hot early or late May days
when that sun's coming through, you

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know, give it some shade. Um we do
little things. Had the light poles in

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Hampton. They were hot green and we had
them painted black. We buy the flags for

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Main Street. And then another project
that we're really proud of just making

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Main Street pretty is we buy huge flower
pots that we have put on Main Street

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every year um through donations. We do
$50 sponsorships and people just they're

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fighting those sponsorships but then
take care of those flower pots every

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year. If you haven't been to Aen in the
summer in the last three years, it's

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just beautiful. We get so many
compliments on that and um just doing

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little things like that to help town
out, you know. So, uh,

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just our our main thing is we want you
to come and visit, enjoy your time here,

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bring your families. We're a welcoming
community. We love seeing people come in

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from other places. Support our
businesses, shop small. I think that's

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just been such a I don't want to say
trendy thing last five years, but it's

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important. And these people in this town
care and they break their backs to make

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this town great. So just really proud to
be a part of this town and this group of

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people who just want to make the a great
place to be. So

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thank you.

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All right. Well, thank you for that
update from both of you. Really great.

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Appreciate that. Um, next on the agenda
is an update from our county engineer,

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Laura Severs. and I know that she's got
some things prepared to put up on the

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wall, but I will turn the uh microphone
over to her and she can tell you about

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some of the projects that we have going
on in the county, what it what you could

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expect to see at this year. And then I'm
sure she would love to uh field

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questions. I'm sure you have questions
and comments. All

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right.
How many people thought about the road,

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the pavement that they drove on on their
way here tonight?

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The actual road, the actual pavement.
Sometimes we think about those things

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and sometimes we don't. Um, and
honestly, if you're not thinking about

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the road you're driving on, I think that
that means that we're good.

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So, let me ask you something else.

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How many of you drove on a county on
your way here tonight?

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Yeah, we have a lot in Woodberry.
Um, our system is quite big here in uh

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with that 1300 miles of roadway, 300
bridges.

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It's a busy system that uh we we spend a
lot of time keeping in good and safe

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condition.
And I always love showing this to people

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in uh that's not is it is a nice quiet
roadway system. We like to kind of do

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our work, you know, out of the
spotlight. We like taking care of the

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roads that only a couple people need to
get to and from places

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because those roads still need to be
taken care of and those roads, you know,

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um are vital for a lot of people.

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Um
did anybody fuel up a vehicle this?

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Well, thank you. You contributed to
secondary roads uh the road use tax

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fund. uh you know has state and federal
taxes on that fuel that you fueled up

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with and uh that's the major contributor
to our budget and you'll be happy to

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know that it took me what three slides
to get to talk about money. Uh I would

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say probably every time I talk to the
board it's something about money. Um

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it's it's a big system. It takes a lot
of dollars. So, I just want everyone to

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understand that your taxes that you're
paying at the pump really do come back

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to here to Woodbury.
Um, but then also the pennies that you

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pay at a register
and help pay for our own.

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Um, we get a little bit of property tax
funds and then we also do get some tax

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increment tip fun that helps with the
gravel road project.

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And then that money helps, but then it
really also helps if we get some state

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funding. We get two million for our farm
to market roads every year. We get a

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million for the highway uh bridge funds,
which a highway bridge fund has to just

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have a whole bunch of requirements on
those bridges that then we qualify for

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that kind of. And then we're also always
applying for grants, right? If you can

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do a project with grant money, it just
extends all your money for all the other

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things you also need to be doing. So, we
do appreciate grants and we'll uh we'll

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jump through every single federal group
that's required uh to get that money.

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We'll do all the paperwork, right? So,
yeah.

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So, if you're familiar with the D3A
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I thought it was an amazing project.
Uh, it turned out really great. Um, but

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again, it costs money. So, we had a
whole bunch of money I just talked

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about, but for some reason, that money
comes in and comes out. Like, there's

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never never stopping too long, you know.
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it was a 10 10 million project and it
cost you know $3.7 million to do. So

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that's a lot of dollars that went out
for that. Um but let's think of asphalt

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project you see one you know 37.

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Um,
how many can you think of another road

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that we probably need to be doing?
No one.

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» Oh,
well, yes, there there is always roads

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that need to be done. Um, it is just a
process of trying to figure out can we

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get extra money for that road and if we
can then we're going to jump through

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those hoops and wait that time to do
those roads. But otherwise, you know, it

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is just trying to find the worlds that,
you know, really need to be taken care

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of because safe is the priority.
Um, yeah, like I said, it that project

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turned out really good. Um, it's an
award winner in my book. So,

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I'm really appreciative of the, you
know, construction staff that was out

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there. The contractor did a good job
when he was there and not broke down.

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But um it was a good time.

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Uh we also did a concrete road project
that was K45

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and concrete projects to cost a little
bit more. That was a seven mile project.

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So now we're at you know 470,000
but to do um just a concrete overlay.

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you know, that's not taking out the
whole road. That's really just a little

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bit of concrete on top of it. But it
does last a little bit longer. So, if we

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can find the upfront cost to those
projects,

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but um
again, I think there's another great

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project.

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» Oh, yeah. We have to talk about bridges.
So bridges are really costly. Um if you

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see a bridge project coming up in your
area or if you know one that was

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recently done, it's usually almost near
that million dollar mark. Um I'll say

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$250 per square foot. And you know what
a square foot is. A dinner plate, you

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know, is something of that size. Paper
is a little bit smaller than that, but

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um
yeah, it it adds up quick. And that's

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just the construction cost, right?
That's not talking about the inspection

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that we do on bridges. That's not
talking about the maintenance on bridges

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and have 300 of them, right? Uh the
money uh comes and goes out of that

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highway bridge fund quite quickly. Um in
our county probably need to be doing

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five bridges a year.
So five, you know, times a million,

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right? So um we go through a lot of
bridge private trying to find. We use

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some local money to do some bridges that
don't qualify for this funding, but um

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yeah. Anyone know a bridge that needs to
be done?

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It's a great audience.

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Thank you.

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All right. So, we also have some big
equipment out there that takes care of

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our roads. Uh, we have 21 motorbraider
routes for our over 900 miles of gravel

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road. Um, I think that uh motor graders
should be replaced about every 10 years,

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you know. So, um, if we can find enough
funding to do that, we haven't, but, um,

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if we can get back to that type of
rotation, then some big expenses happen

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after a moderator gets 10 years old.
And so, that's what I'm trying to avoid

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because they cost a lot to repair. They
cost a lot to replace. But yeah, so

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$460,000
is um probably what we're going to see

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on the motor graders we buy this year.

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And then we have our snow plow and
gravel trucks. They're uh the truck

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alone is, you know, 300,000.
And then uh we're trying to put trailers

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behind them now. Um if we put a truck
with a trailer out on the road, we're

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now hauling almost as much gravel semi.
Uh so again, just trying to get that

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gravel improvement project um you know,
fulfilled and that time that we said

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that we would get that project done. So
that's our goal uh is to try to put

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anytime we buy a new truck is trailer to
gravel up behind it.

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Oh yeah. So we should talk about that.
The gravel road improvement project um

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is a saving grace I think to the Perry
County roads. I don't know how secondary

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roads would be doing right now um
without you know $4 million over the

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last years buying a majority of the
gravel that goes on the roads.

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I'm sure there's a lot of counties that
would appreciate having a program like

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this. Um, so the foresight of the board
at the time to do a project like that,

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the continued support of allowing me to
spend a little bit more money on

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equipment to keep this project going.
Um, just really shows how much I think

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the board understands uh that gravel
road system is vital to county. So, I

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really appreciate it. Uh we have it
looks like over 500 miles we've already

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done. Uh and we have 194 miles to just
get a first lift down. You can't put it

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all down at once. Um and those are the
two sections that um my big goal, you

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know, if we're not going to have winter
anymore. Let's start hauling gravel,

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right? So, uh maybe we get it all done.
I thought it'd be a big shot, but um it

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it's going to be helpful having some
trucks with trailers. Uh you know, we

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only have a couple semiis. So, I really
I really think that um the people who

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have the ground wall have really
appreciated it and the ones who don't

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know that they don't have it yet because
they fall and that's I understand that

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you know the project years now and they
want to be the priority next and we're

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going to try to get to that.

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Yeah. But again, an amazing program. and
I appreciate um that we have that those

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funds.

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So, we can also talk about what we're
planning on for the next two summers.

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The reason why I'd like to say that
sometimes projects don't

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take the next summer to get done. Um so,
what I'm going to show you might change.

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That's why I say propose. You'll never
I'll never guarantee anything. I never

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know when the contractor is going to
show up. Uh they'll tell us we're going

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to show up next Monday and they show up
three months from now. So, um we try to

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incentivize them to get them here, but
kind of at their mercy of when they show

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up. So,
all right. So, it's probably really

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small, but um we have some farmable
market funding for D38. I'm gonna ask

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the board if we can add L27. I feel like
we have enough farm to market funding to

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do that project. Um the orange spots are
bridges that we're going to be replacing

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over the next two summers.
The yellow is uh just cracking taking

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care of that asphalt that uh kind of
need continual repair. And then the two

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blues are um two bridges qualified for
federal funds. So we went and applied

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for them and we were supposed to know
last March giving them uh that funding.

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Um I think the government shut down
twice since then and we still don't

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know. So it's a waiting game. We really
hope that they are. There two bridges

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outside.
Um these two bridges are big bridges. Uh

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each bridge we thought would cost about
1.8 million. The federal government

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would be paying 80% of that. Um and some
of the conversations I have with the

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board is they were nowhere on our 5year
schedule to get done. Uh are they a

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priority to me right now? No. But if I
can get one and a half million for a

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bridge for free from the feds, I will
jump through every hoop because that

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pushes all of the projects forward. I
say um we do have to usually you'll have

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to do a 20% match. Uh and we're willing
to do that um to spend a little money to

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get a lot of. So um again, I'm always
appreciative of the board really

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understands always go after that free
money, get it. Um but a lot of numbers

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um here and a lot of good projects
coming.

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But I'll ask you um what questions do
you have about roads and bridges?

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>> thank you for the overview, Laura. My

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name is Kim Alexander. I farm down from
Smithwood in a very steep part of the

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hills, one mile from Monom County. And
my question is, it's my understanding

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that Monomomen County is like the third
poorest county in the whole state of

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Iowa. Yet, they can afford a good white
rock on their road, which lasts much

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longer. Does a much better job than this
uh red blow sand. That's what we call it

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out where I'm at that we have to bring
out every year. Does a very poor job of

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00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:45,679
holding up, especially when the frost
goes out in the spring. Why can't we get

401
00:33:43,679 --> 00:33:51,120
some decent gravel down there? Some
rock, white rock.

402
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:58,080
» Yeah, I I I do see that there are some
counties that do that. Um the cost of

403
00:33:54,159 --> 00:34:05,039
gravel is really what it is. Uh I think
they're spending I thought are they

404
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:11,599
spending $12 a ton where we're spending
six. So half price um gravel. Uh, with

405
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:15,119
that, I think they're going, how far
over are they going to get that? They're

406
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:21,280
not getting it in their county. Manona
doesn't have it in their county.

407
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:26,879
» I'm not sure where they get
roads in county.

408
00:34:24,079 --> 00:34:34,399
» Yeah, I think they drive like over 50
miles one way to go get it. And so we

409
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:37,639
just have so many miles to cover that um
we can't

410
00:34:41,679 --> 00:34:49,760
So sad.
>> I I I drive the gravel road. I think

411
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:55,599
that our gravel is doing pretty good on
our road. I guess you'd have to show me

412
00:34:52,480 --> 00:35:00,480
a road that's failed.
Well, I tell you what, next spring when

413
00:34:57,119 --> 00:35:05,040
the frost goes out, um, which it's it's
already past it now, but when when we

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00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:11,599
get a rainy spell, come on out and I
will give you a guided tour of the roads

415
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:15,000
of William Township down there.
>> I'll do that.

416
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:20,480
» We're going to get some moisture
sometime, right? So, it's going to come.

417
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:27,040
Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah.

418
00:35:24,079 --> 00:35:31,359
I'll call Tim out here. So, what I
appreciate is what what Mark talked

419
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:36,640
about is is local government being
present, right? Accountability. So, I

420
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:41,839
have the ability if I have an issue, I
just text him. He probably hates it and

421
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:46,720
he doesn't want people to know that. But
we had an issue at 5:00 one night. Tree

422
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:49,599
went down over the ground by my house. I
sent him a text and he said, "Hey, I

423
00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:53,760
happen to have a guy driving down from a
job. I'll go there and take care of." I

424
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:57,839
just think we don't understand or
appreciate

425
00:35:55,280 --> 00:36:01,839
what these local guys do. They're in the
communities. They're present and we're

426
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:04,880
able to communicate with them. So, I
just want to encourage more of them. I

427
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:09,839
want to make sure all the residents
understand, hey, if you're out on a

428
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:15,320
gravel road or secondary road, you got
direct access to these guys. I

429
00:36:11,839 --> 00:36:15,320
personally appreciate

430
00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:23,240
» you.

431
00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:30,440
My mother-in-law
passed away.

432
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:37,480
» What was that phone number?

433
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:52,720
Um,
you know,

434
00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:57,480
people ask me
for a year and a half now, how are they

435
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,480
going,

436
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:09,440
you know, I think the staff in Woodberry
County, uh, the whole county is great.

437
00:37:05,359 --> 00:37:14,079
Uh, our department is way awesome. So,
because we have people like that, right?

