Remarks by Heather Stancil
195 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 8
- Play at 33:07
“She's going to have to be coordinating that and getting access to the server room up there to make those changes. So we want to make sure that that happens. And then approve this day, 4th of August. So did you want to read that back to the board to make sure we're all on target?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yeah, it doesn't, that amount didn't look right. Let me just go to that. Thank you for that catchphrase. Yeah, okay. So... It's $20,595.90. So it's $20,096. Yeah. All right. Okay. So that sounds good to me. Does that sound good to you? Yeah.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“YES. OKAY. WE'VE AMENDED THE RESOLUTION. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? anything else all in favor please vote aye aye all opposed motion carries okay the next agenda item is um approving review of rampant courthouse by engineer up to the amount of eighteen hundred dollars we talked about this last week diane you said you want you prefer doing his resolution i did call okay i did some calling this morning bryholz and opn are more than willing to come back”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Nobody wants to get worried. I don't want to do that either. But I'm going by their last response. But I didn't get that. That was basically, you know, you're outside the warranty period. You know, that's the concern I have is that they specifically sent an email, and then that was the response. And what this resolution was for was for the engineer to come back and say, this is basically, here's why you're wrong, and this is why this is happening.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“I don't want to spend any more money, Diane, but I'm going by the last email they sent us. And their email was, there's no warranty. We don't see it being an issue. And this is not to do any drugs. This is just to have them answer their claims as to this is not an issue.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“That's what we're going to do. I hope you don't. But my hope is that he'll outline what the issue is and then there's a not designed issue. And that is a much bigger thing than just”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Let's go. Okay. I will entertain a motion to approve the review of the ramp at the courthouse by engineer up to the amount of $1,800. Any further discussion? All in favor, please vote aye. Aye. All opposed? I'm going to vote nay because I think I can negotiate this, but that's fine. I do understand. I appreciate you doing that. Hopefully that conversation will encourage them to meet us.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Not as bad as now, but it was started the first year, and I mentioned it, and I was kind of dismissed. All right, so any further discussion? Otherwise, I'll... we already did it okay so you're voting okay all right so the next one is approving board of supervisors outside council refer county attorney swanson's personal ring camera to the town attorney general's office diane i mean sorry jess you added this uh yeah so i sent an email to sheriff barnes and county attorney swanson last tuesday after our last meeting asking that the uh”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“So just a thought. I think at minimum, we should contact the state court administrator. and let them know that this is there so they can advise the judges, who can then advise plaintiffs, defendants. They do know, and so do other counties. Well, they know now, of course. They know. But we want to make sure that they're aware so they can advise juries, attorneys, plaintiffs, defendants, that if they dismiss people up onto that third floor, or they hold court on that third floor, that there is a recording device there that the county has no control over. And that they can... Do you have that…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“And that is one of the reasons why our courthouse does not have audio like that. It's because we don't want to be recording potential conversations, privileged conversations or jury conversations.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“So where is that? Does anybody know where that is and what process? Well, I reached out to Johnson Controls asking what the policy, what the process was for that. And because I said, can you tell if they're set up, if they have access, blah, blah, blah. They said they don't have remote view, which is odd, but they don't have remote view. In order for us to get that information, they would have to roll a truck after that. to find out who has remote access so he really doesn't know if he has access well according last year when we set this up they were set up at the same time in fact didn't you…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 45:15
“So we've had discussions in previous board sessions how important it is for our law enforcement to have remote access. We don't want them to walk into something potentially. Right. So if they are given that resource and they choose not to use it, I can't help that. But it's there. And it should have been taken care of rather than a personal ring camera that records audio stuck wherever it's stuck. All right.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Well, I requested that, and then they told me how much it would cost. And I said, I'm not making that call. It's a board decision. How much? 800 bucks. So did you ever take it on the board? That's what I'm doing right now. Diane, I canceled the ticket because once they told me the cost, I said that's not something I could. But Swanson and Barnes could have issued a work order. They could have, yes. Or they could have contacted Johnson Controls. They did tell me if someone would have called them, they could have walked them through how to do it on the phone. Oh, okay. And they said, we can do…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 49:18
“Well, tell who to take it down. Our desk looks different now, Diane.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“We've been trying to get this We've expressed our concern, we've expressed our risk, we've said that there's been people contacting us, former plaintiffs, former defendants have exposed this, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of concern. All right, so I don't know if we need to amend this or just add to the motion. to contact the judicial branch.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Just to give them a heads up so they can advise people.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“mean i'm not saying it's the right thing but i will try to resolve this without getting it so nasty all right let's move on because i have okay so let's yeah we have to oh my gosh we're only 10 minutes so all right so i'll entertain a motion to approve the resolution uh directing outside council to refer the unauthorized installation and continuing operation of personal surveillance equipment on county property to the iowa attorney general as well as it isn't really how this resolution reads so so you're amending your resolution anything else to do there”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“I wasn't finished speaking. Sorry. That's okay. And amended to also refer, notify the Iowa Judicial Branch. So basically it's a motion that's amended to also add the Iowa Judicial Branch. So one of you guys has to make that. Do I have a second? No. I will second it. Any discussion? Are there any other changes or tweaks you need to make on this resolution? Does it look okay to read? It looks okay. I'm just trying to put that together on the fly. It looks okay to me. Okay.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“we don't need to add this resolution though it's the whole so the notification is separate so we don't need to modify this resolution okay um any further discussion all in favor please vote aye aye all opposed motion carries sarah can you make sure that that's very clear in advance as to what i appreciate that okay so that brings us to the um let's scroll back up here it's the board of supervisors forensic fiscal 25 audit rfp so uh they the vendors we had eight vendors that sent us questions um most of the questions have the treasurer and auditor answer there's a few questions all three all…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“And so I noticed after I scan it and send it to you guys that some of the highlighted parts that I used to highlight with didn't show through the greatness on some of these. Send it again so we can look at it.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Let's keep talking. Okay. Jess, you want to start with the first questions while I try to find this.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 54:08
“What I put is bank reconciliations, because that was the main thing of the qualified finding, and then costs. What do you guys think?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“They could end up with another great thing. Yeah, but if they do that, the state pays for it, you know. No. According to the code. If they accept it. If they accept it, according to code, the state pays for it.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Well, they haven't. We still have only barely through November the last year. We've asked so much of them. Let them catch up. We have so many things. We have so much. Let them catch up. Well, Diane, they don't have to attend all our ordinances.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“They choose to be here. So we have an issue, and we need to fix it. We've had problems with bank reconciliations back to fiscal year 19. It's been a finding every single year. And now it's blown up. We gotta fix, we have to figure out what's going on. Okay, so who will be making the decision? The board. What level of onsite presence would the board consider ideal throughout the engagement? Is the board comfortable with most team members participating remotely? Considering the state auditor mostly, Did it remote? I don't, I'm not, I don't have an issue with them being remote. Um, so I have an…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026