MONONA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING APRIL 29, 2025 The Monona County Board of Supervisors met in regular session at 8:30 a.m. o’clock on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in the boardroom of the courthouse in Onawa, Monona County, Iowa with Chairman Fox presiding. Other Supervisors present: Tom Brouillette and Vince Phillips. Supervisor Absent: None. Also present was Auditor Peggy A. Rolph. Motion was made by Supervisor Phillips, seconded by Supervisor Fox to approve the agenda. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. Josh Schaben, Conservation Director, was present to request to use the County’s UEI number for FEMA projects and explained a forestry grant that is available. He would like to apply for the grant to use at Whiting Woods. Wray Wright and Patrick Prorok, EMA Director, were also present. Motion was made by Supervisor Phillips, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to authorize Josh Schaben, Conservation Director, to apply for the forestry grant to use at the Whiting Woods. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. Supervisor Fox introduced and moved for adoption the following Resolution, seconded by Supervisor Phillips : RESOLUTION 2025-11 USE OF COUNTY UEI NUMBER WHEREAS: The Monona County Conservation Department requests the use of Monona County UEI #CX4LS5GFCAJ5. This would allow the Monona County Conservation Department to file any FEMA related documents with the Department of Homeland Security. WHEREAS: The Monona County Board of Supervisors approves the use of UEI#CX4LS5GFCAJ5 and assumes all risk involved. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Monona County Iowa, on this 29th day of April 2025, approves the use of UEI #CX4LS5GFCAJ5 and assumes all risk involved for the Monona County Conservation Department. Approved this 29th day of April 2025. Monona County Board of Supervisors Ayes: /s/ Bo Fox; /s/ Tom Brouillette;/s/ Vince Phillips Nays: None /s/ Bo Fox Bo Fox, Chairman Monona County Supervisors ATTEST: /s/ Peggy A. Rolph Peggy A. Rolph, Monona County Auditor Present, along with the Supervisors and Auditor for the Elected Official / Director meeting, were: Patrick Prorok, EMA Director; Josh Schaben, Conservation Director; Jim Wigton, IT Director; Abby Riesberg, Treasurer; Kelly Parsley, Recorder; Kevin Ewing, Sheriff; Haley Bryan, County Attorney; Sandy Bubke, Zoning & Environmental Health Administrator; Sharon Gries, Chief Deputy Assessor; Charles Bechtold, Secondary Roads Engineer; Mark Witzel, Veteran Affairs Director; and Wray Wright. Absent was Tim Peters, Assessor. Activities were discussed and information was shared. Amy Borchardt-Sick and Tammy Blinde, Drainage Clerks, were present for Drainage business. It was moved by Fox, seconded by Brouillette to adopt Resolutions Levying the following Trustee Drainage Districts, Kennebec; Little Sioux Inter-County Drainage District; McCandless Intercounty Main; McCandless Lateral 7; Nagel; New Farmers Main, New Farmers Laterals 2, 3, 4, 5N and 6; Sandhill-Lakeport Inter-County Drainage District; Soldier Valley Drainage District and Upper Soldier Drainage District. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Phillips and Brouillette. Nays: None. Motion carried. Resolutions are placed on file at the Drainage Office. Supervisor Phillips introduced, caused to be read and moved the adoption of the Resolution Levying Assessments in the various Supervisor Drainage Districts of Monona County, Iowa. Supervisor Brouillette seconded the motion to adopt the Resolution. Upon due consideration by the Board, the Chairman put the question; and upon roll being called, the vote was AYES: Brouillette, Fox and Phillips. NAYS: None. Whereupon, the Chairman declared the Resolution duly adopted as follows: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, there are now, as of April 29, 2025, outstanding warrants, overdrafts, incurred expense or anticipated expenses against the various Drainage Districts in Monona County, Iowa; and WHEREAS, the Board determines and finds that the Original Assessment furnishes a fair and equitable basis for a proper apportionment of the cost and expenses of said assessment; and no good reason exists for a new or different apportionment thereof than such as the relative proportions of said Original Assessment gives to which this Board concurs. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Monona County, Iowa in regular session on this 29th day of April, 2025, that there be and is hereby levied upon lands in the following amounts shown and the County Auditor is instructed to spread such levy upon said land, to be collected under ß468.55 in semi-annual installments in the same manner as general property taxes are collected pursuant to ß445.36 in the year 2025-2026: Crane- Inter-County: 25,666. Hackett: 4,074. Haitz Lateral 2: 4,422. Hatiz Lateral 4: 29,747. (5 Year Waiver Option) Haitz Lateral 11: 393. McNeill Lateral 2: 1,829. McNeill Lateral 6: 1,202. McNeill Lateral 9: 693. Oliver Lake Lateral 6: 900. Oliver Lake Lateral 7: 507. Oliver Lake Lateral 9: 2,849. Onawa: 37,010. Sherman: 2,443. Maple River Lateral 1 was discussed. It was noted that Bob Steiner stopped in and said he would not be seeding the work he had done on the Maple River Lateral 1 and that he told Engineer Rasmussen last fall he would not be addressing the ìWî ditch. Secondary Roads Engineer Charles Bechtold, Secondary Roads Office Manager Deleta Huffman were present for Secondary Roads business. Supervisor Fox introduced and moved to adopt the following Resolution, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette: RESOLUTION NO. SR 25-14 The Board of Supervisors consents to hire Kevin Walker to fill a Seasonal Roadside Operator position at a start rate of $21.00 per hour. Date: April 29, 2025 Ayes: /s/ Bo Fox; /s/ Tom Brouillette; /s/ Vince Phillips Nays: None /s/ Bo Fox Chairman, Board of Supervisors ATTEST: /s/ Peggy A. Rolph Monona County Auditor Motion was made by Supervisor Phillips, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to approve 2026 Secondary Roads Five-Year Program edits. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. Motion was made by Supervisor Brouillette, seconded by Supervisor Fox to approve one-year wage increase for Jeff Kafton, Operator II. He will be going from $24.28 per hour to $25.56 per hour per union contract. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. Discussion items were crushing concrete, purchasing generators, bridges, Purple Wave, motor graders, and phones. No action taken. Kelsey Sigler, Burgess Mental Health, Haley Bryan, County Attorney, and Kevin Ewing, Sheriff, were present to discuss qualifying uses for the opioid money that the County has received. Haley will review the MOU and documents that were signed prior to her becoming County Attorney. She will put in place a process to access Opioid funds. No action taken. Motion was made by Supervisor Brouillette, seconded by Supervisor Phillips to approve the minutes of April 22, 2025, as read. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. Motion was made by Supervisor Phillips, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to approve claims. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. Vendor Name, Payable DescriptionTotal Payments Access Systems, Copier Lease$180.00 Access Systems Leasing, Copier Contract$2,456.37 Agriland Fs Inc, Fuel$2,898.58 Allied Oil & Supply Inc, Supplies$485.70 Al’s Corner Oil, Gas For Tools$21.88 Amanda Hinkel, Mileage$93.60 Arms Unlimited, Sheriff’s Gun$1,350.00 Asphalt Paving Association Of Iowa, Workshop$150.00 At&T Mobility, Services$44.96 Axles And Gears, Parts$195.00 Bauer Built Tire-Tires$1,481.08 Bekins Fire Equipment, Fire Extinguisher Inspection$1,595.60 Black Hills Energy, Utilities$1,091.35 Blackstrap Inc., Salt$1,996.92 Bomgaars Inc- Conservation, Supplies$1,111.24 Bomgaars Inc- Sec Roads, Supplies$1,394.59 Bomgaars Inc- Sheriff, Supplies$539.11 Bomgaars Inc- Auditor, Supplies$68.83 Brent Streck, Medical Investigation$200.00 Brian Mcmillin, Website Hosting$1,500.00 Burgess Health Center, Inmate Services$2,341.98 Burgess Public Health, Public Health Services$23,299.76 Calhoun-Burns & Assoc. Inc., Bridge Inspection$3,750.35 Cardio Partners, Supplies$858.15 Carrier Container Company, Llc, Garbage Service$998.11 Castana, City Of, Utilities$102.00 Central Iowa Distributing Inc, Custodial Supplies$1,199.00 Century Link, Phone Services$174.95 Chn Garbage Service, Services$90.09 Cmrs-Fp, Postage$133.08 Core-Mark Midcontinent Inc, Supplies$973.69 Craig Billi, Services$170.00 Dale Vitito, Uniforms$1,190.05 Deleta Huffman, Iceoo Spring Meeting$165.80 Devin Kline, Medical Investigation$200.00 Diamond Collision, Vehicle Repairs$2,716.67 District Iii Conservation, Annual Dues$250.00 Don C Groves, Vehicle Services$9,658.23 Donald Thompson, Meeting Mileage$28.60 Electronic Engineering, Cloud Storage$2,139.83 Employee Benefit Systems, Group Health Insurance$173,411.24 Family Medicine Clinic Pc, Inmate Services$866.00 Filtercare Of Nebraska, Llc, Cleaned Filters$42.40 First Bankcard- Auditor, Expenses$625.18 First Bankcard- Conservation, Expenses$2,697.08 First Bankcard- Data Processing, Expenses$201.65 First Bankcard- Ema, Expenses$443.33 First Bankcard- Zoning, Expenses$15.00 First Bankcard- Sec Roads, Expenses$177.06 First Bankcard- Sheriff, Expenses$2,572.87 First Bankcard- Treasurer, Expenses$591.93 First Bankcard- Mech Shed, Expenses$4,247.00 Fouts Funeral Home, Transport Services$1,600.00 Fp Finance Program, Postage Meter Rental$474.54 Gcc Alliance Concrete Co, Inc,Concrete$1,447.50 Glenn Wingert, Labor$805.00 Goslar Funeral Home/Monuments, Transport/ Burial Services$7,175.00 Graffix Inc, Name Plate$6.00 Grainger Inc., Supplies$766.88 Grant Jager, Meeting Mileage$27.30 Hydraulic Sales & Service Corp, Parts$517.40 Ida County Sheriff, Inmate Housing$300.00 Ida County Treasurer, Training Fees$108.00 Incontrol Electronics, Services$195.00 Inland Truck Parts, Parts, Labor$1,832.13 Interstate Battery System Inc, Batteries$565.85 Iowa Communications Network, Services$226.00 Iowa County Recorders’ Associa, Training Fees$200.00 Iowa Dept Of Natural Resources, Well Plugging$250.00 Iowa Emergency Mgmt Assoc, Conference Fee$155.00 Iowa Law Enforcement Academy, Evaluation$150.00 Iowa Prison Industries, Vehicle Decals$27.00 Iowa State University, Inst For Trans., Mutcd Training$50.00 Isac Group Unemployment, Unemployment 1St Quarter$4,093.52 Istate Truck Center Inc., Parts$65.42 Jack’s Ok Tire