438
00:37:11,599 --> 00:37:18,960
» I I think we're a really good team. I I
really do. You You do have four foremen

439
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:24,880
that are very responsive. They'll
respond to a fire department that needs

440
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:28,720
assistance. They'll, you know, they're
friends with everyone in the sheriff's

441
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:34,640
department, you know. So, I mean, it's
it's a good teamwork. And when you come

442
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:39,119
from DOT that was in everyone was in
their own little silo yet we're all in

443
00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:43,599
the same building, you know. Um I can
really appreciate how we all work

444
00:37:41,359 --> 00:37:48,160
together and how you can call somebody
directly and if we can't get to you

445
00:37:45,839 --> 00:37:53,599
right away, we'll get to you, you know,
when we can't get to you. So yeah,

446
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:56,599
thanks for that comment.
>> Yeah.

447
00:37:58,079 --> 00:38:04,839
appreciates.
>> Oh, thank you.

448
00:38:09,599 --> 00:38:16,880
» It's funny like I think the foreman have
heard it a lot from me, but they they

449
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:21,119
come up with really good ideas, you
know, construction staff, we do a lot of

450
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:25,520
the meetings, too. Uh we come up with
really good ideas and I tell them, "Let

451
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:28,960
me try to find the one. let me see if I
can find a line, you know. So, so that's

452
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:35,599
what we're trying to do. We're really
trying to uh get some good equipment,

453
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:41,119
get some good tools out there, try to
help help these roads out as much as we

454
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:47,200
can, right? So, we appreciate
the taxpayers that paid for us to do

455
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:50,640
this good job. Thank you.
>> Yeah.

456
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:55,720
» Um I I'm sure you guys have looked at
this, but a lot of these 10

457
00:38:57,359 --> 00:39:02,960
smaller bridges on some of these gravel
roads,

458
00:39:01,599 --> 00:39:09,040
» right?
>> I'm assuming they're

459
00:39:06,079 --> 00:39:14,560
» um some coverts are
uh once you get to a big enough then

460
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:18,400
probably the same as a bridge. Uh so one
of the things I look at when I'm looking

461
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:24,160
at whether we should put in a bridge or
a culvert obviously um a culbert if we

462
00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:27,760
can we will. Um if we can't maybe it's
because you know that stream bed keeps

463
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:31,599
eroding away and so what's eventually
going to happen is underneath a covert

464
00:39:29,599 --> 00:39:36,000
floor you're going to have erosion where
a bridge you don't have that. Another

465
00:39:34,079 --> 00:39:41,839
thing we might look at when we're
looking at bridge versus covert is is we

466
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:46,000
actually get that highway bridge funds
based on the square footage of every

467
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:50,960
bridge in your county.
Um once we switch it to a culbert we no

468
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:55,200
longer get funds for it. So then any
continual maintenance, you know, you

469
00:39:53,119 --> 00:39:59,440
want to not think about your lifetime,
maybe you want to think about the next

470
00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:03,359
next generation, you know, we now know
that that structure no longer will be

471
00:40:01,119 --> 00:40:06,800
funded and that's only coming out of our
pocket. So, always things like that. But

472
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,800
I I
>> love

473
00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:29,800
that in your area.

474
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,920
Oh,

475
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:47,240
» anything else?
>> I feel the bed.

476
00:40:49,119 --> 00:40:57,040
» Anything else?
>> And I would piggyback off of something

477
00:40:54,240 --> 00:41:02,240
Laura said about our staff. um whether
it's our foreman or any of our

478
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:08,640
employees, they many of them are
taxpayers too and they call me or other

479
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:13,280
supervisors with ideas on how we can
save money, cut costs, but then they

480
00:41:11,119 --> 00:41:17,599
also are looking out when when they're
dealing with suppliers in the county, if

481
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:21,280
they feel that that supplier is maybe
taking advantage of us because we are a

482
00:41:19,359 --> 00:41:23,920
public entity that they have no problem
saying, you know what, we shouldn't do

483
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:29,040
business with these guys anymore because
it is not worth it's not the the bang is

484
00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:32,560
not there for the buck. And so, um, I've
been very impressed in my time on the

485
00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:36,720
board of the guys really being concerned
about how we're spending the money in

486
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:41,359
the feedback that they give us and and
we try to listen not every idea is

487
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:45,440
something that we can, you know, that we
can move forward with, but we always

488
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:49,119
encourage that because we we want to
find ways to be cost-ffective and

489
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:55,920
efficient, and we appreciate that those
guys are are wanting to do that, too.

490
00:41:51,119 --> 00:42:00,440
So, I I would like to say that Any
other questions for for Laura?

491
00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:04,119
Oh, thanks Laura,

492
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:21,280
our past engineer. He told us when he
was going to retire. He gave us a it was

493
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:25,760
over a year advanced notice. And so the
board created a basically a second

494
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:29,520
engineer position. When you're a county
this large, you can't just bring an

495
00:42:27,359 --> 00:42:33,920
engineer off the street and expect them
to run this thing day one. It's just not

496
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:40,560
possible. And so Mark gave us advanced
notice. We created another position. And

497
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:45,040
it was you started in October, Laura.
>> September.

498
00:42:41,599 --> 00:42:49,839
» It was almost 10 months before we could
hire somebody. And I think we had two

499
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:55,200
people in that 10 months that we had
applicants that we interviewed. So, um,

500
00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:59,359
there's not a lot of folks that want to
work for counties and and do this type

501
00:42:57,359 --> 00:43:02,319
of work. We're very thankful that we
that we have Laura as someone that has

502
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:07,200
grown up here in the area her entire
life. Um, but, uh, it's a lot of

503
00:43:05,599 --> 00:43:10,880
counties are struggling and so we're
very thankful that Mark worked with us

504
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:15,280
and gave us the timeline of when he was
going to retire and that uh, we were

505
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:18,160
able to snag more. So, um, and we we're
seeing this with other positions across

506
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:22,640
the county, and we'll probably talk
about some of those, uh, later. But

507
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:26,880
moving on here, we'll, uh, I'm going to
turn over to Drew Ber, who is our

508
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:30,560
emergency services director. So, those
that maybe wonder what is emergency

509
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:35,280
services, they are based out of Climbing
Hill, and Matthew is the only supervisor

510
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:42,079
currently on the board that really
brought this brought this forward. They

511
00:43:38,079 --> 00:43:46,480
provide 247 uh paramedic and EMT um help
to any of the volunteer departments of

512
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:51,599
the county. That was something that uh
rural constituents especially probably

513
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:56,000
101 15 years ago that really demanded
that they wanted this help and and

514
00:43:53,520 --> 00:44:00,000
Matthew at that time was instrumental um
getting that done. And so as a board

515
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:04,400
we've been very supportive of the work
that we do and and I personally interact

516
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:07,599
with a lot of our volunteers across the
county. And so we're gonna have Drew

517
00:44:06,319 --> 00:44:11,960
give a little update and we'll talk
about some of the stuff that we have

518
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:11,960
going on there.

519
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:21,920
» Thank you. As I mentioned before, we're
a 247 service. For some of you who may

520
00:44:18,079 --> 00:44:26,560
not be aware how our works, we have
what's called a duty crew on typically

521
00:44:24,079 --> 00:44:31,200
consist of a paramedic EMT that works
247 out of the climate hill building.

522
00:44:29,599 --> 00:44:36,560
We're based out there. That's the most
centrally located area for us to respond

523
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:43,359
from. Get them coverage to all points of
the county. Uh

524
00:44:39,839 --> 00:44:47,040
most people have them response area.
Remember, we can be different areas,

525
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:51,119
different times, different problems. The
big problem we're having right now is is

526
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:56,960
just the call is increasing. Last year
we ran over,200 calls for EMS

527
00:44:54,560 --> 00:45:01,280
about 97 fire related calls. Now our
main function, main mission is EMS.

528
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:05,040
That's our main part. That's our bread
and butter. We do provide support

529
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:10,400
services to the voluntary fire
departments by means of portal air

530
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:15,839
system lighting
tube setup and also some grass

531
00:45:13,359 --> 00:45:21,200
suppression activities as well. Our
whole main function is support any

532
00:45:19,359 --> 00:45:25,599
agency or fire in the county. We're not
here to take over fire runners control

533
00:45:23,359 --> 00:45:30,240
forum. We're here to provide support and
function for services they may not be

534
00:45:27,359 --> 00:45:33,520
able to have. A lot of departments do
not have paramedics

535
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:38,880
and it's counted for now there's only
five if I remember correctly that are a

536
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:44,240
what's called provisional paramedic and
depress one for you guys here. What that

537
00:45:41,119 --> 00:45:50,240
means is if there's a paramedic in town
that day he or she will act as a medic

538
00:45:48,079 --> 00:45:54,720
to the gy ambulance and go. If they're
not there, the service resource back to

539
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:59,760
the basic level, which is not a big
deal. It's common for everybody to have

540
00:45:56,800 --> 00:46:04,400
a basic level care service.
With that being said, if they have a

541
00:46:01,599 --> 00:46:10,240
patient they feel is in need of advanced
life skills or services or medications,

542
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:15,839
that's when our service calls in to
support them. We will either go to the

543
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:21,119
community, the town, where it may be. We
even meet them sometimes halfway at that

544
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:24,560
time and meet up our medic and crew will
get in and see what needs to be done.

545
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:29,200
What do we need to provide to the
service? What help do they need?

546
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:33,680
Sometimes they didn't need our ENT.
That's fine. EMTT truck jumps in. The

547
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:37,040
paramedic gets back another truck goes
back at service and another call. If

548
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:40,480
that's the other way around, if they
need a paramedic, the paramedic will

549
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:45,839
leave the unit, jump in with the
ambulance and do the transport. Um,

550
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:50,800
we've had questions before go at the
county. You know, only what's at the

551
00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:56,560
county is if we're supporting a Woodbury
County based handbook service. Okay.

552
00:46:54,079 --> 00:47:02,240
Now, people say, well, what about King?
Well, they come into our county system

553
00:46:59,359 --> 00:47:05,240
and do the same thing. We have no
regist.

554
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:14,079
We're there to help. uh along with that
we've been known to transport outside

555
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:19,680
with the other service for example
obviously Danbury I'll use again example

556
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:27,760
base location they have opportunity to
go to either city Ottawa and ID so our

557
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:32,800
crew again will go with them provide
support and care for county resident to

558
00:47:30,319 --> 00:47:37,200
that facility as needed
um biggest priority and also now is

559
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:43,440
we're getting more opportunities where
sometime to the tank powers. The EMT

560
00:47:41,119 --> 00:47:47,440
shortage is starting to hit pretty hard.
As you guys know, very well living here.

561
00:47:45,599 --> 00:47:51,040
A lot of people that used to be here 20
years ago, 30 years ago, live in town,

562
00:47:49,599 --> 00:47:54,720
work the elevator. They work the lumber
yard, work the implement dealer.

563
00:47:53,040 --> 00:48:00,560
Unfortunately, we all know a lot of
people, you guys have to travel sous

564
00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:06,720
city road
or police department available. quite

565
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:11,440
sometimes we run in situation where the
services do not have the manpower.

566
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:16,720
So again if we fall into support their
needs with times of services all they

567
00:48:14,079 --> 00:48:20,319
have is a driver that shows up and they
tell us all they have is the driver

568
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:24,800
we'll work with them we'll say we'll
meet you on scene at that time my crew

569
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:29,599
will jump in with their ambulance and
still provide the care that they need to

570
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:34,160
get into the hospital. Uh, I made a book
with my crews. I have no problem parking

571
00:48:31,599 --> 00:48:39,920
a truck. If that service needs both
portions in that unit to transport, go

572
00:48:37,119 --> 00:48:43,520
for it. Um, we're starting running a
little more occasion where we're having

573
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:46,880
dual calls at the same time.
Unfortunately, quite often it usually

574
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:50,800
happens where one calls slow and a
pushing.

575
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:55,760
So, what the crew will do, they do an
assessment to see which call has a

576
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:59,599
higher probability of needing a parameic
service.

577
00:48:57,599 --> 00:49:03,200
So when that does that they'll determine
the work with counselor with the am

578
00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:07,200
service that determine where they need
to go.

579
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:10,960
um myself as being a paramedic there are
sometimes in the daytime not busy

580
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:14,559
meetings there are things I don't jump
in the ring we can go and also it's just

581
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:18,559
the department's hit by rings already
busy

582
00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:23,520
um something we're kind of looking down
the road the last year and a half been

583
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:29,760
monitoring is a number of times that we
run into a situation where a department

584
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:34,240
cannot respond center typically go to
three pages they call it page at the

585
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:40,160
department three times wait a little bit
and and they'll bump over the next

586
00:49:36,079 --> 00:49:44,079
adjoining district three pages again and
they don't respond then they bump the

587
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:49,839
next adjoining department till they get
somebody. So it's getting to be a hard

588
00:49:46,559 --> 00:49:53,440
deal tight deal discuss with the board
about this a little bit. We're trying to

589
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:58,079
do some planning ahead of time to see
what we can do. Um, obviously this year

590
00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:02,559
in the budget system not put in for
additional staff, obviously a lot of

591
00:50:00,559 --> 00:50:06,800
money, so we got to wait and see how
this works out, but we're trying to find

592
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:14,160
ways to work with it as they're working
with us, try to do the best we can to

593
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:18,960
provide you the best care we can. Um,
any question, please speak up.

