Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

We could be we pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

A motion to approve the consent agenda. So moved. Second. The motion made and seconded to approve the consent agenda. Agenda minutes from May 5th board of supervisors meeting accounts payable permit report and traders report. No questions or concerns. All those in favor I carried and we have no liquor license.

How about comment?

Yeah, I'd like to make one statement. It's for Greg and Jacob. Remember about a month and a half ago I said something about a speed limit on 221st Street. I'm a resident of 221st Street. started driving that a lot up there vary road where you lower 35 that's really I think it's almost too dangerous if you actually slow down to 35 it's really problematic I think 45 would be more appropriate and there's no dirt trucks I don't know if they're done coming through there but there hasn't been any dirt trucks now for six or eight weeks coming through that intersection so I'm not sure I know they're sourcing dirt over They're oh closer to the Google project along the road. So I don't know if they're down bearish. Anyway, I think uh you almost get mowed over if you even attempt to slow down to5. So I think 45 is a more appropriate speed. I like agree.

The problem is they're not even coming close to that slowing down most people anyways. No, no. I I think I was you would maybe see more people doing that than 35. And I think my experience up there is that um the turning traffic helps, which is hard to believe, but the turning traffic slows everything down because if you can turn everywhere,

well, if you're going southbound, there's always a lot of turning traffic and people are sometimes have to wait there. So, you almost have to come to a stop. going northbound, there's not as much turning traffic, but nobody is even coming close to going 35. And if you do do that, uh you see people are actually contemplating even passing there, which is going to create a serious problem as far as hauling the dirt. Are they done coming across there? But there hasn't been any dirt trucks now for about six or eight weeks.

They didn't really tell us that they were going to stop, so I don't know. I remember when we had one Zoom meeting they mentioned that they were their threshold was just the cubic yards or is it once they hit that that certain amount because they had to get that first contract. Yep. For that first contract but then they were going to open back up in September I think which I think they fulfilled the first one. I don't know. I I can reach out to I know Thank you. Anyone else?

Yeah, lunch hour over here at the treasur's office. I hear more people talk about it that they don't know why it has to be closed. One person should be there.

Yeah. Especially since the consideration when they put on a universal clerk, the agreement was we weren't supposed to be closing for lunch hour. Okay. Anybody else? We'll move on. Okay. Open public hearing reference ordinance 2601, an ordinance providing for the creation of a chapter 20, the Mills County ordinance entitled adult dependent facilities.

I'll make a motion to open the public hearing for ordinance 26-01 820. I will second that motion. Motion made and seconded. Open the public hearing at 8:20. All those in favor?

I is open for discussion. Uh are you the spokesperson who's going to explain what this amount I am? Um so this is an ordinance that has been drafted up to uh provide for some ramifications is the proper word for certain adult tenant facilities in Mills County that uh failed to provide adequate staffing. Um the sheriff's department uh has and the previous but now the sheriff's department had some issues with certain adult facilities uh that are not adequately staffing their facilities and uh they've had instances where either people will patients will either leave the facility sort of what we call scond the the refer a sconding event that we referred to or seen alopment event where people will wander off of the facilities and then uh because it's not adequately staffed, not adequately supervised and then are relying on the sheriff's department to go and retrieve these people and bring them back. There are have also been some events where um they don't necessarily leave the facility, but there are avoidable issues that they are requiring the sheriff's department to show up and control or contain that would not occur if they were adequately staffed to begin with. So what the ordinance does is it lays out the definitions of what facilities apply to um what defines an alopment event, what defines a preventable operational deficiency or preventable operational deficiency event. And in the event that there are maybe it's um three or more uh it provides for uh civil penalties related to those so that the sheriff's department can recoup uh some of the costs that they incur when they go to provide security staff for

these places for these events. And uh in the event that say someone leaves the facility, they go get them and retrieve them. But in the process there's equipment damage. If they have to that person wanted to say the the woods the thicket and they have to deploy the drone to find them and the drone crackings. This will allow them to recruit those damages or the vehicles damaged while they're transporting a person back facility. Then it will allow for recruitment of those costs as well. Bonnie, you look kind of lost on this. So I'll kind of give a we have two facilities. one north of Lake Ohana out here on 230th Street.

I think they have three clients in it and the other one is clear out on 275. Is that right, Sheriff? And

yeah, and the company that came in, got a big bundle of money from the state of Iowa to set these up is no longer in the state of Iowa that I know of. I can't find them any place. So they come in, got their money, and help these facilities and just whoever they can find to help run them. That's all they do. They don't care about people there or what's going on. And it's very irritating to us in this production because it kind of gives us a black eye because we have all these homes in all these cities around and stuff and don't have very we have very little trouble with the clients there. So

So John, you said three or more events. Is that per month or year? What is that? 12 month period

just like waiver houses I mean so what like I mean I know what waiver houses are they're not they're not they're not listed as a waiver okay which is listed as? No, just set up. What are they listed as then? Just a home. Home facility. A facility. Okay. Okay. We have uh no written or oral comments will receive prior to the meeting and ask for anything.

