Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting
The Benton County Board of Supervisors approved their agenda, minutes, and claims. They also set a public hearing for July 21st at 9:15 a.m. for the approval of a non-agricultural use for PharmaTastic 3 LLC and discussed the FY27 salary certification for deputies and auditors, recorders, treasurer, sheriff, and assistant county attorney.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Board of Supervisors
- Meeting Type
- Board Of Supervisors
- Location
- Benton County, IA
- Meeting Date
- June 23, 2026
Transcript
32 sections
It's going to be one of them deals that you two will be working together on. Okay. Can I get a motion to approve today's agenda? I'll make the motion to approve the agenda. Aye, we'll second. Okay, call for a vote. Tippett. Aye. Damon, aye. Rose, aye. We've got an agenda. Minutes. I will make a motion to approve the minutes. I will second that. Okay. Call for a vote. Tippett. Aye. Stephen, aye. Lowell, aye. Okay. Claims. I looked through the claims last night. I will make a motion to approve the claims. I have just one question.
What is the well cabin reimbursement? Okay.
Andrea's here, and she'll explain it to you.
So that is through our private well grant. We're able to reimburse people money, but then we get that money back from the state, and we also get an administrative fee. So if we pay $700, we get $800.
I appreciate that. Thank you. So I will second the motion.
Okay. Call for a vote on the claims. Tiffin? Aye. Seaman? Aye. Strolls? Aye. Andrea? Aye.
I would like to set a public hearing for July 21st at 9.15 a.m. for approval of a non-agricultural use for PharmaTastic 3 LLC within the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 12, Township 86 North, Range 11 West.
What about this side?
That's where that old egg-laying facility is. Gotcha. Okay.
Jim? Well, I would make a motion to set a public hearing for farm castings on July 21st. July 21st. 915. 915. I'll second that motion. Okay. Call for a vote. All right. Are you with me? All right.
All right. All right.
We'll catch up to them. Why don't we jump on the big one here, number seven. Discuss and act on FY27 salary certification for deputies and auditors. Recorders, treasurer, sheriff, and assistant county attorney.
Yes, this is just routine that we do every year, and that's where the elected officials set their percentages for the deputies. But everybody...
I THINK THEM ALL VERY MUCH.
RAY WAS OUT. VERY GOOD, HIS LETTER, BUT I THINK THIS HOUR AND LAST WERE OKAY, BUT I WAS LISTENING.
YEAH, AND TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A SEPARATE DUTY THAT WE HAD IN THE YEAR.
I LISTED HERS AS A LOCK SALARY AMOUNT, AND YOURS WAS 75%. OKAY, YEAH. THAT'S HOW I LISTED IT UNDER THE ATTORNEY.
YEAH, AND SO, YEAH, IT'S BECAUSE RAY WAS OUT ON VACATION LAST WEEK.
WITH THE OTHER ONES, YOU GOT ALL THE OTHERS.
YES, SIR. I DON'T GET IT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25-56? 26-56. I will second that. They call for a vote. Tippett, aye. Seaman, aye. Mulls, aye. Bruce will have to sign this later.
Yep. Bruce, you've got your email, right? I scanned everything to you.
Yes, I did get that. I appreciate that. Thank you very much. Yes. And Gary, I was really pleased with the letter that you wrote. Oh, thank you. Perfect.
Okay, good.
Perfect. I'm glad you did because I probably would have dirty language in it. So did you get a copy of it? I did. Okay. I read that last night. I thought it was very easy to follow our letter. Some of the other ones that I've read were not so easy to follow.
And this is just like your attempt to intervene into the process. And so I'm sure there's going to be a filing that's going to push back. There's already one on Fairfax, but once that happens, I'll let you all know. Bruce, if you approve of it, I will. It looks very good.
Thank you.
Did you read that letter? I didn't let you read it.
It's long.
It's long?
Kind of long. I did turn off the copy.
Yeah, I was just curious. It's about building that power plant, right?
Yeah. I can summarize it without word for word. So it's essentially like there's certain ways to get into the process. And we didn't have a lot of options, of course, like in the application, they said a lot of their waste will be gas emissions. Well, gas emissions go everywhere, and it's going to trespass into Bend County. And according to our health department and stuff, that falls within our department. And in their application, they were going to keep up with Linn County and stuff and not with us. And I thought that was a wrong. And the board talked last week about the emissions from ultimately trespass onto our land which would affect our people and it would fall within Andrea's department as far as that goes and then too like the infrastructure of like I just did briefly like costs and all that kind of stuff to Andrea's department if there's emissions on the secondary roads because of that road. Generally, that's how I would say sum it up and say that we have a need that no one else could represent other than county.
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