Remarks by Diane Fitch
143 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 6
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“change order for the basement. Do I have a second?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“So we're going to amend the agenda to include fiscal year 23-24 and work group discussions. Okay.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“I think we got the email last night. You got pictures? Yeah, I went down and looked at it.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“And the only reason you bring it to us is because of the number? Because of the dollar amount. Okay. It was an increase. And if you go down on the corner by the door, where the range was, then it's just absolutely rusted through. Yeah. It's just, it's probably original.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“I have a question. If the bridge is done but it's not seated, is it considered open? No.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Can you use any of that on funding that I sent you?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Why does that take so long? Is there just one company that does it?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Please stop liquidating Madison County's assets piecemeal.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“I respectfully ask that you receive and file on purpose.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“One day, Simon Conley was on the WHO radio show. Yeah, he was discussing getting married in the bridge. And I called him and said... Which one? I was married on the bridge. Yeah, I know. Oh, I think you picked the perfect person then. So I called in and said that was my first kiss, and I've been married to the same guy for 51 years. And so he said he would be more than willing to help us raise money for the bridges. I sent him all of your QR codes and all of your information. Sure, sure. He called me this morning and said, would we come on the radio tonight? I can't, and it was pretty short…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay, so you're not incurring any interest. It's just you let them have 12 months to start paying. Okay.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. Hannah, if I'm a small business and you give me a $50,000 loan and the insurance company is already going to pay off some, are they going to subrogate what I got from you and then not pay me?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. I have another question. I think we talked about this when we met. There's a house in St. Charles that was flooded. But rather than to, I don't know that there will be much cost in cleaning it up. can we do like pervious paving and rain gardens and tile around that house to mitigate ever future flooding? Can we use it for that?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Well, the day Tana was here, we can put it on the website, but the day Tana met with Mitch and I, Mitch and I sent all of these packets to every city, And I think Ryan, we sent it to Ryan also. So they've had it since we met last week. So we have it.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“I'm trying to set up time for the Optimist Club to have the architects come to discuss. The Optimist Club would like to talk about phase two of the course. They have a hard time getting us all up there together. I did meet with Tana and Sean and Mitch and I, the disaster recovery. And we did send all this information to all the cities. So they have that last week. And I think St. Charles has already made use of some of it, or they're working on it. I'm working with WHO, and you guys are going to have to help me, about raising money for bridge repair, covered bridge repair. WHO Radio, they're…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Medicaid is, payment is lower in a rural area than in a large city, is that correct? I'm not sure it used to be all of those. But I know that the county back those laws.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“What's the excuse for never raising it, Mike? Nobody likes to pay tax.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“What about, did they address, can't you put an ag building or ag related in our right of way, which just happened right out by me? Is that correct?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“We paid them a payment of $37,000 and we had a little over $38,000. Now it's trickling in again and we don't know, I have to ask the treasurer if she didn't, we don't know.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“No, it trickles in. And so we never know how much. We kind of wait until we get a lump sum. I'm not for reopening it, but why would you reopen it when you're successful in your schools?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“I asked them and they told me to jump in a lake. Oh. Didn't work.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“An old supervisor came in and said that always the plan was when they built the jail, this was way before us, when they built the jail, that they would knock down that building and add on, and I've been told that in the next 10 years we're going to be forced to build onto our jail. Now I don't know that Winterset will get anything done, but that's a concern if that happens, and one will sell that building, because I think that could happen.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“That would look costly. You'd have to buy one. Well, it would be, we just instead of going south, we went north.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yes, it is. Everybody will have a chance to talk.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right, wait, no. The 15th is, that's a watershed field day. What time would you do it on the 15th?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026