I'll make a motion to close the public hearing at 824. Have a motion made and seconded to close the public hearing at 8:24. All those in favor? I motion carries. consider formal action. First reading of ordinance 2601 and ordinance providing for the creation of chapter 20 of the Mills County Ordinance entitled adult dependent facilities.

I'll make a motion to approve the first reading of ordinance 26-01, an ordinance providing for the creation of chapter 20 of the Milk County ordinances entitled adult dependent facilities. Second check. Okay. Have a roll call. We are approving the ordinance. This is the first read. Thank y I Yes. Hi.

I had a question. Are we doing the full three readings of this? Uh my my thought was on next week's agenda I would put the second reading with the option to wait the third if you guys feel so inclined. It was published twice. So it's been Yeah. So I'll put the option on for the next agenda.

Thank you John. Sure. Thank you. Appreciate it. Okay. Next on the agenda is Jacob Barl, Mills County Engineer County line maintenance agreement with Fremont County. All right, we've been going through updating our county line agreements is for maintenance. We did Montgomery County. So now working on Fremont counties and then pot. Basically, the updates to this one is identifying the roads by their names instead of terms of surveyors with use. So, it makes it easier to read. And then also, we were able to talk to Fremont County and agree they're going to take over one mile avenue. Just seem to make more sense. We were going down in Fremont County back then. Um, so they're going to take that over. Even with them taking that over, we're still providing even a little bit in terms of miles more maintenance on the county lines roads than they are. They're at close to seven 6.75 and 10. I have a map attached here that shows different colors maintains what in the event that there's a large bridge or cover has to be replaced on one of the county line roads. Um the county that maintains the road will do the work and then build the other county. So replacements we split the cost general maintenance it all goes to the county that's listed. So, uh, they have their board meeting tomorrow. They signed this today. We'll set up to then make the motion to approve the county lane maintenance of Fremont County.

Been a motion made and seconded. Signed an agreement with the county maintenance agreement with Fremont County. Any other questions? All those in favor opposed. Motion carries. Consideration formal action supplemental agreement for county inspector services for Schneider and Associates. Paul grass CO2. All right. This was forward to me by Christina Paradise. They were in here gave the presentation for the inspection service building CO2. Basically, all it is that first agreement did not include any Uber time or the ability to bill for things such as hotel here for that. So, this is just modifying that fee schedule, adding that in. We did get our first invoice. Um, I looked it over and looked fine and I fortun's office, which I believe you guys then forwarded to the pipeline company.

Yeah, we had a video call with them on how they would like them to be submitted to them via invoice from the county. So, we submitted our invoice to them. We're waiting to receive payment so we can pay out. We don't pay until they pay us. and the hotel fee and everything like that. Same thing still comes to us.

Um, and kind of a side note on that topic, I know there was some discussion, we had some emails back and forth um, I believe with Christina saying other counties are putting on administrative fee. Um, just as far as handling the invoices, I think that's something has to be acted by you. you all. Um, P County Engineer, he reached out to me too because they're going to go over the same thing and said, "Are you guys putting on anything? They don't have anything yet." I said, "We don't currently," he said his board was looking at adding 5% administrative fee. So, something to consider. Um, I don't know exactly what that looks like if we need to what that agreement looks like. Um, so you would help us with John getting that agreement together with the pipeline company for what?

Katie has something roughed out too. It' be nice to pass out on I'll reach back out to Christina. She said there was other counties. I don't know which ones, but maybe she can give us a template, too. Yeah. Thank you. Make a motion to approve the supplemental agreement for county inspector services of Snyder and Associates for the tall grass CO2 pipeline. Second. There. Motion made and seconded. There agreement for county inspector services associates tall grass CO2 pipelines. Any other questions? All those in favor?

I motion carries.

It does. for being able to bring to the next on the agenda is consider formal action driveway variance for 23090 C at Tail Bend Road. What's your uh what's the width he's requesting just measuring that existing is that No, this is not the right one. This is existing. 165. Yeah.

So what this variance is for it's in length ohana. Basically want to go outside the ordinance just as far as width of what we allow for residential drives. 24 foot is what we have as max and he's requesting a 40 foot. We've seen this before out there and they have been approved. Um a lot of the houses have three fourcar garages so they just kind of want to meet that better. um out there. It's 25 mph. There's no safety concerns with it at all. Doesn't affect our drainage or any of our maintenance. So, I have nothing against this request. It's not going to affect us much. And it does make sense to me if you get out there and look in the size of these driveways narrow down the road. This is an empty lot, so we can't really show you.

It's just wider than that affect you. That's my biggest affect our maintenance, straight edge, anything like that. There's no safety concern. It's not a 55 mph road.

I make a motion to go ahead and approve the variance. A motion made and seconded to approve the variance for driveway at 23090 Ctail Bend Road from normal to 40 ft. Right. Any other discussion? All those in favor. Motion carry. All right. General discussion. This Friday, we're hosting Hungry Canyons. The last time they were here was 18 or 20 years ago, so it's been a while. U have our general meeting and then we'll do a tour. We picked out at least four locations past uh Hungry Canyon funding. The one we just completed on 360th Street by Carry Out. Um go and check that one out. We got I believe reimbursement we received on that from Hungry Canyons was somewhere right around $135,000. Um so we'll show off that project and kind of just do a loop around the county and then we'll come back and have lunch and and do our scoring committee.

