MONONA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING APRIL 1, 2025 The Monona County Board of Supervisors met in regular session at 8:00 a.m. o’clock on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in the boardroom of the courthouse in Onawa, Monona County, Iowa with Chairman Fox presiding. Other Supervisors present: Tom Brouillette. Supervisor Absent: Vince Phillips. Also present was Auditor Peggy A. Rolph. Motion was made by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to approve the agenda. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. Motion was made by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to appoint Kelly K. Parsley as the Monona County Recorder. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox and Brouillette. Nays: None. Motion carried. Present for the appointment were Rick Archer, Treasurer Abby Riesberg, Deputy Auditor Sheri Streeter, and Auditor Clerk Courtney Nagel. Sheriff Kevin Ewing was present for authorization to hire a jailer. Motion was made by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to approve the Sheriff to hire Jared Pasch as a full-time jailer with the condition of Jared passing the MMPI. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox and Brouillette. Nays: None. Motion carried. Wray Wright was also present. Motion was made by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to set the public hearing date for the FY 2026 budget hearing for April 22, 2025, at 11 a.m. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox and Brouillette. Nays: None. Motion carried. Secondary Roads Office Manager Deleta Huffman and Scott Kruse, WHKS via zoom, and Wray Wright were present for Secondary Roads business. Motion was made by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to table FY 2025 Secondary Roads budget amendment for the Iowa DOT budget for clarification. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox and Brouillette. Nays: None. Motion was made by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to approve the FY 2026 Secondary Roads five-year program. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox and Brouillette. Nays: None. Motion carried. Supervisor Fox introduced and moved to adopt the following Resolution, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette: RESOLUTION NO. SR 25-13 The Board of Supervisors consents to hire Grant Kepner to fill the Full-time Operator III position at a Start rate of $24.01 per hour (90% of $26.68), with wages and benefits in accordance with the current Union Contract and County Policies. Permanent seniority will begin accruing upon successful completion of a background check, pre-employment physical and drug screening. Date: April 01, 2025 Ayes: /s/ Bo Fox; /s/ Tom Brouillette Nays: None /s/ Bo Fox Chairman, Board of Supervisors ATTEST: /s/ Peggy A. Rolph Monona County Auditor Amy Borchardt-Sick and Tammy Blinde, Drainage Clerks, were present for Drainage business. Brent Miller, landowner, was also present. It was moved by Fox to approve the drainage claims, seconded by Brouillette. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox and Brouillette. Nays: None. Motion carried. Oliver Lake Lat 2 and 3 were discussed with Brent Miller. He filled out a petition for a clean-out on both laterals on March 17, 2025. Fox will go out and visit these laterals, take pictures, and report back. Frank Huseman of New Cooperative was present for approval to add NH3 storage tanks to Mapleton and Ute sites. Motion was made by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to table approval of adding NH3 storage tanks to Mapleton and Ute sites until the Board of Adjustments recommends approval. Vote on motion: Fox and Brouillette. Nays: None. Motion carried. At 11 a.m. it was moved by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to open the public hearing on the FY 2025 budget amendment. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox and Brouillette. Nays: None. Motion carried. With no one present at 11:13, it was moved by Supervisor Brouillette, seconded by Supervisor Fox to close the budget amendment public hearing. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox and Brouillette. Nays: None. Motion carried. Supervisor Brouillette introduced and moved to adopt the following Resolution, seconded by Supervisor Fox: RESOLUTION NO. 2025-06 FY 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT APPROPRIATIONS WHEREAS, it is desired to make amendments to the appropriations approved in Resolution 2024-11 setting appropriations in accordance with Section 331.434, subsection 6, Code of Iowa, for the following departments: Department, Appropriation, Amount of Increase/Decrease, Amended To, Revenue Increase Conservation, 812,782, 51,000, 863,782, 0 Recorder, 274,600, 4,127, 278,727, 0 THEREBY, increasing the overall FY2025 expenditure total from 17,683,614 to 17,738,714 and; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Monona County, Iowa, to direct the County Auditor to correct her books accordingly. The above and foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Monona County, Iowa, on the 1st day of April 2025 with the vote thereon being as follows: Ayes: /s/ Bo Fox; /s/ Tom Brouillette Nays: None /s/ Bo Fox Bo Fox, Chairperson Board of Supervisors ATTEST: /s/ Peggy A. Rolph Peggy A Rolph Monona County Auditor Adam Hadden and Debie Lahr of Burgess Public Health were present to review the Public Health Budget with the Board. No action was taken. Motion was made by Supervisor Brouillette, seconded by Supervisor Fox to approve the minutes of March 25 and 28, 2025, as read. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. Motion was made by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to approve claims. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. Motion was made by Supervisor Brouillette, seconded by Supervisor Fox to approve liquor license for DOLGENCORP, LLC (dba) Dollar General Corporation. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox and Brouillette. Nays: None. Motion carried. It was moved by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to hereby adjourn at the hour of 11:52 a.m. o’clock. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. /s/Bo Fox BO FOX, CHAIRPERSON MONONA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ATTEST: /s/Peggy A. Rolph PEGGY A. ROLPH, AUDITOR MP4-17-25