594
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:26,680
Well,

595
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:37,680
we won't let Drew out Betty, but um
earlier this past fall, I had a call

596
00:50:34,319 --> 00:50:43,440
from a constituent um
west of Odo, south of Mobile, that was

597
00:50:39,839 --> 00:50:48,640
an elderly woman that became ill,
fainted, and needed care. Um, and Drew

598
00:50:46,319 --> 00:50:54,400
just talked about paging. They could do
multiple pages. So, they dialed 911. It

599
00:50:51,599 --> 00:50:58,640
was in Odo's district. Nobody from ODOT
was available. So, went back to the comm

600
00:50:56,160 --> 00:51:02,160
center. They paged Danbury. Danbury, I
believe, was on another call. They

601
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:06,160
couldn't come. So, I went back to the
comm center. They end up paging Mobile.

602
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:10,640
Mobile, I think, was just coming back
from a call, but it was uh one

603
00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:17,040
individual from Mobile that drove all
the way down there. And albeit he's a

604
00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:22,480
great guy, but he's in his 70s. And so
it was almost 40 minutes before someone

605
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:26,880
got to this individual to provide new
care. And it's a very real situation

606
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:31,599
that we're dealing with in Ro parts of
the county where Mentioned there's

607
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:34,880
multiple calls at the same time and
we're already covering, our staff is

608
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:38,160
already covering for the lack of
volunteers at one place and now we have

609
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:43,200
a call in another place where there's
nobody else either. And so the board has

610
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:48,800
been tasked with a really tough thing
here in that uh we understand that the

611
00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:53,760
value of life and being able to support
these departments, but we also don't

612
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:58,319
want to pass on any, you know, fiscal
burdens, financial burdens on to

613
00:51:55,920 --> 00:52:02,240
taxpayers that don't want that. Um but
through this budget process, we do have

614
00:52:00,079 --> 00:52:07,200
a request for emergency services to add
more staff. Um and and we can look at

615
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:12,720
that in a myriad of ways. It could be
staff that is on 24/7 365 like we have

616
00:52:10,559 --> 00:52:17,280
currently. It could be staff that maybe
just works 12-hour days during the five

617
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:20,960
work days because it seems that as you
mentioned a lot of our volunteers work

618
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:24,319
in Sous City or other communities that
they're home at night or they're home on

619
00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:29,119
the weekend. So, there's different ways
that we can try to modify this to try to

620
00:52:27,359 --> 00:52:33,440
lessen the financial burden, but we
really want to hear from you guys

621
00:52:30,559 --> 00:52:39,040
because um this board and and prior
boards have taken taxation very very

622
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:42,800
seriously. I see Matthew wants to make a
comment, but uh tonight, not doesn't

623
00:52:41,599 --> 00:52:45,920
have to be tonight, but we'd like to
have some input. I see Matthew wants to

624
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:51,119
make a comment, so I'll turn it over to
him for just a little bit.

625
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:55,440
» Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Drew. and
and I just want to provide some, you

626
00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:59,839
know, perspective on what he deals with
and what his department deals with. You

627
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:03,920
know, as the rest of the state debates
whether rural EMS is an essential

628
00:53:02,319 --> 00:53:10,640
service, this board is taking the
opinion that it is an essential service.

629
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:16,160
And one of the reasons it's hard to
budget for this department specifically

630
00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:23,520
is we have this balancing
this it's it's a it's a balance. You you

631
00:53:19,359 --> 00:53:29,760
don't want to overfund staff, not just
for the tax spending reason, but because

632
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:34,800
we depend upon volunteers and we so
value those those people and we need

633
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:39,040
those people to stick around. And if we
if we just come in with an army of

634
00:53:36,559 --> 00:53:44,240
staff, you know, then we don't have that
cohesion going on. and and we find that

635
00:53:41,839 --> 00:53:49,119
our communities are great at at
fundraising, at at getting ambulances,

636
00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:53,280
at doing things like that, but where the
county really comes in is with the

637
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:59,520
paramedic side and when we decided we
need to focus on paramedics, not just

638
00:53:55,359 --> 00:54:05,200
EMTs and we took that priority. So, and
also in the past we split off um

639
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:10,319
emergency management as a you know that
is required by law and so you know

640
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:14,800
splitting that has allowed our EMA
coordinator Mike Montino does a great

641
00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:19,680
job responding to emergencies and and
you know dealing with the federal uh

642
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:25,200
hoops to jump through and we have Drew
here with our county services. It's

643
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:29,599
worked out very well and so uh we do
need to hear from you on this. Although

644
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:36,160
my working assumption is that we are
going to keep being as close to 24/7 as

645
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:40,640
we can possibly be um juggling
everything else we have going on because

646
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:46,319
this is one of those non-mandated
uh services that we get hit uh by the

647
00:54:43,599 --> 00:54:49,920
state on when they complain about,
you know, our spending. you know, this

648
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:56,400
is one of those extracurricular
activities that, you know, according to

649
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:59,200
the state that we fund. So,
>> and and so along those lines, we're

650
00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:03,839
watching, you know, the state
legislature has talked about capping

651
00:55:01,119 --> 00:55:07,520
county budgets with legislation and that
would be really detrimental because this

652
00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:12,160
is not an essential service as the
state. I think most people would agree

653
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:15,839
that when they dial 911 and they need a
paramedic or an ambulance that they want

654
00:55:13,599 --> 00:55:20,319
one to show up, but the state does not
deem that as essential. So, um, we have

655
00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:24,160
been watching. It's been very hard to
plan. Um, as they're talking about all

656
00:55:22,559 --> 00:55:28,559
different kinds of legislative fixes
that would affect this department. Um,

657
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:33,119
but thankfully the state two years ago,
they did make a legal pathway where

658
00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:36,880
voters in the county can pass a
referendum that would make it an

659
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:40,319
essential service. For a bunch of us
over here, we know that Ida County did

660
00:55:38,640 --> 00:55:45,280
that two years ago and is now an
essential service there. And so we've

661
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:49,920
met with their director. We've had Dave
and Drew and I we've talked about that

662
00:55:47,359 --> 00:55:54,720
process, but um that's kind of a last
resort deal. And so we're going to try

663
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:59,280
to continue to operate as we can um with
the with the income and the revenue that

664
00:55:57,040 --> 00:56:02,799
we have. Um, but we would like to hear
from you as far as the level of service

665
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:08,319
that we have and if you'd like to see
that expanded. Um, because we we

666
00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:11,760
absolutely value life and the
responsiveness and and the volunteers

667
00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:16,319
and work they do, but we also want to be
very very mindful of any taxation

668
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:19,440
burdens that we put on them. So, uh,
whether it's tonight or the days and

669
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:23,359
weeks that follow as we work through the
budget, I would encourage you to think

670
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:26,720
about that and please reach out all five
of us and just and let us know what what

671
00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:32,799
you what you think and what you'd like
to to see done. So, Drew, anything else

672
00:56:29,680 --> 00:56:35,760
on on that? Any questions about EMS or
volunteer? I know we have several

673
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:40,000
volunteer firefighters in the crowd if
you guys have questions or comments, but

674
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:46,880
uh, yes.
>> Well, it's absolutely an issue. It's not

675
00:56:42,720 --> 00:56:51,799
just a hard
required many more hours.

676
00:56:52,160 --> 00:57:00,640
I'd say almost as far as twice as much
volunteer.

677
00:56:57,520 --> 00:57:08,240
Um, as far as there's going to be a line
in the sand someday where men like

678
00:57:03,839 --> 00:57:12,960
myself, Ross, Bren,
we won't be around.

679
00:57:10,559 --> 00:57:18,400
There'll be nothing offered
or else I'll have to make something

680
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:21,400
offer. We go for nothing.
All right.

681
00:57:28,799 --> 00:57:36,880
30 years coming up next.
I've been a full-time

682
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:42,319
is there's going to come a time
volunteer.

683
00:57:38,480 --> 00:57:47,640
I don't know what kind of consent
I say fathers

684
00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:47,640
father

685
00:57:50,799 --> 00:57:58,160
I probably won't be around but hopefully
we can find something

686
00:57:55,599 --> 00:58:01,160
has a place
and

687
00:58:02,880 --> 00:58:11,680
we can do that also so you know
hopefully if they find some

688
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:14,720
something.
Thank you. Appreciate that.

689
00:58:13,839 --> 00:58:22,000
» Yes,
>> obviously heard the data. So, anything

690
00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:26,240
you can do to gather historical data of
response time, how that's changing,

691
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:31,440
number of times you show up on a call
that doesn't have the adequate level of

692
00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:37,359
of care, that would help the taxpayer.
So me personally as a taxpayer I think

693
00:58:33,839 --> 00:58:41,520
funding care for life is number one over
top of education or anything else.

694
00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:44,720
That's just my personal opinion. But I
don't think we do a good enough job with

695
00:58:42,799 --> 00:58:48,799
the data. So I think you got to show the
taxpayer how the quality of care is

696
00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:54,240
going down how the response time is
going down for EMS and don't don't leave

697
00:58:52,720 --> 00:58:59,920
with the data. Let that tell the
taxpayer

698
00:58:56,160 --> 00:59:06,000
how they should respond.
I just want to say I agree with Kevin. I

699
00:59:02,079 --> 00:59:11,040
was thinking about that too. And um as a
an person my entire life and having

700
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:14,839
these wonderful people staying with a
couple of family meer

701
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:24,720
I would be willing more to pay taxes on
anything like that. of that data. Maybe

702
00:59:21,760 --> 00:59:30,720
get some state officials out here, drive
these roads, see how far it is for them

703
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:35,040
to respond um our community. I don't
know. I just I just know that if it

704
00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:42,400
wasn't for these guys, we would not have
people in our lives. So, it's much

705
00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:49,720
too much.
I just real quick

706
00:59:44,799 --> 00:59:49,720
Monday through Friday say

707
00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:59,160
it's Ross and me on firing major breath
two or three fire.

708
00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:09,280
So from what I've heard down it's the
same if not worse

709
01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:16,280
a little better towards sleep a little
worse when you get up. So I just EMS I

710
01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:16,280
don't

711
01:00:16,400 --> 01:00:26,720
have the burnout factor
certain part see we've done well before

712
01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:33,040
I remember and I got on a number two we
call at one time and then things went

713
01:00:29,839 --> 01:00:37,640
dry for a while but it's yeah there's
going to have to be something like

714
01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:44,880
I wish I had all these
to bring up a problem for both.

715
01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:48,000
» No, we this is good. I mean, this is
information that we want to know and

716
01:00:46,319 --> 01:00:52,240
that we could take to other constituents
too across the county that don't realize

717
01:00:49,920 --> 01:00:58,720
the issues that you guys and everybody
else is facing. So, thank you very much.

718
01:00:55,920 --> 01:01:01,720
Any other comments or questions about
>> D?

719
01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:15,760
Anthony.
So I see both sides and I will tell you

720
01:01:11,680 --> 01:01:22,079
um annually from Anthony we write about
right about 50 to 60 calls a year and

721
01:01:19,200 --> 01:01:27,440
last year in 2025 there was 12 instances
where our was able to respond and have a

722
01:01:24,880 --> 01:01:33,920
driver and there was nobody to take care
of the patient and break that. Now it's

723
01:01:31,520 --> 01:01:38,079
not wrong to do it through the state and
everything so we can still manage our

724
01:01:35,599 --> 01:01:44,240
paperwork and that however that's
happening all over it's happening

725
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:50,640
you know it's not I'm not
anybody but I know that us I think

726
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:55,839
people say two to three times a week
we're getting double dispatch and our

727
01:01:53,680 --> 01:02:02,160
response time out is less than three
minutes on average for climb the hill

728
01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:06,799
Um, as far as Hampton or any of the
others, it's all we're all we're all

729
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:14,240
we're all struggling. But it's not
unusual for 20 minutes wait. I have, you

730
01:02:10,799 --> 01:02:18,000
know, Wall-E and they're they're both
professionals. They're 24 hours on the

731
01:02:15,920 --> 01:02:21,440
same ship. And I have people that have
between Anthony and Dandre that come to

732
01:02:19,520 --> 01:02:28,000
get my
not

733
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:35,280
whatever. Um, I know that out of the,51
calls that Woodbury County had last

734
01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:41,359
year, I know that 241 were there, they
were there by safe. Everything in EMS

735
01:02:38,480 --> 01:02:45,520
starts EMTTs. You know, EMT can help a
paramedic in a lot of ways, but 241

736
01:02:43,359 --> 01:02:51,599
times is actual where medication was
provided. There was some type of extra

737
01:02:47,839 --> 01:02:55,200
duty that is above and beyond EMT level.
And that is the balance that they're

738
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:58,880
talking about. If you have a lot of
time, I believe it's worth the

739
01:02:57,280 --> 01:03:05,040
investment, but I listen to it every
day. Um, I'm we can get you as much

740
01:03:02,319 --> 01:03:08,880
information as you need and it's hard to
get comfort only because if you're

741
01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:14,640
listening to it, what happens if you can
pull data from record, but the problem

742
01:03:12,160 --> 01:03:18,559
happens is let's say Van is dispatched
and we go down to Van and we have a guy

743
01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:23,039
get in the truck. They're going to be
bigger than the patient used to be. The

744
01:03:21,039 --> 01:03:27,839
next person gets dispatched. We say it's
mobile. We don't get dispatched because

745
01:03:25,039 --> 01:03:33,920
we're already busy. So there's no I mean
there's nothing in their system

746
01:03:31,280 --> 01:03:38,559
that's able to pinpoint those numbers
unless we like

747
01:03:36,319 --> 01:03:45,839
walk through every call that we're
hearing. So but we do listen. I know

748
01:03:41,039 --> 01:03:51,839
that probably a month ago we had three.
We had three calls in Anthony all within

749
01:03:48,079 --> 01:03:56,079
15 minutes at the clinic here in three
of them. So we had Anthony Fctionville

750
01:03:54,000 --> 01:04:00,880
and Amber all respond and this is all
within 15 minutes. So, and I'm I'm a

751
01:03:59,680 --> 01:04:04,240
true believer you don't know what you
don't know. But if you have any

752
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:11,000
questions, feel free to follow through
with yourself and you know we're happy

753
01:04:07,440 --> 01:04:11,000
to talk.