We go for lunch. Uh I believe we're catering in the classics. Good choice.

Yep. Uh and then next week, May 20th, I'm going to host a evening meeting. Got it reserved for the annex building to talk about steel coat that we're going to do on Deacon Road from Holly up to Ellington. We sent out letters. Um I imagine they would have got them over this weekend, if not today. I haven't had anyone reach out yet, but I'll also put on Facebook probably today. Uh just kind of letting people know. welcome to come in and discuss it questions or whatever all powerpoints presentation kind of process walk them through the project.

You mind if you get the chance calling Jared yet or I don't know if he's going to be able to make that meeting but I had a conservation meeting last week. He was pretty excited about it. So yeah, I I imagine we have a lot of positive feedback. I the only negative feedback we would have is from someone that's right outside the limits of the project but you gota stop somewhere and they can come and we can discuss that that's all I have for general discussion is everything to me

way too much dust on the roads you got to do something about it I don't know what you can do major reinance. Yeah. Uh next week looks like a lot of rain.

Oh, quick update on the L63. We're waiting for some referee testing to come in and and be the referee for the test results between the DOT and supplier company. And then we'll see kind of what comes of that committee probably just virtual be the contractor, the supplier kind of figure out path forward. Um, no. Instead of this, I'm guessing maybe next week we'll be able to get rolling again, right in time for rain might push back again. But right now, we are still on standby. Right. So, yeah, it's a good thing. It goes to show the importance of testing. Yeah.

To make sure that we're getting the product that we're paying for and inspectors. And this is where it really does show, you know, we do need to have that certification. % of the people with classes get certified with testing and everything. Was it a question with the mix or was it a question on on how they

No, it was uh the oil in the mix. So, specifically the oil aggregate that all seems fine the roll pattern everything out there. It looks good. You can't really tell just by looking at it. But when they did some tests, it initially came back that the elasticity was not quite where it needed to be. They did a further test where they make a beam and then do flexual strengthening on that. And that test is they load that beam for 100,000 cycles. And the test is done either when you get to the 100,000 or when it reaches 50%. Uh so basically you don't want it to reach 50% capacity within that 100,000 cycles. Their job mix formula. So the one they submitted before the project to make sure the mix was getting approved met that they made to 100,000 using the same mix um out on site taking samples of that and running the test. They were getting in the range of 27,000. So basically a third of what the capacity should be. I got a question I got asked yesterday at the Florida Health maybe, but uh they're on Silver Creek, the bridge over Silver Creek on LC.

Is the approach going to be redone with the road? Joe Ford reshot said that the approach is the approaches we don't know. the smaller one. I think silver, but now a lot of times you get the transitional bumps there. We can look at it and see sometimes they can mill in a little

run out. But a lot of times it also happens right at the bridge. bring that all the way up within that bridge. They always have an expansion joint there and it's just notorious. Yeah. So, I got Thank you, sir. All right. Thank you. Next up is the sheriff, Mr. Sto. We are purchasing a 2026 Dodge Dango.

We sure like to. Um, this is we talked about a little bit last week last year. It's a brand new all-wheel drive vehicle Dango. The bid the bid is based off what the initial price of 41769,69 for that. However, we currently have credit over there from a 2020 Durango and two 2144s that we sent over them and then they sold them. So, they gave us that amount of credit. Um, so the actual cost to Mills County would be $30,769. Um, through the course of my projection, and I apologize I didn't give you guys the the cheat sheet. Jack had a chance to see this s down. Um, and then talking with Amber yesterday, uh, just to make sure that we're not running short anywhere. This would end up coming out of my 11,000 account were real services basic. Um, and in that going through my projections based on on what I anticipate spending through the rest of the year because we had to we pulled you guys out of that because of the salary side of the world. Um, we've got we believe it's enough money to make it make this purchase this year, not run short. Um, we got a good chunk of money left maintenance and then also the money is there not touching any salaries or anything. We're just pretty fortunate low on fuel

on the on the other side. We're going to be right at where we need to be to make our budget. That that's that's my ask and then it would come out that 11,000 11,000 for a total of 30,76. Oh, I have 44,000. We'll probably only have 44,000 remaining at the end of the year according to this document that Amber provided us. Yeah. Yeah, but we don't we have to show you them. Correct. Because we have to take the salary lines out. Yeah. We can't touch those. Yeah. So after the salary lines are out, you have 44

30 after that.