Service, Tires$4,820.84 Jason Blatchford, Building Maintenance$2,500.00 Jessen Automotive Llc, Parts$48.89 Jim Hawk Truck Trailers Inc., 4011 2026 Alpha Hd 53’ Lowboy$95,081.78 Jim Wigton, Mileage$159.90 John Deere Financial, Mower Parts$217.06 John W Graber, Building Maintenance- Conservation$86,290.75 Jon Pinkelman, Medical Investigation$200.00 Kalvin Hinrickson, Transport Meals$39.55 Kelly Seward, Meeting Mileage$83.85 Knife River Midwest Llc, Cold Patch$2,895.75 Kuhlmann, Douglas, Hvac- Conservation$7,000.00 Leaf Capital Funding Llc, Copier Lease$270.90 Lewis Drug Inc, Inmate Prescriptions$312.08 Long Lines, Phone Services$795.83 Mac’s Chevrolet-Pontiac Inc, Vehicle Maintenance$1,077.58 Mail Services, Llc, Postage$349.90 Mapleton Communications, Phone Service$100.47 Mapleton Fire Department, Hazmat Course$125.00 Mapleton Press Inc., Publications$1,710.68 Mapleton, City Of, Utilities$1,718.36 Max I Walker, Mechanic Uniforms$972.27 Mcnally Operations Llc, Office Supplies$126.44 Menards-Sioux City, Building Supplies$569.44 Metal Culverts Inc., Cmp Pipe And Bands, $39,857.90 Mid American Energy, Utilities, Lighting$1,089.96 Midwest Cards & Ids, Software License$250.00 Midwest Honda Suzuki Kubota, Atv- Conservation$6,286.12 Midwest Wheel Co. Inc., Parts, Supplies$889.46 Monona County Iron, Parts, Labor$446.00 Monona County Sanitary Landfill, Disposal$187.20 Monona County Secondary Roads, Fuel$1,632.28 Mph Industries Inc, Supplies, $2,604.76 Mrb Enterprises Llc, Garage Door Repairs$186.00 North American Truck & Trailer, Filters, Parts$420.00 Northside Shop Inc., Parts$16.35 Office Elements, Supplies$2,315.19 Onawa Democrat, Publications$2,701.64 Onawa Sentinel, Supplies$230.93 Onawa, City Of, Utilities$4,689.94 O’reilly Automotive Inc., Supplies, Parts$739.25 Orkin, Pest Control$114.00 Other Policy & Administration, County Vehicle$330.40 Patera Family Dentistry, Inmate Services$293.00 Postmaster, Postage$369.80 Power Wash Usa, Vehicle Expense$13.75 Powerplan, Parts$984.52 Price - Storm Heating & Cooling Llc, Furnace Repairs$114.00 Randy Ping, 1996 Chrysler Town & Country$2,000.00 Rarestep Inc, Fleetio Tool Annual Plan$150.00 Rasmussen Lumber Co, Supplies$9.54 Rasmussen Lumber Company, Building Materials$1,094.87 Rees Mack Sales & Services Inc, Parts, Labor$6,330.43 Ringcentral Inc, Phone Services$2,825.26 Rml Architects Llc, Services$879.60 Robert Haack, Meeting Mileage$10.40 Rxc Tires Llc, Vehicle Repairs$272.34 Ryan Publishing Company, Publications$444.00 Sam’s Club Mc/Syncb, Expenses$101.10 Sandy Bubke, Mileage$187.41 Sapp Bros Inc-Sioux City, Generator Fuel$610.20 Schildberg Construction Inc., Granular$140,334.66 Schumacher Elevator Co., Maintenance$1,080.69 Schumacher’s Nursery & Berry Farm, Trees$2,445.59 Secur-Serv, Computer Services$7,049.95 Sexton Oil Company, Diesel, Gas$45,740.57 Sharon L Gries, Supplies Reimbursement$33.08 Simpco, Hazmat Materials$4,376.00 Sioux Sales Co, Uniforms$171.80 Siouxland District Health, Water Tests$580.00 Siouxland Reg Transit, Local Support$5,394.50 Soldier, City Of, Utilities$58.30 Sole Provisions Llc, Safety Boots- Sec Roads$1,494.39 State Hygienic Laboratory, Water Tests$186.50 State Medical Examiner, Autopsy Fee$1,900.00 Stephens-Peck Inc., Subscription$125.00 Struble Agronomy, Llc, Chemicals$9,329.25 Stuntronics, Manual$385.00 Sundquist Engineering Pc Inc, Office Chair$100.00 Sunset Law Enforcement Llc, Ammunition$759.00 Sunshine Foods, Supplies$310.77 The Sidwell Company, Mapping Services$18,340.00 Thomson Reuters, Services$670.14 Town