754
01:04:12,079 --> 01:04:20,480
Thank you. Any other questions or
comments on on AMS?

755
01:04:18,799 --> 01:04:25,440
All right. Then we will move on to
Treasure BR. She's gonna give us a

756
01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:28,960
little update on Anthony Courthouse and
whatever else the treasur's office has

757
01:04:27,119 --> 01:04:32,240
got going on.
>> Thank you.

758
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:37,839
» Okay, so my stuff is not going to be
nearly as exciting as secondary roads or

759
01:04:34,799 --> 01:04:44,240
life. So I apologize
late so I'll try to be really quick. Um,

760
01:04:40,400 --> 01:04:48,079
so I'm team B County treasurer.
For those of you who don't know what the

761
01:04:46,079 --> 01:04:53,359
treasur's office do, there's about four
major items that we actually handle. We

762
01:04:50,400 --> 01:04:57,839
do uh motor vehicle services which is a
state level service that we provide for

763
01:04:55,520 --> 01:05:03,839
our community. So every person here has
a car, right? Everybody drives. No. No.

764
01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:08,319
So you all know that you come to our
office to get your license plate and

765
01:05:05,680 --> 01:05:14,480
your stickers and title transfers and
all that fun stuff. So we do about $36

766
01:05:10,960 --> 01:05:21,680
million a year for the state. Um we keep
about 3% of that. So we keep just over

767
01:05:18,640 --> 01:05:26,079
dollars a year. Um, and that actually
provides it allows us to cover the

768
01:05:24,160 --> 01:05:31,839
services that we provide. Plus, this
year we are uh to the good couple

769
01:05:29,200 --> 01:05:36,160
hundred,000, which is nice to know. Um,
the other thing that we do is DNR

770
01:05:33,599 --> 01:05:40,720
services. Uh, we are the only county in
the entire state of Iowa that does DNR

771
01:05:38,319 --> 01:05:45,520
services for all the hunters out there
or people have boats, ATVs, snowmobiles.

772
01:05:43,599 --> 01:05:51,280
Um, you do that as well through the
treasurer's office. And then the fun,

773
01:05:48,400 --> 01:05:55,280
the absolute funnest part of our job
that everybody loves is our tax

774
01:05:53,599 --> 01:06:00,400
collection, right? Because we're the tax
collector. Um, so you just write that

775
01:05:58,240 --> 01:06:05,119
check out to us a year. We love it. It
started, right? We're in our second uh

776
01:06:02,799 --> 01:06:09,920
payment cycle right now. So for all of
you who don't know, the second payment

777
01:06:07,280 --> 01:06:16,480
is due in March. It is the link on March
31st. And yes, penalties start April

778
01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:22,400
1st. And the answer is always yes. She
will pay the penalty. Um I believe

779
01:06:19,039 --> 01:06:27,520
supervisor Bender knows this.
Come to our office at least once. I know

780
01:06:25,119 --> 01:06:34,599
I can raise my hand
more than once. Um to admit it, but I do

781
01:06:31,599 --> 01:06:34,599
forget.

782
01:06:35,200 --> 01:06:41,480
» Doesn't matter. Once it's late, just
wait till the next one.

783
01:06:46,000 --> 01:06:51,920
So
everything that we do obviously that's

784
01:06:49,599 --> 01:06:56,480
the biggest one. Um I do want to take a
moment because we are take talking about

785
01:06:53,760 --> 01:07:01,839
taxes though is my tax deputy Janet
Shrimpy who is sitting right here. Stand

786
01:06:58,960 --> 01:07:07,280
up. Everybody knows Janet right anybody
who's been coming to the Anon office

787
01:07:04,240 --> 01:07:07,280
knows Janet.

788
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:18,160
you know, she came in as a tax deputy
after probably 20 years or so of working

789
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:23,200
uh the counter.
She had thrown in that job. She had six

790
01:07:20,319 --> 01:07:28,240
months to learn it before the long-term
um her predecessor retired and said,

791
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:33,520
"I'm out of here." She did she's done a
great job. you know, the county actually

792
01:07:31,039 --> 01:07:37,039
updated their accounting system and so
Janet got the the pleasure of learning

793
01:07:35,359 --> 01:07:41,440
all that as well. So, she's done a
wonderful job. Um, I know you guys all

794
01:07:39,280 --> 01:07:47,240
love her. If you want to see her, just
drive into Sous City because I'm not

795
01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:47,240
letting her back to an

796
01:07:50,880 --> 01:07:58,480
what the county treasurer does is what I
refer to as cash management investment.

797
01:07:55,200 --> 01:08:03,119
So, we do actually receive all the money
All incoming dollar bills for the

798
01:07:59,920 --> 01:08:07,440
county, they come through our office.
Um, all outgoing. We leave that to the

799
01:08:05,440 --> 01:08:11,920
auditor. She gets to pay all the bills.
We just like to collect all the money.

800
01:08:09,520 --> 01:08:15,839
Um, and then we do the investment. So,
when we invest, we invest not just the

801
01:08:13,839 --> 01:08:21,679
reserves that we have in our county, but
also any excess cash that we have. So,

802
01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:26,719
we know we have high revenue streams in
September and March, but we don't pay it

803
01:08:24,560 --> 01:08:29,759
off that fast. We kind of draw down. So,
we're always kind of watching how much

804
01:08:28,159 --> 01:08:34,799
money we actually have and how much cash
we have to make sure that we're as much

805
01:08:31,520 --> 01:08:40,080
interest on that money as we can. Um, so
we've got a very robust uh strategy,

806
01:08:38,159 --> 01:08:44,960
investment strategy where we're actually
investing money on a monthly basis. We

807
01:08:42,159 --> 01:08:52,000
have it, we keep it going. Um, it's a
constant constant thing. Um, in terms of

808
01:08:49,199 --> 01:08:57,600
numbers, because I am a numbers person,
you know, we do a lot of business. Uh,

809
01:08:55,120 --> 01:09:03,120
motor vehicles are bread and butter. The
Anthen office itself for anybody doesn't

810
01:09:00,400 --> 01:09:08,400
know puts, you know, Anon is obviously
the smackdown of our county, right? So,

811
01:09:05,839 --> 01:09:13,359
it puts the Chargers's office within 25
minutes from pretty much anybody in our

812
01:09:10,480 --> 01:09:17,359
county. We have nobody in our county
should have to drive any more than 25

813
01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:20,719
minutes either coming into Sous City or
Anthony because that's what this office

814
01:09:19,040 --> 01:09:24,960
and our political core health provides
for our community is so everybody can

815
01:09:23,359 --> 01:09:30,159
you know if you need to come in talk to
somebody

816
01:09:26,960 --> 01:09:35,199
I don't think Ry's here I'll have to
talk to her about that I know you guys

817
01:09:31,920 --> 01:09:38,480
all know everybody who comes to the
office knows Randy W she's one she's

818
01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:44,080
been great she's been out there for
about five years now going on six

819
01:09:41,279 --> 01:09:47,839
um she handles that office herself. Now,
some things that you don't know in that

820
01:09:46,159 --> 01:09:54,000
office.
We do over 10,000 transactions a year.

821
01:09:51,440 --> 01:09:59,120
You know, Woodbury County has 55,000
parcels that we push out tax statements

822
01:09:56,080 --> 01:10:03,920
on, right? About just under 8,000 of
them actually get paid and processed.

823
01:10:02,400 --> 01:10:10,400
So for everybody who comes in, I think
we show we saw about 1,500 people come

824
01:10:06,800 --> 01:10:13,440
through the office um to pay taxes in
the last year. That's a lot. So

825
01:10:12,000 --> 01:10:16,800
obviously I don't think we have that
many people. We might have that many

826
01:10:14,719 --> 01:10:19,920
people in the office. I think some of
you

827
01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:24,159
I think some people like to come in
twice. I don't know. Maybe does the post

828
01:10:22,480 --> 01:10:29,520
office
sell a good coffee or something? I don't

829
01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:35,199
know. Maybe Mark comes in a few times
too. Um, but anyway, we I we do quite a

830
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:39,360
bit of service to the community in the
Anen office. So, for us, it's a very

831
01:10:37,280 --> 01:10:43,600
important place to have. It's not
something I know I have people say to

832
01:10:41,520 --> 01:10:47,040
me, are we going to close that office?
No, we're not going to close that

833
01:10:45,040 --> 01:10:50,920
office. In fact, if I have to say about
it, we're going to keep it.

834
01:10:55,360 --> 01:11:01,679
I will say I am ask
a couple of times.

835
01:11:02,239 --> 01:11:09,679
We need a little paint on the outside.
>> If it wasn't for a freight elevator this

836
01:11:06,640 --> 01:11:15,440
year, we would have done
the freight elevator had more importance

837
01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:20,239
over painting that we would like to
update it. We have we do have it on our

838
01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:26,640
list. Take a look at some flooring
inside place as well. Um but yeah, we

839
01:11:24,480 --> 01:11:29,360
want to we want to revitalize that
building just like everything else. I

840
01:11:28,080 --> 01:11:33,120
think you guys have done a wonderful
job. We don't want it to be the eyesore

841
01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:37,360
that you can see down the street. And
for

842
01:11:34,640 --> 01:11:42,480
anybody questioning about the um flag
pole, we do have the flag pole. I just

843
01:11:40,719 --> 01:11:47,600
need to get it installed. It was
delivered before frost, but it was

844
01:11:44,800 --> 01:11:51,280
delivered after frost got the ground. Um
and I didn't realize we weren't going to

845
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:56,400
have a winter and that frost is going to
come up so early. So, a little negligent

846
01:11:53,840 --> 01:12:02,320
on scheduling the installation, but it
will go out. I promise. Um I don't know

847
01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:08,960
what else I can tell you guys other than
the fact that um you know we we really

848
01:12:06,640 --> 01:12:14,400
enjoy working out here. Um we work
really hard to be able to uh increase

849
01:12:11,280 --> 01:12:18,080
our staff uh within
our our resources in terms of backing up

850
01:12:16,719 --> 01:12:23,199
Brandy because we know that she likes to
take vacation every now. Um, so we've

851
01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:27,280
really been able to develop um a really
hardworking staff um that enjoys working

852
01:12:25,840 --> 01:12:32,880
with the community and serving the
community. They're great group of people

853
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:37,040
to work with. Um so I'm going to end
with thank you everybody for writing the

854
01:12:34,400 --> 01:12:43,040
checkout. You do not have to just put my
name. Please put it if you want. But we

855
01:12:41,600 --> 01:12:46,520
look forward to serving you in the
future. Thanks.

856
01:12:49,199 --> 01:12:54,560
Thanks, Stephen. Well, one thing she,
you know, she said when she was talking

857
01:12:52,239 --> 01:12:58,640
about the investments is that that she
takes that part very seriously because

858
01:12:56,560 --> 01:13:02,800
every dollar she makes on those
investments is a dollar that we don't

859
01:13:00,560 --> 01:13:06,880
have to tax the people we were counting.
And so she takes that very very

860
01:13:04,480 --> 01:13:11,760
seriously, works very hard at that. And
we as a taxpayer, as a supervisor, I'm

861
01:13:09,679 --> 01:13:16,560
very appreciative of of all the work
that you do and trying to get every the

862
01:13:14,480 --> 01:13:21,600
most bang for bucks. I I really do
appreciate that, you know. So, um, next

863
01:13:19,520 --> 01:13:26,159
on the list, we have Auditor Michelle
Scamp, and she's got a number of things

864
01:13:23,440 --> 01:13:29,840
to talk about, but this 2026 is election
year, and it's kind of there's quite a

865
01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:34,880
few local and and statewide races that
are going to happen. So, we'll let

866
01:13:31,520 --> 01:13:39,120
Michelle talk about some of them.
>> Thank you. And thank you all for hosting

867
01:13:37,280 --> 01:13:43,199
this event. It's been really great um
being here and hearing some of your

868
01:13:41,199 --> 01:13:47,600
concerns that you have um you know and
some of your questions and comments that

869
01:13:44,880 --> 01:13:52,400
you have regarding the county offices.
So I am the Woodbury County not only

870
01:13:49,840 --> 01:13:55,840
auditor but auditor recorder. So I don't
know if you're aware but there's only

871
01:13:53,840 --> 01:14:00,000
two counties in the state of Iowa who
have an elected auditor recorder.