But pretty confident based on projections that we're not going to burn just because as I mentioned uh we went went through the year about four months into the year um when we realized we had too many deputies on the rural side. So we switch them with the general basic. So we're not pulling out like the fuel and the vehicle mainten basic and right now general basic on both those lines. We're not hitting the threshold. So we're not going to go over budget basic right now. I don't anticipate spending down to nothing,000. This is only for the one vehicle right now. The other one for I make a motion to approve the purchase of the 2026 Durango. The motion for discussion and a motion made and seconded to approve the purchase of a 2026 Dodge Durango. I got the figures right? 30,759

69 69. Yes, sir. We'll be coming out of rural basic. We got about six weeks left of the year, believe it or not. Down there. Down. Yes.

Yeah. And like I said, I'm confident that we're not going to spend that down to zero. There can be some left over. Um, our one of our biggest issues if we hit a raccoon, the last raccoon we hit was about $4,000 of damage. It was a big um, but everything's classic. We hit something like that. It takes your vehicle down two weeks. That means I got lot of manhour spent trucking cars. Right now, our intent is to get this thing purchased on this budget year. We're not going to out this budget, but I'm going to run that short. We'll wait till the next year to get it uped. Um, that upfitting then, uh, depending on how things roll out, whether we take one of the older cars and bring it back to a spare, we just leave this as a brand new spare. But right now, we go down the car about once a month, usually for a week. Once we hit 80,000 miles, we got three cars right now that are approaching 80,000. We just see a run that once we hit 80,000 between the engine hours and we put on those cars, our maintenance. So, we'd like to have that there. And then we take one that's got 80,000, put it back, sit on it for a while, just run it until we can get it up and then keep this one back. We haven't quite decided yet. I don't think that maybe but that's pushing it. That's our thought.

Any other questions or concerns?

We'll go down and talk with Greg last week. Partly because I want to talk about this partly because uh Holly Jackson dropped off breakfast food. So, I went down and talked with Craig and it was a good good meeting for about an hour and a half or so. Um, I understand and I back this up, but I I told Greg how I felt. Um, and I understand uh the desire to purchase this vehicle now. Um, we purchased two this fiscal year, which is what we had budgeted for was two vehicles. Um, and then if you did, technically we purchased three. One of them was the insurance claim. So if you don't include that, then we can just say the two. Uh, we budgeted two for the next fiscal year. I personally prefer to have that little cushion as we're going into the end of the fiscal year. Uh, it is six weeks away. um because it's six weeks away, I uh don't feel it's necessary to purchase the car now versus, you know, purchasing it on our meeting on um July 7th uh in the next fiscal year. And um I believe it was expressed that Riddle Chrysler would be okay with um honoring the price next fiscal year as well.

The price was question whether or not they'll still be there. We can't ask them. Yeah. Yeah, that's understand. So I prefer to wait. Okay. Any other questions concerns? There's a rule.

Yes. Yes. Thank you. Uh, next on the agenda is consideration formal action request for opioid funds for educational items for community outreach. I'll pass these around to make a whole bunch of copies.

I just take it out. One one of the things we've been working on and trying to do a little bit more of is getting our name and our pace out there, not just recruiting, but also for um community events uh like media is coming up in August. Uh some of some of the things we like to use the LP funds for a little different than we did last year when we bought frisbees and um wristbands. wristbands are not included in there. But some of the things that we're looking at um and we think this be a good thing out. Um this is just an opportunity for us to stall our name. Um we we have we have our guys set out here. We have our cruisers pulled up, but that's about it. We're going to set up a table. We don't have a tablecloth. This includes a tablecloth, a tent, and then flags on the ground. This is some of the stuff that we think will help us draw the door. That makes sense.

Yeah. Have you thought about if you were able to get these flags Boston um setting up for like the farmers market here in town or setting up in I think that could be pretty beneficial.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And and that's like we do the trunk or treat in the fair. uh you know we're out here during homecoming generally we're sitt on intersections um both here and at at these mills but yeah by all means I think that it's just going to be an opportunity for us to get out our pace out there but I know when we set up a company literally just back up to open up our hand we don't mind the idea of having our cruisers open the kids love falling on them and pushing buttons and uh it's that can be a little bit of a a fun deal, but um yeah, this I think it'd be a great opportunity for us to get out there and be um the education side is the education side is we're standing out there for a couple hours in the sun covered up.

I know it's unfair. You guys always sit over there baking. Yeah. Water just can't really dress down. I Yeah, you can slip this thing off. despite the fact that it's a fantastic life insurance policy. Yeah. What's the total cost for um again I apologize because I left some the wristbands up on my desk. It was right at 3100. I didn't wristband. Like I said, the wristbands were a reorder. Um believe it or not, the drawst bag is the most expensive

really. Yep. about 700 250. They like pens about 325. Um then the tent is also somewhere. Um the the total for the tent and the and the team is once you have it you

right it's going to it's going to be there for us to use for a long time like I said as you mentioned Jack think we got it we'll get out there I'll make a motion to approve the use of up to $3200 uh for of opioid funds for educational items for media outreach and shares second John your office has no problem with this do you board doesn't sound like it has a problem what about

we got plenty we in that fund right now and I budgeted for expenditures in the amount of 50,000 we've only spent 24 this How much? 197. Oh, yeah. Budget 50, but we only spend 24. Good.

And this is a this is one of them crazy budgets that we get. We get money from the opioid foundation and stuff that we're entitled to, but to spend it is almost it is totally ridiculous. you call de mo and ask them. They'll say, "Well, if you get the okay from your county attorney or the supervisor and your auditor, you can do what you want. It It doesn't make sense. I mean, but you can't use it for cars, can't use it for guns, can't use it for Yeah. for a person. Yeah. Use for overtime.

Yep. Yeah. Do we have a motion made and seconded not to exceed $3,200 for community outreach products? Any other discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Thank you, Sheriff. Then just one thing on the general discussion. This was sent to Bonnie and I apologize Richard because supposed to come to the chair Robert or Delbert last year.

Oh yeah. So you wrote it to line but that should have come to you. That's just our jail inspection letter. Delbert was down last week. We passed flying colors. Um Delbert of course I I was mentioning him to a minute ago. Um he he came in he was a little a little tougher than than last year. I I think it's because that first year he wanted he wanted to come in and maybe not scare the ever living daylights out of me. Um but he yeah the inspection this year is a little more rigorous but it went well and it's good because a little harder and we can still pass applying colors that that I thought he was going to retire.

I I don't know that was ever retire. He likes doing what he's doing. Um, it gets kids all around all 99 counties to see a jail. Like I said, it's been fun for me to see other jails as well. So, despite the fact that, like I said, back on a little bit about it, we got a good I can remember when he used to come down and we would tour the old jail over here and he says obsolete. oblique as you crawled up the stairs to the cells, you know, it just Yeah. No, great guy. Yeah, I'll do that.

That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you. You're up. Welcome. Great time. Consider formal action reference resolution 2617 abatement or Miller.

Yes. Um it's the abatement of penalty and admin fees um totaling $30. Um, by code we are required to send out notices May 1st. Um, I feel like we should send them earlier, but if we send them earlier, we still have to send them. There are other county treasures that budget for postage to send some in April and they have to send those ones in May. Um, this request came from I believe it's Ruth um who is the parent of Andrew. So this parcel in particular was um dated or transferred from Richard and Ruth to what I was going to 2021. I believe this whole map was completed since then. Um the address has been sent been addressed and mailed to Richard's address. what I gathered. Um, when she came in, we did get the address changed to Andrew. I don't know if if there was ever a request to change that address or if it's something that they were getting the statements giving it to Andrew. Not entirely sure. Um, I pulled in your packets, I pulled um receipts of the of the taxes that go back September 21. Um, and it looks like it's been paid either by group or annually. Not entirely sure what happened with the month payment. She had just requested um to have that $30 abated. I told her I don't have the ability to do that. That is with your approval. Um, so that is my

request today is if we can it be $26 $26 in penalty and then the $4 ade um just for that March tax as soon as we have a decision she'll be in to pay it but she has requested not to pay that penalty. Um it does look like Andra did pay it in September. um he came into the office or somebody came into the office to pay but it looks like this time when those payments were made for March they were made online so I don't know just missed on I'm not retired but she had just requested that we can I told her I would ask

just $30 26 penalty and then there's a $4 admin admin fee that's added I'll make a motion to approve resolution 26-17 for Andrew. We do have the address on the phone. We have a motion made seconded to approve resolution 2617 for abatement of penalty only. Right. Uh the penalty I mean and interest or

Yes. Right. $30 for Andrew Miller. Any other discussion? Not. All those in favor? I opposed. When do properties go to the county tax center? The tax sale? Um that is the third Monday 15th this year. Okay. um anything that does pass through payments.

And let's say for instance, one person wanted to um buy something that was delivered on their taxes, they would just have to pay the taxes for that year or any past taxes. Like if it goes to tax sale, um if it goes to tax sale, um they do have to be paid. So it's been three years and nobody bought it.

Um correct. That can go um iowa taxaction.com. Don't quote me on that, but I do um it is out on the website with that information that will go live. It's the 18th on Monday to be able to register and bid when tax.

Next up, Chad Rison, facilities coordinator. generation action renovation here. I'm just listening. We don't have to say you know we have some uh maintenance stuff upstairs places. Um I was able to get finally four different bids which I think you guys all got their packets.

Yes. and everybody. Um, some of them some of them didn't include like the other way windows mainly talk about but rooms bathrooms just because the walls are cracking splitting its entirety.

Yeah. That's why the walls the old know how to do pictures and it's starting to come off walls. Um so with what I got from different places uh I guess be whatever we wanted to decide the bids are close some of them but then there's a little higher together. Um, looking at them myself, I there's couple that I I like, but they are a little bit higher than the other ones. Um, I did look at C, which is he's one guy. He got different contractors coming in, coming through, all different guys. He's one guy. He does the whole he's into it all. So, who's he silver?

Yeah. He is with just the remodel is 44 160 is what I had found after I minus everything out and separated everything. Just the remodel. So that's what you're looking at is just the remodel. Just remodel right now. And then we also were looking at windows which I showed Richard Jack saw here yesterday that we did walk. I showed that too as well. Yep. Um has been with the windows in it. is 4960. That's still silver. He just did $5,000 for them.