872
01:13:58,320 --> 01:14:04,640
Woodbury County has been saving money
for about the last 30 years because we

873
01:14:02,320 --> 01:14:08,560
do not have an elected recorder. So we
don't have that position to fund. So, I

874
01:14:06,640 --> 01:14:13,040
think that's a great thing for Woodbury.
Marshall County is the other county. Um,

875
01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:17,280
so my office has four different
functions. One of them is the recorder's

876
01:14:15,520 --> 01:14:21,760
office, which is where you would record
your deeds, the vitals, uh, where you

877
01:14:19,679 --> 01:14:26,320
get your marriage certificates, and so
forth. Uh, Tina also has part of the

878
01:14:24,480 --> 01:14:29,840
recorder duties that she does in the
treasurer's office. So, we're very

879
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:34,800
unique when it comes to running our
auditor and recorder offices and and the

880
01:14:32,560 --> 01:14:39,679
treasurer, too. So, we're very proud to
have that. um in in our area. So, one of

881
01:14:38,080 --> 01:14:44,800
the things that I've asked the board for
this year is to allow me to cross

882
01:14:42,880 --> 01:14:49,760
trainin the vitals and the recorder
staff. There's three members that do

883
01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:53,199
recording documents, three members that
would provide you with your vital

884
01:14:51,600 --> 01:14:57,600
documents that you need when you come
in. And I'd like to see all those six

885
01:14:55,520 --> 01:15:03,040
individuals cross trainined that will
help them to take vacations um when we

886
01:14:59,840 --> 01:15:09,040
have time off. So we have the the staff
there to serve the public when it's

887
01:15:04,960 --> 01:15:13,679
needed. Um the other area we have is a
finance side. We have three individuals

888
01:15:10,960 --> 01:15:17,920
on the finance side. Um and they
basically do the payroll and pay all of

889
01:15:15,440 --> 01:15:22,880
the bills of the county. Uh we also have
elections which you're all aware of. We

890
01:15:19,840 --> 01:15:27,679
have elections every year. Um, and we do
have a need for precinct election

891
01:15:24,800 --> 01:15:32,239
officials in the in the county. Sous
City's pretty much covered, but anything

892
01:15:29,760 --> 01:15:36,719
outside of Sous City, it's kind of tough
to get people to volunteer to do this. I

893
01:15:34,719 --> 01:15:40,640
say volunteer, but it's really a paid
position and it's a long day on election

894
01:15:38,719 --> 01:15:44,640
day, and we really need people. Is
anybody in here a PEO or precinct

895
01:15:43,120 --> 01:15:48,920
election?
Okay, let's give them a hand.

896
01:15:52,400 --> 01:15:58,159
So, if any of you are interested, I do
have some of the forms here that you can

897
01:15:56,000 --> 01:16:01,679
fill out that we can get you on file.
Doesn't guarantee that you're going to

898
01:15:59,440 --> 01:16:06,000
work that day, but um we do have a lot
of people who who just love doing it.

899
01:16:04,400 --> 01:16:10,640
They get to see the people that live in
their neighborhoods um and they just

900
01:16:08,320 --> 01:16:15,280
really enjoy that day to go out. We have
a training u that you come u we come to

901
01:16:13,440 --> 01:16:19,920
climbing hill and we do training for the
rural areas for the precinct election

902
01:16:17,760 --> 01:16:24,560
officials and then in sous city we also
have that at western Iowa tech. So in

903
01:16:22,640 --> 01:16:30,000
regards to the elections this year we
have a first election coming up on June

904
01:16:27,040 --> 01:16:34,960
2nd. Uh if any of you have been
following I did create a Woodbury County

905
01:16:32,880 --> 01:16:39,120
uh auditor recorder and commissioner of
elections Facebook page if you want to

906
01:16:37,440 --> 01:16:44,800
follow that. We're trying to post
relevant stuff related to the election.

907
01:16:42,239 --> 01:16:48,800
Um, what is a primary? There's a lot of
people in our population that don't

908
01:16:46,400 --> 01:16:52,800
understand what a primary is. A primary
is an election where you have to vote

909
01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:56,239
based on a party. So, you choose the
party you're going to vote for. And what

910
01:16:54,640 --> 01:17:00,480
you're doing is you're choosing which
candidate in that party is going to run

911
01:16:58,480 --> 01:17:05,920
in the November election. So, that's
what's coming up on June 2nd. So, um, if

912
01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:11,360
you check out the the Facebook page, it
tells you which offices are going to be

913
01:17:08,880 --> 01:17:17,000
on that ballot. Uh, and then right now
is a filing period for individuals who

914
01:17:13,360 --> 01:17:17,000
want to run for office.

915
01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:25,360
Townships are also elected, township,
uh, clerks and township trustees. That's

916
01:17:23,520 --> 01:17:30,800
another area that we have a really hard
time getting people interested in in

917
01:17:27,840 --> 01:17:36,159
filing for office. I do have some uh
affidavit for candidacy if anybody's

918
01:17:33,040 --> 01:17:42,600
interested in running for office for a
township. Um I have those here if

919
01:17:38,480 --> 01:17:42,600
anybody wants to pick those up.

920
01:17:44,719 --> 01:17:51,199
Um the other thing I wanted to talk
about is a new area of the office that

921
01:17:48,400 --> 01:17:55,920
I've asked the board to fund would be uh
having one new individual that will be a

922
01:17:53,600 --> 01:18:02,000
real estate deputy. In the auditor's
office, the role of real estate is um it

923
01:17:58,880 --> 01:18:07,280
goes throughout the entire year. So,
individuals will bring a deed in and

924
01:18:04,880 --> 01:18:12,800
then that information gets uh right now
it's in the recorder's office. Um so,

925
01:18:10,239 --> 01:18:17,120
that process starts, the splits are done
in the recorder's office. If there's a

926
01:18:14,719 --> 01:18:22,719
parcel that gets split and and the new
parcels get created on GIS and so forth.

927
01:18:20,320 --> 01:18:28,640
So having a new real estate deputy will
help streamline the process. Another

928
01:18:25,280 --> 01:18:32,640
role, we actually have about
two full-time people that only do real

929
01:18:30,880 --> 01:18:37,280
estate, but then there's three other
individuals that parts of their job do

930
01:18:35,120 --> 01:18:42,560
pieces of that real estate, which is
producing the tax role, certifying that

931
01:18:39,600 --> 01:18:47,760
tax role to the treasurer. And something
you're going to see quite a few things

932
01:18:44,480 --> 01:18:54,480
coming in your mail in March.
One of them is the uh the maximum tax

933
01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:58,560
mailer. You may have seen that the last
two years. This will be the third year.

934
01:18:56,960 --> 01:19:05,719
And I wanted to explain that a little
bit.

935
01:19:00,640 --> 01:19:05,719
I'm sorry I don't have a slide for you.

936
01:19:06,880 --> 01:19:14,480
But you might recall seeing something
come in your mail with two two sides to

937
01:19:12,320 --> 01:19:19,440
the document. And you're going to be
seeing this. It has to be postmarked by

938
01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:24,320
March 15th. We're actually pulling the
data tomorrow morning to send to to make

939
01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:31,040
create these mailers. And what these
mailers are that you're going to see it

940
01:19:27,199 --> 01:19:36,080
it has your city, your school, and the
county and the maximum amount of dollars

941
01:19:33,679 --> 01:19:40,239
and the tax levy that they currently
have in their budgets. That doesn't mean

942
01:19:38,560 --> 01:19:44,400
that that maximum amount is going to be
the amount that's actually adopted

943
01:19:42,000 --> 01:19:49,840
because they have until April 30th still
to make changes. So those numbers might

944
01:19:46,320 --> 01:19:55,120
lower. If you live in a rural area, the
bottom of that is going to be blank.

945
01:19:52,800 --> 01:19:59,440
What this is doing is it's also telling
you when their public meetings are going

946
01:19:57,360 --> 01:20:03,600
to be to discuss that maximum dollar
amount. And so you have an opportunity

947
01:20:01,760 --> 01:20:07,199
to look at your city, look at your
school, look at the county, and decide

948
01:20:05,440 --> 01:20:12,239
if you want to come to those meetings to
express any concerns that you have about

949
01:20:08,880 --> 01:20:19,679
their budgets. The back of the document
gives you some comparisons of a $100,000

950
01:20:16,159 --> 01:20:25,960
residents versus $110,000 residents and
how these levies are going to affect

951
01:20:22,080 --> 01:20:25,960
that that valuation.

952
01:20:26,640 --> 01:20:34,320
So, if you have any questions, if you
ever want to have a estimate on your

953
01:20:31,280 --> 01:20:38,719
taxes, my office can do that. Um, you
know, there's a a lot of different

954
01:20:35,600 --> 01:20:43,679
things that go into that. So, in March,
you're going to receive this notice from

955
01:20:41,280 --> 01:20:47,679
from an envelope that's from the
Woodbury County Auditor's Office. It'll

956
01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:52,080
have my name on it. You're also going to
receive an assessment notice from the

957
01:20:49,920 --> 01:20:56,400
Woodbury County Assessor, not me. Don't
blame me. That one's not from me.

958
01:20:54,640 --> 01:21:01,120
So, they said that those are going out
on the 13th. So, you're going to have an

959
01:20:58,800 --> 01:21:05,520
assessment notice. Now, just keep in
mind, you don't want to apply those

960
01:21:02,880 --> 01:21:10,560
dollar amounts to my statement because
those dollar amounts on your assessment

961
01:21:07,440 --> 01:21:14,000
notice will not be taxed until the next
year. So, you're going to have to go

962
01:21:12,320 --> 01:21:18,320
back to your mailer that you got last
March. And those are the values that

963
01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:22,400
we're talking about when we send the
mailer out here.

964
01:21:20,960 --> 01:21:27,120
So, those are two items you're going to
get in your mailboxes in the next few

965
01:21:24,080 --> 01:21:32,239
weeks. And then the third one is going
to be an elections postcard. If any of

966
01:21:29,760 --> 01:21:37,040
you are a active voter, you would have
received those from me last year. Um,

967
01:21:35,040 --> 01:21:42,640
and this will be coming out that'll show
your polling location and information

968
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:47,199
regarding the uh the primary, which will
be on June 2nd.

969
01:21:45,360 --> 01:21:51,440
Does anybody have any questions about
the auditor recorder's office?

970
01:21:53,040 --> 01:21:59,840
All right, feel free to give me a call
anytime and hopefully you'll follow our

971
01:21:57,199 --> 01:22:02,840
uh Facebook site.
>> Thanks.

972
01:22:04,800 --> 01:22:11,440
» The audles
we talked about earlier, but then they

973
01:22:08,960 --> 01:22:14,880
make sure that we're following along
with Iowa code and all the work that we

974
01:22:13,040 --> 01:22:18,719
do and she clerks a lot of our meetings
and takes notes and keeps us in line.

975
01:22:16,800 --> 01:22:22,719
So, we appreciate that. And since she
was talking about the budget and the tax

976
01:22:20,480 --> 01:22:25,760
mailing, uh, we kind of go to that right
now and I'll introduce our new budget

977
01:22:24,080 --> 01:22:31,679
director here in a little bit. But you
may be asking like why why this mailing

978
01:22:28,719 --> 01:22:35,280
of of maximum tax asking that if that's
not where our budget's going to be.

979
01:22:32,880 --> 01:22:40,080
Well, it used to be that the board would
work on their budgets up until the April

980
01:22:37,360 --> 01:22:43,199
30th deadline when they decided what
point the budget was going to be. Then

981
01:22:41,920 --> 01:22:46,159
they would have a public hearing and
then the public could come and see what

982
01:22:44,480 --> 01:22:49,840
those numbers were. the state
legislature a couple years ago, they

983
01:22:47,679 --> 01:22:54,880
decided, "No, we need to have advanced
notice of what your budget might be."

984
01:22:52,400 --> 01:22:59,679
So, they have a cut off date and we
cannot raise the levy after that date.

985
01:22:57,120 --> 01:23:03,679
So, now we're required to mail something
out that's halfway through the budget

986
01:23:01,280 --> 01:23:07,199
process of what our budget might be. And
so, because we're a big enough county

987
01:23:05,840 --> 01:23:10,320
and we're still processing through the
budget and we're going to be for the

988
01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:13,679
rest of March and the rest of April, we
simply plug in the max. It's never been

989
01:23:12,639 --> 01:23:17,040
the max. that's never going to be
anywhere close to the max, but because

990
01:23:15,440 --> 01:23:22,800
we now have these new constraints that
the state has put on us. That's just how

991
01:23:19,120 --> 01:23:25,760
we respond to it. So, I last year I had
a lot of calls. People were frustrated

992
01:23:24,239 --> 01:23:28,800
like why why the heck are you sending me
this? It doesn't tell us the

993
01:23:26,880 --> 01:23:32,560
information. Well, unfortunately, we're
required by law to do that. Now, the the

994
01:23:31,199 --> 01:23:36,000
hearing date is a great thing. You guys
will be able to see when those public

995
01:23:34,000 --> 01:23:39,520
hearings will be, and you can, you know,
come to the board meetings and discuss

996
01:23:37,440 --> 01:23:43,679
that. But uh the rest of the information
isn't really too relevant, but that's

997
01:23:41,199 --> 01:23:47,199
just what we have to deal with. Um if
any of you have dealt with Liberty

998
01:23:45,199 --> 01:23:50,719
County for many many years, we had a
budget director by the name of Dennis

999
01:23:48,639 --> 01:23:52,960
Butler who had been there how many years
now?