And then I I kind of looked at it some more and they need to talk about the So we looked at it some more. It did say in his bid that he's pulling the glass out and redoing framing using this same glass. So um another one I looked at was ideals. Um they are without the windows was 15,79 344, but they want to window out, reframe the whole wall and put one big window in it. What they wanted to do, it's a new window.

Yeah, just old enough. And it is substantially higher. What's that total? So

I know it was when I was added that's close to who else? So then we had um this NMG there windows they were at 46,8453 and the windows and their project subtotal was 71,88453

and And then my last one was Doom Brothers. Um, this remodel just the Grim's bathroom was 70,50. The total job for the windows, everything again 91,650 just for the windows or the total total. Yeah, 91650 for the total. I just want to I did go through them. I just want to make sure we have apples and apples. So, so it's nice to discuss it.

But looking at they say um the removal they say we need to the walls are for the cracking and stuff that are coming down. So just a an upgrade everything. um window part if we need to hold it till the next year we can I can put band-aid on you know for time till the next physical year fix yeah that's kind of my thoughts too if we're going to do let's do a lot of new

so that's what I say because you know they've been that way ever since we remodeled biggest share of us then uh how I discovered it I was walking down the hall one day and had a dark shirt on the Hey, come on and look where, you know, where's this coming from? We went and you could stick a paper between the look at it inside the outside and you can look outside the window and see the piece of paper flapping outside. Yeah. No, I I totally agree. We get it all done at once as to clean bathrooms too, right? Yeah, it's the bathroom and the chamber. chamber room. Yeah.

Yes. With the with the new bench inside. And we also have that bench already. We already have that. They just have to install the new platform and everything in the new. Yeah. We already put out the state because we haven't done anything up there for we have tiles falling off the wall. You open up the medicine cabinet and there's the old slot to put your razors in in the jury bathroom. So, I mean, it's it's it's a bad look on the county. We're having tiles falling and cracking all over.

No, not a lot of people go up there. and trial where the main business is needed like that going brought it up and I told Jack I said he'll look at it and it's it's once you see it it's it's it needs fixed and Jack kind of walked through a little bit last week. Do you have a recommendation of a company that you worked with here before? I haven't worked with any of these guys before. So we worked with blue but how much did So Ideal is uh 100,000 over 100,000. They're going to take out all the windows and then just put them all in for one big picture window. Yeah, they'll have to match the concrete outside somewhat. What he said to find a mat or something to do all that.

What was Bloom doing with the windows? Are those new windows? Also, Bloom was going to take out the windows again using this window. What I understand, um, he was going to reframe it to where the frames actually interlock. Instead of being just buted together in a silicone seam, they're actually going to interlock with a metal framing without the box at all together. Okay. Make a motion to approve the bid for clerk of court renovation specifically for $70,50 for Bloom Brothers Construction. Not the windows. I think we're just

You can put You can put it together. I just didn't know if you guys were going to break them out. You can just put it together. I just want to make sure that you guys decide to do something. Yeah. Do you want do one or the other? No, I'm fine doing both. So, I I have to amend my motion to approve the perfect core renovations and the window exterior repairs to Bloom Brothers Construction for a total plus of $91,650. I will second that motion. There's some discussion. A motion made and seconded to have Bloom Brothers Construction the whole renovation. Right. Yeah. For 91650.

At 91650 any discussion on this? Yeah, they I think all four of these are qualified by any means. NMG I've just never heard about, but I'm not saying anything good or bad about them. Um they are an Omaha company. Um Bloom is local. So is ideal's local also. No, they are. Right. Right. Right. And uh the work Bloom has done here especially in our comm center was immaculate. So uh

he did do place across the street to the place in the front of that guys. We did that last run too.

I I just feel comfortable with if we have a problem they will be here to fix it. Not right. I know they will. That's all the discussion I have. My version is the Doom Brothers are excellent contractors. You know, they build a lot of around town here and stuff. I realize they got some lower bids, but I not much. And it's um Well, if there's a problem, they'll fix it. That's the main thing. Is there any other discussion? We're going to do a roll call on this.

Yes. Yes. Okay. And that takes care of the agenda. Yeah. Yeah. takes care of that. So that'll be all included and I will get a hold of butter and perfect. All right. Thank you. Thank you ma'am. Yeah. You okay? Next on the agenda is considerations hospitalizing service

three-year contract. Yep. So this is costic service. They do um uh let's see they develop cost allocation plans to assist county governments and obtain reimbursements for indirect costs expended on the behalf of Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. Um this is something we have to have and this is a company that we have worked with for years. Um they're requesting a three-year contract or a new contract for three years. Um I did bring one last April, but that was approving the contract lady. I think they it hadn't been approved for a couple years. Um this sets our price for the next three years. Um and budget they do a really good job. What's our cost again?

It is $4,450 a year annually. This will run through just 28 bring us in plenty of money.

Yeah, because it does help with the federal grants and stuff. So I'll make motion to approve the cost advisory service contract for 3 years with 28 for 4450 annually. Get a motion made and seconded to approve the cost advisory contract for 3 years at 4450. Any other discussion? All those in favor?

I motion carries. You have any general discussion? Okay. Consideration formal action reference resolution 2618 supporting the homebased Iowa initiative and make a motion to approve resolution 26-18 supporting the homebased Iowa initiative.

Second. A motion made and seconded to approve resolution 2618 supporting the homebased Iowa initiative. Any discussion?

Uh last week or so um Rick Honeyut emailed Amber. I saw that email and got in touch with Rick uh who then got me in touch with the program manager for the homebased Iowa program. Robert Haye is his name. Um we're working through the process. This is the first step for us is to designate the county as a uh supportive of the homebased audit program. Our next steps that we're going to have to do as a board is to determine how many signs we want. He mentioned that it's usually four. Uh they're at a total cost of $8310 per sign. Um he said usually we have four of them. Uh we could do two, one on the north, one on the south side, 59, one on the east, one on the west side of Highway 34. Uh if we wanted to get more of them, we could. Um that's that step. Uh I'm going to fill in the application with the uh businesses that Sandy has so kindly been able to uh wrangle together and get support for our veterans. Uh so we'll submit that. And then the last thing we'll have to figure out is they'll want to do some sort of community event uh to kind of declare it and to come down and declare with us. So they said it could either be a board meeting um if we wanted to be at the fair to have some sort of conference about it. Want to have a hot dog days or have it during the Fourth of July celebration. That's just stuff that will happen. And I spoke with Robert yesterday. I didn't know Jack had, so I apologize for that. And we're both doing that. I already sent him Sy's stuff. Perfect.

So, he has the businesses. Um, he told me everything he told you. Um, so I talked to him about maybe hot dog days because we already have the people out. We have the publicity. Um, we don't need the signs to do it. So, he he was real good with that. So that was gonna be my suggestion, but I have to talk to Emily and Rachel to do that with me. So, but I just want to I already talked Oh, I just We're not duplicating. Oh, yeah. No problem. Having wondering.

Well, we and we might be able to that 8310 per sign. We might I I could foresee us being able to use better local sales tax on this. So, we're getting close to the end of this new year. So, that's my comments on that. Yeah. Yeah, afterwards. Okay, no problem. Well, that's what I came up with. I didn't know. Did he give you the a more recent copy of the resolution? Uh, he gave me a copy of resolution and then I had to fill it out and then give it to him. Okay, that's what I brought. I just thought in case you took the one from 23. I didn't

Oh, no. We should They changed some and I apologize. I thought we had this done already. When Amy and Muse came in and worked on this for a while, I honestly thought we had it done. So we have homebased Iowa has evolved quite a bit and the original requirements are rather stringent. Sure. And we you guys have passed a resolution twice, right? The last one was in 23 and um they finally lowered I don't say lowered they have widened uh the opportunities to become so designated and thanks to a lot of hard work from different people, it's going to happen. And now it's just putting it together. That's what he told me. Turn in the resolution. and I gave them the businesses and we just pick out where we want the signs. Should be a fast day.

Yeah. Yeah. This could come together real real quick. So, hey, any other discussion? I have an updated sheet too for you guys. It is. It's basically the same, but um I realized that the golf course is actually in so I do

Yeah. helps this um endeavor. Okay, no other discussion and stuff. All those in favor

I with carry. Next on the agenda is board of supervisors committee meeting updates. I had a VA board meeting last week. Main thing that come out of that, we had a major discussion and I and I can kind of voice my opinion on this. uh when we we have events and things that go on down at the annex building, there's a lot of people that come to the main doors, you know, and that goes into VA and uh health departments. There is nothing on there is small writing on one door, but there is not much on the annex door at all what it is, what it's for. uh signage wise, you know what we we could could could come up with, you know, at least have a sign for annex part of the building. We have the P&Z uh the uh economic development, planning and zoning, uh EMA, emergency met, you know, where Travis works. All three of them, you know, you get that scattered on the door. There's not much there. Uh, they have come up with a new sign. I don't Do you have a picture of it?

There you go. Uh, they've come up with a new sign. I'll pass it around here. That, uh, go to BA board's going to pay for. Joe Design is is making it, going to put it in place. Uh you guys think of anything else that should go on that you know it's 280 and that's installed. 280 is the price with with installation. Yeah.

My my thoughts is and I could be wrong but would it be beneficial because there is a chance that things like move around whether it be economic development or oh there's a chance that over time things move around. So would it be a better idea to have some sort of slot so that the individual names can if there were a move or something like that can be changed that way you know either five 10 15 years down the line we don't have to buy another sign I know it's not that much but it's like you know is it worth it to do that I could ask I could ask Joe what it would cost but I don't know if the sliding would that's something of a good steal yeah I'm sure he'd be able to figure something out

sign like that when I worked for the city and I think the letters are vinyl and they could be changed. Okay. Yeah, they can be changed out. I because we had did a sign almost just like that for the campground. They were able to come out and make changes to the sign. This one we just need a little bigger which is why we need a new sign. So that'll be fine. But your design has offered to do this what? 258. Um 278 I believe and that includes installation. Installation. No tax. We'll go right where the curve was. Yeah, just replace it. You can keep the post in and put that one in.