1000
01:23:51,600 --> 01:23:57,840
» 47 47.
>> 47 years. And he was really instrumental

1001
01:23:56,320 --> 01:24:01,840
in helping a lot of our small town
clerks and our our mayors and our

1002
01:23:59,679 --> 01:24:05,120
councils dissect their budgets. He was
never more than a phone call away. He

1003
01:24:03,440 --> 01:24:09,920
was kind of our liaison to the city of
Sous City. um he he did a great job and

1004
01:24:07,920 --> 01:24:14,480
so he he passed away from cancer
unfortunately and left us with really

1005
01:24:12,080 --> 01:24:17,520
big shoes to fill. So that first and of
course you know he passed away at the

1006
01:24:16,400 --> 01:24:22,639
end of the year right as we're going
into a budget process. And so um

1007
01:24:20,000 --> 01:24:26,239
Michelle Scaff who was newly elected got
the honor of not only learning her her

1008
01:24:24,159 --> 01:24:30,400
new position as the auditor but also our
budget director. And so she had a really

1009
01:24:28,159 --> 01:24:33,840
grueling five six months there working
through that and we're very very

1010
01:24:31,679 --> 01:24:37,600
appreciative of that. But um it did lead
us to a new budget director, Ryan

1011
01:24:35,360 --> 01:24:41,040
Ericson, who is here tonight. And and
Ryan has been really great. I would say

1012
01:24:39,440 --> 01:24:44,480
this is kind of his first true budget
year because last year, I think he

1013
01:24:42,400 --> 01:24:49,920
started in January and we were already
doing budgets. So February. Yeah. So he

1014
01:24:47,840 --> 01:24:54,000
uh really kind of was baptized by fire
last year. So this is really his first

1015
01:24:51,440 --> 01:25:00,239
budget year. Uh he's doing a remarkable
job. And Ryan, just like Dennis, is a is

1016
01:24:56,560 --> 01:25:04,400
a is a a point of contact if any of our
real communities have questions about

1017
01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:07,520
their budgets or things of that nature
that we can still talk to Ryan or you

1018
01:25:06,000 --> 01:25:10,800
can still talk to Michelle. We're more
than happy to help. We're all in the

1019
01:25:09,040 --> 01:25:14,239
same we're all in the same boat. But
Ryan's going to talk a little bit about

1020
01:25:12,480 --> 01:25:17,840
the the levy rate, how to introduce
himself, and then he's got some

1021
01:25:16,000 --> 01:25:21,840
information about Woodbury County as a
whole as far as taxation. He's going to

1022
01:25:19,760 --> 01:25:25,440
show a a website that you can kind of
compare Woodbury County with some other

1023
01:25:23,360 --> 01:25:32,280
counties or with the state. So, with
that, I'll turn it over to Ryan and

1024
01:25:28,000 --> 01:25:32,280
we'll let him talk about some of those.

1025
01:25:35,199 --> 01:25:42,159
» Yeah, decided to put me on the spot
tonight. So, thank you, Mark.

1026
01:25:39,520 --> 01:25:47,520
» You're welcome. But uh as we were
talking earlier right now Laura has the

1027
01:25:45,360 --> 01:25:53,360
what was discussed at the last budget
hearing which you can see you know

1028
01:25:50,719 --> 01:26:00,159
there's three different options. The one
on the left it says what the max rate is

1029
01:25:56,960 --> 01:26:07,120
and that was the state of Iowa has
limited the general basic which funds

1030
01:26:03,440 --> 01:26:12,560
most of the items in the government to
the 3.70.

1031
01:26:09,760 --> 01:26:19,760
So Woodbury County cannot go above that
limit. general supplement is there in to

1032
01:26:16,960 --> 01:26:27,760
help fund the general basic services and
then stuff like uh EMS comes out of

1033
01:26:23,440 --> 01:26:35,600
general supplement and in order to right
now as they stated the budget isn't

1034
01:26:30,719 --> 01:26:42,679
final but we received everything in and
if we left the budget as is the rate

1035
01:26:38,960 --> 01:26:42,679
would be the 2.79387.

1036
01:26:42,719 --> 01:26:50,159
So that's the max levy that will be
allowed in the mail.

1037
01:26:47,280 --> 01:26:56,639
And you can see the what is the next
column over is what the rate was last

1038
01:26:53,280 --> 01:27:03,199
year. So everybody will get a statement
and it will say yeah potentially your

1039
01:26:59,840 --> 01:27:09,360
taxes could go up. So when that happens
make sure you call Mark and complain

1040
01:27:07,440 --> 01:27:14,719
because he really appreciates those
phone calls.

1041
01:27:11,280 --> 01:27:21,840
And then debt service uh is the various
items that mostly are the debt taken for

1042
01:27:19,600 --> 01:27:27,840
CIP projects.
And then you know stuff like the gravel

1043
01:27:24,960 --> 01:27:34,080
road was actually funded with tax
increment financing which you know helps

1044
01:27:31,199 --> 01:27:39,199
reduce the debt service levy. And then
the bottom number there, rural basic,

1045
01:27:37,120 --> 01:27:44,560
you can see it's a pretty significant
difference between last year. So those

1046
01:27:41,760 --> 01:27:49,360
who are in the rural areas are going to
get a real shocker in that letter. It's

1047
01:27:46,800 --> 01:27:58,320
going to say like a nearly 20% potential
increase. But again, that is set. So

1048
01:27:53,840 --> 01:28:03,440
then we can we're not going to go at
that level, but you can't go above it.

1049
01:28:01,840 --> 01:28:09,760
So it's
just you know to

1050
01:28:06,320 --> 01:28:16,719
you know set the max level. So then
if necessary you could go to that level

1051
01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:23,120
but last year you can see it was a 2.41
41. And right now, the budget that was

1052
01:28:21,040 --> 01:28:29,120
currently received, that third column
would say if we would have a zero rural

1053
01:28:27,040 --> 01:28:35,679
basic budget,
which mainly in rural basic, it's like

1054
01:28:31,920 --> 01:28:39,840
the sheriff, rural patrol, the landfill,
and

1055
01:28:37,199 --> 01:28:43,360
the funding from secondary roads that
it's property tax related comes from

1056
01:28:41,760 --> 01:28:49,280
rural basic. So those are the main
services out of rural basic. So if we

1057
01:28:46,320 --> 01:28:54,239
were to produce a zero budget without
making any cuts to the expenditures,

1058
01:28:52,000 --> 01:28:57,239
the the basic rate would have to be that
2.48.

1059
01:28:57,760 --> 01:29:04,040
And then I think I'll add Do you want to
bring up the other spreadsheet?

1060
01:29:08,000 --> 01:29:19,120
This here is uh an example that Michelle
had mentioned earlier about this is only

1061
01:29:14,560 --> 01:29:25,360
the county rates that if you have
there's three separate levels. You have

1062
01:29:22,239 --> 01:29:31,040
what your assessed value is. Then the
state applies a roll back percentage

1063
01:29:28,719 --> 01:29:35,440
and then that becomes your taxable
value.

1064
01:29:32,960 --> 01:29:41,360
And then that taxable value has a levy
rate applied to it. So you can see what

1065
01:29:38,880 --> 01:29:48,480
this the mailer has the assumption that
your assessed value will go from 100,000

1066
01:29:43,920 --> 01:29:56,159
to 110. So it's assuming a 10% increase
in your assessed value. But the state

1067
01:29:52,000 --> 01:30:02,719
has we'll say reduced the roll back
which means that there's less taxable

1068
01:29:58,880 --> 01:30:09,040
value as a percentage. So even though
your house went from 100,000 to 110,000,

1069
01:30:06,239 --> 01:30:14,800
the taxable value has actually gone from
47 to 48,000.

1070
01:30:12,320 --> 01:30:20,480
And that's where
the last year's taxes by just the county

1071
01:30:18,239 --> 01:30:26,480
only on $100,000
is $337.

1072
01:30:23,040 --> 01:30:32,080
If we were to go with the max rate
assuming and then everybody's situation

1073
01:30:29,679 --> 01:30:37,120
will be different because everybody's
assessed value will change at a

1074
01:30:34,480 --> 01:30:40,400
different level and that's where you and
they're not here you can complain to

1075
01:30:38,719 --> 01:30:46,320
either the county assessor or if you
live in the city of Sous City you can

1076
01:30:43,280 --> 01:30:56,239
complain to him but then uh it would
show if for those that live in a a city

1077
01:30:51,520 --> 01:31:03,360
the rate would go from 337 to $358. So
that would be an increase of over 6%.

1078
01:31:00,080 --> 01:31:10,000
If the board decides to leave the levy
at the same rate, the increase based on

1079
01:31:07,280 --> 01:31:16,639
a 10% increase in your assessed value
would be three just over 3% increase.

1080
01:31:14,560 --> 01:31:22,880
And if you could scroll down a little,
for those that live in the rural, this

1081
01:31:20,560 --> 01:31:29,040
is where that shocker could be. If we
went to the max level, it would increase

1082
01:31:25,760 --> 01:31:33,600
your taxes by 22%.
But if it was left at the same level as

1083
01:31:31,440 --> 01:31:39,440
last year, the increase would be just
over 3%.

1084
01:31:36,480 --> 01:31:46,320
And that's where the board in years past
has always strived to keep the level the

1085
01:31:42,400 --> 01:31:51,440
tax levy at the same rate. By keeping it
at the same rate still will have a small

1086
01:31:49,360 --> 01:31:56,960
increase in the overall percentage that
is paid which I'm going the last bring

1087
01:31:54,400 --> 01:32:03,679
up the the slide.
The last thing I'll show is there is a

1088
01:32:00,560 --> 01:32:09,520
the taxpayers for Iowa for taxpayer
relief

1089
01:32:06,000 --> 01:32:16,280
has uh produced reports of every county
and most cities in the state and

1090
01:32:12,560 --> 01:32:16,280
Woodbury How?

1091
01:32:30,560 --> 01:32:33,560
» Yeah.

1092
01:32:43,280 --> 01:32:53,360
But this will show you what they compare
is over the last 20 years the inflation

1093
01:32:49,280 --> 01:33:01,639
rate plus the population growth and
compares it to the property tax

1094
01:32:57,199 --> 01:33:01,639
uh revenue increase.

1095
01:33:09,120 --> 01:33:15,600
But when we talk about your figuring
your property tax bill, it's there's

1096
01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:21,760
three parts of the equation. So there's
your assessment and that's based on what

1097
01:33:18,880 --> 01:33:26,080
are the values of land or property. What
is it trading on the public market? What

1098
01:33:24,480 --> 01:33:30,719
are people buying and selling homes or
land for? That's where the assessment

1099
01:33:27,520 --> 01:33:35,040
comes from. The roll back is set by the
state. That would be the percent of what

1100
01:33:32,960 --> 01:33:38,800
your the value of your home or land what
it's actually taxed at. So, as Ryan

1101
01:33:37,199 --> 01:33:42,639
said, the state actually lowered the
roll back this year, which is a good

1102
01:33:40,080 --> 01:33:46,080
thing for all of us. Um, but they
control that. And then the third part of

1103
01:33:44,080 --> 01:33:49,520
that is the levy rate, and that's what
the county sets or if you live in a town

1104
01:33:47,840 --> 01:33:54,800
or a city, that's what the city sets or
your school district. And so, the levy

1105
01:33:52,320 --> 01:34:00,960
rate can do three things. It can go up,
it can go down, or it can stay the same.

1106
01:33:57,600 --> 01:34:05,120
um 12 years in Woodbury County, the levy
has never gone up. And I I don't think

1107
01:34:03,360 --> 01:34:11,040
you could find a county in the state
where they've done that for one or two

1108
01:34:07,360 --> 01:34:15,679
years, let alone 12. And so we would
like to do that the same again this

1109
01:34:12,880 --> 01:34:19,920
year. Um something that uh I know
Matthew wants to go out on a good note

1110
01:34:17,920 --> 01:34:23,600
in that regard because that's really I
guess you're you've been in office 12

1111
01:34:21,280 --> 01:34:27,679
years, correct? So, um, that's something
that he's worked very hard on in his

1112
01:34:25,120 --> 01:34:31,040
years as a supervisor. But, um, a lot of
people have questions about the roll

1113
01:34:29,199 --> 01:34:34,080
back or about assessments, and those are
two things that we have absolutely no

1114
01:34:32,880 --> 01:34:39,760
control over. They're not in our
wheelhouse. The only thing that this

1115
01:34:35,760 --> 01:34:45,440
body controls is the the levy rate.
>> So, what this graph with that, as I

1116
01:34:42,560 --> 01:34:51,679
said, is from the Iowa for taxpayer
relief website. So, I don't credit for

1117
01:34:48,320 --> 01:34:56,639
it, but what it is saying that
The inflation over the last 10 years is

1118
01:34:54,639 --> 01:35:00,960
34.3%.
Population growth for Woodbury County is

1119
01:34:58,800 --> 01:35:07,840
4.6%.
So what they are saying a reasonable tax

1120
01:35:04,239 --> 01:35:15,520
growth would be about 38.9%.
Over the last 10 years, Woodbury County

1121
01:35:11,840 --> 01:35:21,360
property tax growth has been 35 12%. And
they're considering that reasonable. And

1122
01:35:17,920 --> 01:35:26,400
you can go to this website and look up,
you know, I looked up Pulk County and

1123
01:35:23,440 --> 01:35:30,719
theirs was a lot higher. Blackhawk
County, which is probably similar to us,

1124
01:35:28,960 --> 01:35:37,360
was
reasonable as well. So, it's kind of you

1125
01:35:34,639 --> 01:35:42,719
hear a lot of uh complaints about
property tax growth and there there's

1126
01:35:40,480 --> 01:35:48,080
really, you know, there's a three, you
have the city, the school, and the

1127
01:35:44,159 --> 01:35:53,080
county. And for most residents, city and
the school are the biggest parts of it.

1128
01:35:53,120 --> 01:36:01,000
And unfortunately, when I looked at the
city of Sous City, it was very highly

1129
01:35:58,000 --> 01:36:01,000
unreasonable.

1130
01:36:01,280 --> 01:36:08,960
» So I didn't look at any other like
mobile or anything like that.