Yeah, I'll keep pushing for, you know, some signs or something. Uh, I don't know. We could hang, you know, where public health and VA is. You could just hang up above here. Put public health VA. So, people coming in, it's kind of strange down there. The help all pulls in, they all park through the north end of the parking lot, which is great. That leaves everything else open. Yeah.

But people that come down to public health or VA, they all pull way down there and park because they don't think they're supposed to park over here. So, and then they get a little bit lost on where they're supposed to go. But, you know, wouldn't have to be that big a sign, but that would take care of those two people there. and the annex. I think uh we can discuss that one later, but I believe if we could do something like that would help out a lot. So, that's all I have. Oh, and we had a meeting last night with the conference board and we do have an assessor that we have uh asked to uh come work with us. We don't have all the legal stuff done yet, but uh let me tell you folks, it was a very interesting meeting. There was a lot of concerns brought up, a lot of questions, uh a lot of hassle back and forth when he got violent or anything, but it was it was just interesting when you get school boards, mayors, supervisors and not have it was a good debate. It's

good. It's all I have. Uh last week on Wednesday, I had the uh conservation board off the meeting at Pony Creek mainly talked about Deacon Road. Um, also they mentioned that there is a Native American bead that was found at Point Creek Park that is now in the hands of the state historical museum in Iowa City. Uh, the state historical museum in Iowa City is planned to be closed um here shortly and the bead is currently not on display. It's in storage. Um, so was able to reach out to our state legislators. They reached out to the museum and they're going to meet uh next month to determine whether or not they'll give us our artifact back uh which if given back will be displayed in the conservation center. Uh last week also had the Iowa State Association County stop by for their 99 county tour. Um able to meet with him here in the boardroom talk about ISAC overall services that they provide to counties uh and be able to give a little bit of feedback as well. um about you know strengths and weaknesses of counties overall kind of moving forward at a LMI housing conference. I believe that was on Thursday. Um low moderated income housing. Uh it was for oh probably eight or so hours met at the annex building and it was locally elected officials. So Andrew Wquist came, um, Cass County supervisor came, Fremont County Supervisor came, Shelby County Supervisor came. So there's a lot of great discussion. Um, and I think that there's a lot of things that the county can do. I found one thing that was interesting is the Iowa Finance Authority wants to start um financing

some projects in southwest Iowa and they have not had any applicants for funding from the four southwestern counties of Mills, Fremont, Paige and Montgomery in the last 15 years. There has been a request for funding from IFA. They want us to start doing it. So I think that's good. Yesterday had the conference board meeting. As Richard said, it was really good discussion. Last night I went to the board of health meeting in Taber. Most of our discussion centered around home healthcare. Um we're looking at the list of uh users of the program. Uh currently we have four part-time uh home healthare workers. Uh the budget for next fiscal year for home healthcare is $97,000. We have 22 users of home health care services. It's important to remember that home healthcare doesn't provide uh medicine, doesn't do IVs, doesn't do anything of that nature. They will do light cleaning. They will do um help you get into the bath. They won't do a bath themselves. They'll help you get into a bath and they have three people that use that service and they will run errands for you on occasion and go get groceries. So, we're discussing that. That's about $5,000 per person that's going into the program. And we've had troubles recently with staffing concerns, um, not being able to have enough people. We're not a private business, so we can't just call people in and say, "We want you to work today. We expect you to work today if somebody falls out." So, we have to move around the schedule. So, board of health and I are discussing about some of the next steps that should be done. Um whether

that means that home health care should be a service that is provided by the county, whether it means that home health care should be uh we should try and partner with local private businesses to provide home healthcare services. There are no grants available at all for home health care because um they're trying to go towards populationbased health in communities. Um for instance like just overall uh matter balance activities which would be the elderly and parents teachers program which would be the youth but they don't have any funding for direct one-on-one services anymore. And that's the way that public health funding is going to continue going. And we're just having a tough time having staff, keeping things staffed, um, and providing a high quality service to the people actually here. And like I said, there's 22 people that use the service and only three get asked. So, we're going to continue having discussions about that and whether that should be continued, whether we find something else. Last week I had the uh hosted the Iowa State Association of County Supervisors uh retreat board retreat. Um I am president of that association and we've had our business meeting at Tony Creek Nature Center. Toured that checked out the cabins. Um then we went to Switch and I toured that. That is an awesome facility that just seems to be growing differently and bigger and better and faster and stronger every day. I don't think she can keep up, but she's finding a way to make it happen. That's for damn sure. Um, everybody was impressed with it. Uh, then we had the dinner at Plastic Cafe,

which is always wonderful. Pasta night, right? Thursday night. It's pasta night. What's that? You were there on Thursday night? Yeah, we order off our own land though. So, yeah.

Anyone have any new business? Anybody do not make a motion to second? Motion made, seconded to at 9:30. All those in favor you I want to watch the question