1131
01:36:06,400 --> 01:36:14,280
So
that's what I have. any any

1132
01:36:18,000 --> 01:36:26,080
Ryan is instrumental. We we have 430
employees. It's a large budget and and

1133
01:36:24,000 --> 01:36:30,400
he is looking over all those dollars and
he is helping us plan and and look at

1134
01:36:28,719 --> 01:36:34,560
our financials going forward. He has a
tough job and he's done a great job and

1135
01:36:32,960 --> 01:36:40,480
he's never more than a phone call away
for any of us and he's he's he loves his

1136
01:36:38,159 --> 01:36:43,760
spreadsheets. he loves Excel and so
which has actually been really great for

1137
01:36:41,840 --> 01:36:48,400
us because he can break things down and
really um dive into the numbers and

1138
01:36:46,159 --> 01:36:51,760
that's very helpful for all of us. So
thank you Ryan. But while we're on the

1139
01:36:50,159 --> 01:36:54,880
budget, are there any questions or
comments from you guys about I don't if

1140
01:36:53,360 --> 01:36:59,199
you've been following the budget process
at all. Are there any questions or

1141
01:36:56,960 --> 01:37:03,760
comments about the the county budget or
the um where our expenditures are? Any

1142
01:37:02,239 --> 01:37:10,080
any of those types of questions? We
could definitely field some of those.

1143
01:37:08,639 --> 01:37:14,480
I would say in large part we're just
like you guys. Uh inflation hits the

1144
01:37:12,960 --> 01:37:19,920
same stuff that we're paying. Insurance
is a huge is a huge expense for us. Um

1145
01:37:17,760 --> 01:37:25,840
that we have no control over and a lot
of the insurance is 7 8 10% increases

1146
01:37:23,119 --> 01:37:30,639
year-over-year just like everybody else.
Um there seems to be no end in sight on

1147
01:37:28,159 --> 01:37:36,719
the insurance. Um as Laura talked about
our equipment for secondary roads. Um we

1148
01:37:34,080 --> 01:37:42,320
hired our own mechanic this year which
has already uh paid for itself but uh

1149
01:37:39,440 --> 01:37:46,560
repairs extremely expensive and so we're
looking for ways to minimize you know

1150
01:37:44,159 --> 01:37:49,840
that line item. So we're we're trying
new things and and we're we're really

1151
01:37:48,239 --> 01:37:56,960
evaluating every expense that we have
but u just like anybody else inflation

1152
01:37:52,159 --> 01:38:01,520
plays a huge huge part in that as well.
>> Yeah. Uh, one thing that ITR doesn't

1153
01:38:00,159 --> 01:38:07,040
include and you don't see from those
graphs is uh, reserves. And Woodbury

1154
01:38:05,040 --> 01:38:13,760
County has taken a very prudent approach
to uh, targeting our 20% reserve level

1155
01:38:10,880 --> 01:38:18,960
and not really trying to build up a nest
egg so to speak. When we talked about

1156
01:38:16,239 --> 01:38:25,199
Blackhawk being okay, I think the last
time I looked at Blackhawk, their

1157
01:38:20,400 --> 01:38:29,440
reserves several years ago was like 65%.
Or something insane like that. So, you

1158
01:38:28,000 --> 01:38:35,280
know, we don't want to do that. We want
to use our reserves to avoid a tax rate

1159
01:38:33,119 --> 01:38:38,960
increase. And so, we've been we've been
proud to do that. That doesn't show up

1160
01:38:37,280 --> 01:38:44,080
in these numbers, but it's something
that you have to you have to plan for

1161
01:38:41,040 --> 01:38:49,920
ideologically. Like, we don't want to be
um banking any unspent funds. And so, we

1162
01:38:48,080 --> 01:38:53,920
don't this year, like we have in
previous years, we're very likely going

1163
01:38:51,520 --> 01:38:59,040
to use a large portion of reserves to
balance the budget. And that's not

1164
01:38:56,480 --> 01:39:03,520
cutting in and cutting down our reserve
necessarily because they get built up

1165
01:39:00,639 --> 01:39:07,199
every year by unspent funds or or staff
that wasn't hired and things like that.

1166
01:39:05,679 --> 01:39:11,760
And so, you know, we're playing this
balancing game again where we are trying

1167
01:39:09,440 --> 01:39:16,560
to be responsible and have a predictable
tax rate for our business community. You

1168
01:39:14,239 --> 01:39:20,679
know, none of this yo-yo effect that
that scares businesses off.

1169
01:39:21,119 --> 01:39:27,040
» Any other questions about the uh about
the budget?

1170
01:39:25,360 --> 01:39:30,480
So on the next thing here is to talk
about the law enforcement center which

1171
01:39:28,719 --> 01:39:34,320
we kind of have two different law
enforcement center activities going on

1172
01:39:32,400 --> 01:39:38,080
in the county and then have a public
safety update which Chad Sheen is out of

1173
01:39:36,080 --> 01:39:41,920
town so he couldn't be here tonight but
send his regards but I'll maybe let

1174
01:39:40,320 --> 01:39:46,880
county attorney Lumis he can give us an
update on the attorney's office and as

1175
01:39:44,000 --> 01:39:51,840
James likes to say stop. So sorry I took
your line James but

1176
01:39:49,360 --> 01:39:54,960
okay you can say it again.
>> You're going to trademark that.

1177
01:39:52,880 --> 01:39:59,360
» No I said it wasn't. Oh, yes. Okay.
Okay. Um, so if you if you've been down

1178
01:39:57,679 --> 01:40:05,440
to the courthouse, you've seen that the
the old jail is a pile of rubble. Um,

1179
01:40:02,960 --> 01:40:12,080
they lever construction, got the bid on
that project, new came in about half of

1180
01:40:08,560 --> 01:40:18,000
what we had what our estimates were. Um,
we had, I think, 23 entities come and

1181
01:40:16,080 --> 01:40:21,920
let them look at that for a walk through
and I think we had about half of them

1182
01:40:20,000 --> 01:40:26,400
submit bids. We had bids from multiple
states. So it was uh which is great for

1183
01:40:25,040 --> 01:40:29,600
the taxpayer. I mean we want to have
bids because it's competitive and and

1184
01:40:28,320 --> 01:40:34,480
that's how it ended up coming in about
half of of our estimate. So that project

1185
01:40:32,159 --> 01:40:38,159
is slated to be um the demolition is
slated to be done by the end of March

1186
01:40:36,560 --> 01:40:42,480
and uh talking with our building
services director yesterday um Liber

1187
01:40:40,800 --> 01:40:47,360
says that they are right on right on
schedule. So um and I can't believe how

1188
01:40:45,440 --> 01:40:51,600
much that building has disappeared in
the last week, but they've really been

1189
01:40:49,679 --> 01:40:56,000
getting after it. and the new law
enforcement center. Um, I'm happy to

1190
01:40:53,520 --> 01:41:00,800
report um on behalf of Chad and Chad has
done an incredible job out there. Um,

1191
01:40:58,480 --> 01:41:05,920
but Matthew and the prior board when
they pushed this bond referendum for the

1192
01:41:03,360 --> 01:41:10,000
new jail, the idea was that if they
overbuilt it, we could house federal

1193
01:41:08,159 --> 01:41:13,440
inmates and the revenue from those
federal inmates would pay the bond so

1194
01:41:11,600 --> 01:41:20,960
that the taxpayers of Woodbury County
never have to pay for the built the

1195
01:41:16,639 --> 01:41:26,239
facility. And so we needed roughly 110
inmates in there year round to pay for

1196
01:41:23,280 --> 01:41:32,560
that. And Chad has been keeping that
level somewhere around 140 or 150. And

1197
01:41:29,520 --> 01:41:36,639
so not only are we well above uh the
level of payment of bonds that's out of

1198
01:41:34,480 --> 01:41:42,639
the hook of taxpayers, uh we actually
had some money um be inflated or entered

1199
01:41:40,000 --> 01:41:46,639
into our budget that helps all of you,
you know, covers operational expenses in

1200
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the county and takes the burden off of
you guys. So um we're very very happy

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01:41:50,000 --> 01:41:56,080
with how Chad is managing that
situation. One of the other things that

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01:41:53,600 --> 01:42:01,280
we have seen working with HR is that in
the old facility we had almost an

1203
01:41:58,800 --> 01:42:07,440
impossible time keeping correctional
officers. Um that old facility was very

1204
01:42:04,000 --> 01:42:13,040
unsafe for our cos and for inmates. It
was uh it was uh hot, it was smelly, it

1205
01:42:11,520 --> 01:42:18,719
was just it was not a good place to
work. And the turnover that we had there

1206
01:42:16,080 --> 01:42:22,639
was it it was extremely frustrating the
staff because you had people that maybe

1207
01:42:20,320 --> 01:42:27,520
last three months and then quit and when
you've got 80 90 people and you have

1208
01:42:25,360 --> 01:42:32,159
constant turnover it was a struggle. Uh
we had roughly six seven open positions

1209
01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:38,080
all the time that we could never fill.
We couldn't get applicants and I'm happy

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01:42:34,960 --> 01:42:43,040
to report that I think we're down one
one we're down one now with that staff.

1211
01:42:40,480 --> 01:42:46,960
the turnover has practically stopped. We
are attracting um senior correctional

1212
01:42:45,360 --> 01:42:52,000
officers with experience from other
facilities in both instate and out of

1213
01:42:49,119 --> 01:42:56,159
state. So we're making excellent hires.
Um and that was one of the intentions

1214
01:42:54,239 --> 01:43:01,760
also of the board at that time was they
recognized that this facility was was a

1215
01:42:59,199 --> 01:43:06,800
detriment to us trying to maintain a
staff. And so we're very happy to see

1216
01:43:04,239 --> 01:43:10,880
that that is working. Um those guys are
getting a workout. It's a huge facility.

1217
01:43:08,800 --> 01:43:16,080
I don't know if any of you any of you
walk through there when we had the open

1218
01:43:12,560 --> 01:43:20,639
house and any couple of you did. Is it a
small Is it a small facility? No. Those

1219
01:43:18,719 --> 01:43:25,520
guys are walking miles every day. I
mean, it it is every shift. It is a huge

1220
01:43:22,639 --> 01:43:29,199
huge facility. Um and our building
services staff, they've got their work

1221
01:43:26,880 --> 01:43:33,920
cut out for them, taking care of it. But
the safety features that we that you

1222
01:43:31,920 --> 01:43:38,320
guys built into that system back then is
really paying off. Our cos much safer.

1223
01:43:36,800 --> 01:43:43,199
the interactions with the cos and
inmates is much better. It's all around

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01:43:40,639 --> 01:43:49,360
it's it's been a dent positive. We were
able to resolve the final HBAC issues

1225
01:43:46,239 --> 01:43:53,600
back in January and which I obviously a
round of applause for that, but uh you

1226
01:43:51,280 --> 01:43:58,719
know thankfully we've got that behind
us. We can't comment on the litigation

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01:43:57,119 --> 01:44:04,400
that was talked about in the Sous City
Journal um from the the contractor of

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01:44:01,760 --> 01:44:08,960
the facility, but uh just know that the
county has done everything that we can

1229
01:44:06,719 --> 01:44:14,080
to build the case. You know, in this
instant, we are like the home the home

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01:44:11,760 --> 01:44:17,280
builder. We are the we own the house. We
hired a professional to build it. We

1231
01:44:15,520 --> 01:44:19,760
hired a professional to design it.
They've cast our checks. We've just

1232
01:44:18,719 --> 01:44:23,840
written the checks and they didn't
deliver the product that they were

1233
01:44:21,040 --> 01:44:27,920
supposed to. And so thankfully our team
has built an incredible case as we've

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01:44:26,320 --> 01:44:32,239
gone about this and all the document
collection, everything that we've done.

1235
01:44:29,679 --> 01:44:36,239
I'm very proud of our of our legal team.
Supervisor Binger and I sat in on

1236
01:44:34,000 --> 01:44:39,679
mediation in November and it was really
kind of the first time that we got to

1237
01:44:37,760 --> 01:44:43,600
see our side get to tell it side of the
story and and really just kind of throw

1238
01:44:41,840 --> 01:44:47,280
all of our evidence down on the table.
And it was a it was a really great

1239
01:44:45,440 --> 01:44:50,800
thing. And so we're we're in a very good
position. we've done the work that we

1240
01:44:48,960 --> 01:44:54,880
needed to do to make sure that we can
try to recoup some of this and and we

1241
01:44:53,040 --> 01:44:58,719
absolutely, you know, we want to settle.
We don't want this, you know, drawn out

1242
01:44:56,400 --> 01:45:03,280
in court forever and ever. Amen. But the
fact remains that we paid the people of

1243
01:45:00,960 --> 01:45:06,719
Woodbury County paid good money to
professionals that should have delivered

1244
01:45:04,880 --> 01:45:10,719
us a really good building and it is a
good building, but it took way too long

1245
01:45:08,320 --> 01:45:16,239
to get there. And so, by no means are we
going to just let that slide. And so um

1246
01:45:13,840 --> 01:45:18,800
and I think a former supervisor said we
could write a book about some of the

1247
01:45:17,520 --> 01:45:21,199
stories and some of the things that
happened in that building during

1248
01:45:19,840 --> 01:45:26,400
construction and most people would think
it was fiction. And u it's it's sad kind

1249
01:45:24,320 --> 01:45:30,560
of the the level of craftsmanship that
went into some of this stuff and and

1250
01:45:28,320 --> 01:45:34,480
especially the design we had by the time
the project was over we had five

1251
01:45:32,080 --> 01:45:38,239
different engineers that were working on
that project and that you just can't uh

1252
01:45:36,719 --> 01:45:42,480
sustain a project like that. I think we
also had five project managers and I

1253
01:45:40,880 --> 01:45:47,040
think the last four were under the age
of like 26 with you know almost no

1254
01:45:44,719 --> 01:45:51,119
experience and so a lot of struggle on
that project but thankfully the I think

1255
01:45:49,520 --> 01:45:54,800
the horse is behind us and we've got
that building leveled now and Chad has

1256
01:45:53,280 --> 01:45:58,159
done a great job like I said getting the
federal inmates in there and so our our

1257
01:45:56,400 --> 01:46:02,639
budget is in a much better position this
year than a year ago when we were short

1258
01:46:00,480 --> 01:46:07,280
that that revenue and and just had the
stress and everything else going on. So,

1259
01:46:05,360 --> 01:46:11,119
um, brighter days ahead for sure and
we're happy that some of that stuff is

1260
01:46:09,040 --> 01:46:15,760
behind us and again, we're we're
fighting for all of you and and try to

1261
01:46:13,199 --> 01:46:19,760
protect every every dollar that's been
spent. So, I'll try to recoup what we

1262
01:46:17,679 --> 01:46:23,600
shouldn't have spent. But with that, I
think I will let if unless you you want

1263
01:46:22,080 --> 01:46:26,960
to say something, James, about the
attorney's office. I know you guys have

1264
01:46:25,119 --> 01:46:30,239
had some staffing issues and we can just
talk about a little bit on the sheriff's

1265
01:46:29,040 --> 01:46:34,280
office and some of how you guys
interact. Have you

1266
01:46:35,760 --> 01:46:41,600
Well, thank you. Good evening everyone.
My name is James Lewis. I'm the Woodbury

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01:46:39,440 --> 01:46:44,880
County Attorney. I'm just completing my
first term in the county attorney's

1268
01:46:43,360 --> 01:46:49,199
office. I want to thank the board for
putting this on. It's always great to be

1269
01:46:47,040 --> 01:46:52,880
able to connect with the people out in
the county. I I think it's a real focus

1270
01:46:51,280 --> 01:46:56,159
that if you're in service and you're in
public service, it's important to stay

1271
01:46:54,480 --> 01:46:59,679
connected and communicate with those out
in the county. I've certainly tried to

1272
01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:02,960
do that for my position. So, I want to
thank the board for putting this

1273
01:47:00,880 --> 01:47:07,520
together. I also want to thank the city
of Anon for hosting uh this event. It's

1274
01:47:05,600 --> 01:47:12,880
a very great turnout. I'm so
appreciative of being able to be a part

1275
01:47:09,679 --> 01:47:16,400
of it. So, uh as Mark indicated, one of
the challenges faced by my office

1276
01:47:14,880 --> 01:47:20,400
throughout the first term that I've had
is getting the open positions filled and

1277
01:47:19,280 --> 01:47:25,040
I want to thank the board of
supervisors. They did tremendous job and

1278
01:47:22,880 --> 01:47:29,760
helping that effort. We are only one
short down. Uh, so I'm really looking

1279
01:47:27,280 --> 01:47:34,239
forward to having a full staff and I
anticipate having that completely filled

1280
01:47:31,600 --> 01:47:36,159
up by uh September of this year.
>> And so you were down how many at one

1281
01:47:35,760 --> 01:47:39,440
point?
>> At one point in time we were down eight

1282
01:47:37,679 --> 01:47:42,880
attorneys and so that was a heavy load
to carry for for those that were in the

1283
01:47:41,440 --> 01:47:47,199
office. And so that's why I'm so
appreciative to the board for their

1284
01:47:44,719 --> 01:47:51,840
assistance in in getting that effort
made to getting those positions filled.

1285
01:47:50,159 --> 01:47:54,719
Uh, as you might expect, one of the
focal points of the county attorney's

1286
01:47:53,360 --> 01:47:58,560
office is to stay engaged and
communicate with law enforcement. I

1287
01:47:56,159 --> 01:48:02,400
think that we have a great uh,
relationship with the Woodbury County

1288
01:48:00,800 --> 01:48:05,920
Sheriff's Department. Chan does a
tremendous job uh, and we have a

1289
01:48:04,400 --> 01:48:11,760
tremendous relationship in working
together. What I've really tried and

1290
01:48:08,320 --> 01:48:16,719
strived to do is to understand that what
we do uh, as a county office is we serve

1291
01:48:14,400 --> 01:48:20,880
all the county. Usually the focal point
becomes Sous City. Uh, as you can

1292
01:48:18,719 --> 01:48:25,199
imagine, that's where most of the
matters that I address take place is in

1293
01:48:23,119 --> 01:48:28,800
Sous City, but I've really tried to make
it a focal point to serve all of

1294
01:48:27,119 --> 01:48:33,760
Woodbury County, and I've gone out to
all the communities in Woodbury County

1295
01:48:31,360 --> 01:48:37,600
repeatedly throughout my first term. So,
I want you to know that I' I've done my

1296
01:48:36,000 --> 01:48:40,960
best to try to stay connected if there
are issues, concerns, or problems that

1297
01:48:39,440 --> 01:48:47,360
your communities have because they're
all different. uh to uh let your city

1298
01:48:45,520 --> 01:48:51,360
supervisors and your mayors know because
I go to those meetings and if there's

1299
01:48:49,440 --> 01:48:55,199
issues or problems or concerns that you
have, please make them aware of it so

1300
01:48:53,199 --> 01:49:00,639
that they can make them known to me. I
want our office to be responsive to uh

1301
01:48:58,239 --> 01:49:05,760
the concerns that you have. I know the
deputies do a great job. Uh they are

1302
01:49:03,280 --> 01:49:10,000
probably serving uh most of the towns.
There's only a couple towns that have

1303
01:49:07,600 --> 01:49:13,679
their own law enforcement agency now. Uh
so they do a tremendous job in serving

1304
01:49:11,679 --> 01:49:17,360
the community and keeping us safe. Uh
and that's what I'm tasked with doing.

1305
01:49:15,199 --> 01:49:22,000
I've done my very best to do that and
I'll keep doing that. Uh if anyone has

1306
01:49:19,679 --> 01:49:25,920
any questions for me about my office and
what we're doing or the relationship

1307
01:49:23,920 --> 01:49:29,199
that we have with the various law
enforcement agencies, we've got a number

1308
01:49:27,679 --> 01:49:33,840
of them that we work with. Sous City
Police Department, Sergeant L Police

1309
01:49:30,960 --> 01:49:37,840
Department, Mobile also has their own
police department. uh work in

1310
01:49:35,920 --> 01:49:41,440
conjunction with all of them again with
the effort to make sure that we're

1311
01:49:39,600 --> 01:49:45,199
responsive, that we're doing our best to
hold criminals accountable. Yes, I do

1312
01:49:43,600 --> 01:49:50,400
call them criminals because that's what
they are. They don't deserve pugs or

1313
01:49:47,920 --> 01:49:54,239
pats on the back or counseling sessions.
They need to be prosecuted. They need to

1314
01:49:52,480 --> 01:49:58,560
be punished for what they did. That's my
job and that's what I try to do every

1315
01:49:56,320 --> 01:50:02,000
day. I think that's what people expect
of our office and that's what I've

1316
01:50:00,080 --> 01:50:06,480
really tried to do. But if you have any
concerns or comments, I'd be happy to

1317
01:50:04,159 --> 01:50:11,280
answer them now. Or if you want to talk
to me afterward, I'd be happy to uh take

1318
01:50:09,199 --> 01:50:15,920
them up with you after that. So if
there's anyone that has anything, feel

1319
01:50:13,600 --> 01:50:20,080
free. If not, I know it's getting late.
My wife is hungry and she wants to go

1320
01:50:17,440 --> 01:50:23,679
get a steak. So
So if there aren't any, that's perfectly

1321
01:50:22,320 --> 01:50:27,520
fine. But if you want to catch me
afterward, go ahead and feel free to do

1322
01:50:25,600 --> 01:50:33,639
so. So thank you so much again, Anthony,
for hosting. I appreciate it. turn it

1323
01:50:30,080 --> 01:50:33,639
back over to Mark.

1324
01:50:37,440 --> 01:50:44,639
» That is everything on our agenda, but if
there are items that you would like to

1325
01:50:41,520 --> 01:50:48,239
ask questions about or talk about, now's
your chance. Any anything is up. If any

1326
01:50:46,800 --> 01:50:52,719
of the supervisors want to add anything
to, we can certainly do that. But, uh, I

1327
01:50:50,880 --> 01:50:56,719
don't want to stand between anybody here
in a state dinner because that's where

1328
01:50:54,159 --> 01:51:01,199
that's where I'm going, too. So, but uh
um I I really wanted to reserve time so

1329
01:50:59,600 --> 01:51:06,080
that if you guys have questions or
comments, what are we doing good? What

1330
01:51:03,040 --> 01:51:09,679
are we doing bad? Um any of that. So, if
you want, now's now is your uh now is

1331
01:51:08,239 --> 01:51:15,360
your chance. So, don't all raise your
hand if you want. So, um our meetings at

1332
01:51:12,880 --> 01:51:20,080
4:30 Tuesday afternoon um in the
courthouse. You if you can't make it,

1333
01:51:17,679 --> 01:51:24,159
everyone is streamed live on on YouTube
and then those are cataloges. You can go

1334
01:51:21,760 --> 01:51:28,719
back after the fact and watch it. Um, I
think at least three of us up here,

1335
01:51:26,000 --> 01:51:32,800
supervisors have Facebook pages that we
are constantly sharing information and

1336
01:51:30,719 --> 01:51:36,159
trying to update the the public about
things that are going on. And at times

1337
01:51:34,320 --> 01:51:39,119
we will definitely ask for input, say,
"Hey, this is, you know, an issue that's

1338
01:51:37,679 --> 01:51:43,119
come up. What do you tell us what you
think?" And um, our phone numbers and

1339
01:51:41,440 --> 01:51:47,119
emails are all on the county website for
all five of us. And I think that all of

1340
01:51:45,440 --> 01:51:51,920
us have been very responsive to the
people that call or text us and and have

1341
01:51:49,520 --> 01:51:56,000
concerns. and uh we we definitely want
to hear from you because it makes our

1342
01:51:53,440 --> 01:52:02,159
job easier when we have the information
to do our job to dating something.

1343
01:51:59,760 --> 01:52:06,639
» Yeah. So, I guess yeah, thanks for
pointing that out, Mark. My Facebook

1344
01:52:03,840 --> 01:52:10,400
page probably isn't very updated, but um
if anybody has anything that they need

1345
01:52:08,480 --> 01:52:15,040
to call me about, they definitely can. I
will answer my phone or leave me a

1346
01:52:12,560 --> 01:52:20,159
message. I'll get back to you. I try to
do all of our department heads, our

1347
01:52:17,440 --> 01:52:25,599
elected officials. I talk to all of them
and I appreciate them and being the

1348
01:52:23,679 --> 01:52:30,080
knowledgeable people about what they do
so I can reach out to them and find out

1349
01:52:27,440 --> 01:52:35,520
answers if I need them. So if anybody
needs something, you know, I like to try

1350
01:52:32,800 --> 01:52:40,000
to start at the lowest level, especially
secondary roads, you can start with our

1351
01:52:37,599 --> 01:52:44,480
district ads and stuff like that.
Advance that up. You know, people can

1352
01:52:42,080 --> 01:52:49,280
reach out to me as well. So, and I I
usually start with that and they're very

1353
01:52:46,639 --> 01:52:53,360
responsive and I appreciate everything
that all of our department heads and

1354
01:52:50,800 --> 01:53:00,840
elected officials do to to help me out
in my first year of doing this as well.

1355
01:52:56,000 --> 01:53:00,840
So, that's all I got.

1356
01:53:01,599 --> 01:53:08,880
» You guys are just quiet bunch tonight
at Len two years ago. It was like that

1357
01:53:06,560 --> 01:53:12,760
was like a three-hour meeting,
but that's okay. That's that's

1358
01:53:13,440 --> 01:53:19,920
the turbines
>> that was so Matthew brought up a good

1359
01:53:17,040 --> 01:53:24,320
point. So a good memory I guess two
years ago but um in December I don't

1360
01:53:22,719 --> 01:53:28,400
know this was on the news so this might
be old news to some of you share this

1361
01:53:26,159 --> 01:53:32,639
here because we heard a lot from
constituents but in December when Dan

1362
01:53:30,239 --> 01:53:37,119
was still chairman he got a call uh the
last wind turbine project of Woodbury

1363
01:53:34,800 --> 01:53:44,880
County has been cancelled and so they're
apparently no wind project.

1364
01:53:40,880 --> 01:53:48,639
Thank you. And uh that doesn't happen.
We get calls of supervisors from other

1365
01:53:46,800 --> 01:53:53,760
county supervisors and zoning directors
all the time and they said how what was

1366
01:53:51,280 --> 01:53:58,159
different about Woodbury County? And I I
at least tell them that people showed

1367
01:53:55,119 --> 01:54:01,920
up. And if it not had not been for folks
showing up to meetings, calling us,

1368
01:54:00,480 --> 01:54:07,840
emailing us, you know, signing
petitions, door knockocking, um that was

1369
01:54:05,119 --> 01:54:12,159
that was the people in action. So that
really is what direct correlation to how

1370
01:54:10,560 --> 01:54:16,639
involved people in the county are and
are willing to shape the way that their

1371
01:54:14,159 --> 01:54:20,159
future is. So as a board I think that we
will always you know have an open mind

1372
01:54:18,320 --> 01:54:24,000
and listen but it makes a huge
difference when you guys put together a

1373
01:54:21,840 --> 01:54:29,360
movement and show up and and demand
change. So we pat yourselves on the back

1374
01:54:27,040 --> 01:54:33,920
for that. So other otherwise if there's
no other business we'll let you guys

1375
01:54:32,400 --> 01:54:38,760
hopefully go over the fireside need. If
not thank you so much for coming. will

1376
01:54:35,440 --> 01:54:38,760
be here for

1377
01:54:40,400 --> 01:54:42,560
two