Of Moorhead, Utilities$88.60 Triview Communications, Phone Services$56.50 Tyler Ruge, Mileage$57.12 Tyler Technologies, Annual Maintenance Agreement$23,719.89 Uline, Extinguisher$471.90 Van Diest Supply Company, Insecticide$789.00 Vanguard Appraisals Inc, Services$154,149.10 Verizon Wireless, Phone Services$2,322.14 Versed Hr, Consulting Fees$2,400.00 Vetter Equipment Co, Parts$995.01 Visual Edge It, Inc., Copier Lease$211.62 Western Iowa Power Coop, Utilities$955.34 Western Iowa Tech, Hazmat Training$95.00 Whks & Co, Contract Engineering$28,652.68 Wiatel, Phone Services$74.95 William J. Wood, West Central Development$350.00 Wimactel, Inc., Phone Services$91.50 Windstream, Phone Service$570.21 Woodbury Co. Emergency Services, Generator Fuel$64.63 Woodbury County Sheriff, Legal Services$45.00 Zetron, Equipment$330.00 Ziegler Inc, Parts, Labor, Supplies$10,973.46 Total Claims:$1,033,697.19 Fund Recap Report Fund:Description: 0001 General Basic, $253,739.89 0002 General Supplemental, $298.62 0007 Co. Attorney Trust Fund, $167.97 0011 Rural Basic, $30,323.26 0020 Secondary Roads, $406,597.86 0036 Arpa Funding, $1,500.00 0040 Conservation Trust, $52.13 4000 Emergency Management, $8,055.58 4010 E911 Surcharge Trust Fund, $2,928.54 4100 County Assessor, $51,263.76 8500 Health Insurance Trust Fund, $278,769.58 Monthly Total: $1,033,697.19 Breakdown For Payroll Claims Listing Ppe: 4/12/2025 Gross County Share (Match), Total Department, Payroll, Fica Match, Medicare Match , Ipers Match, W/Co.Share Assessor, 13,142.16, 772.84, 180.73, 1,240.61, 15,336.34 Supervisors, 4,113.25, 230.65, 53.95, 388.29, 4,786.14 Auditor, 17,728.50, 1,012.37, 236.76, 1,214.68, 20,192.31 Treasurer, 8,482.64, 474.10, 110.88, 800.77, 9,868.39 County Attorney, 11,456.10, 630.56, 147.47, 1,081.45, 13,315.58 Sheriff, 54,911.64, 3,260.35, 762.49, 4,828.98, 63,763.46 Recorder, 4,642.17, 277.62, 64.93, 438.22, 5,422.94 Auto/Treasurer, 4,012.22, 198.73, 46.48, 378.76, 4,636.19 Drainage, 3,715.65, 221.21, 51.74, 350.76, 4,339.36 Environ.Hlth/Zoning, 1,819.20, 99.59, 23.29, 171.73, 2,113.81 Sec. Road, 81,962.13, 4,758.04, 1,112.74, 7,737.22, 95,570.13 Veterans Admin, 810.41, 50.25, 11.75, 76.50, 948.91 Custodial, 3,215.20, 197.31, 46.15, 303.52, 3,762.18 Dept Human Services, 100.00, 6.20, 1.45, 0.00, 107.65 Townships, 380.00, 23.56, 5.51, 11.33, 420.40 Conservation, 10,178.74, 611.59, 143.03, 954.92, 11,888.28 Elections, 2,442.59, 148.79, 34.80, 230.58, 2,856.76 Emerg. Mgt., 2,236.80, 134.97, 31.56, 211.15, 2,614.48 All Totals, 225,349.40, 13,108.73, 3,065.71, 20,419.47, 261,943.31 Breakdown For Payroll Claims Listing Ppe: 4/26/2025 Gross County Share (Match), Total Department, Payroll, Fica Match, Medicare Match , Ipers Match, W/Co.Share Assessor, 13,142.16, 789.88, 184.73, 1,240.62, 15,357.39 Supervisors, 4,113.25, 240.64, 56.28, 388.29, 4,798.46 Auditor, 8,355.30, 467.44, 109.32, 788.74, 9,720.80 Treasurer, 8,482.64, 488.02, 114.14, 800.77, 9,885.57 County Attorney, 11,456.10, 647.31, 151.38, 1,081.45, 13,336.24 Sheriff, 54,349.83, 3,259.18, 762.22, 4,781.02, 63,152.25 Recorder, 7,029.57, 411.04, 96.14, 663.59, 8,200.34 Auto/Treasurer, 4,012.21, 206.68, 48.34, 378.76, 4,645.99 Drainage, 3,715.66, 224.33, 52.47, 350.76, 4,343.22 Environ.Hlth/Zoning, 1,819.22, 99.59, 23.29, 171.73, 2,113.83 Sec. Road, 81,954.47, 4,816.29, 1,126.40, 7,736.50, 95,633.66 Veterans Admin, 978.08, 60.64, 14.18, 92.33, 1,145.23 Custodial, 3,215.20, 199.34, 46.62, 303.52, 3,764.68 Townships, 515.00, 31.93, 7.47, 3.30, 557.70 Conservation, 10,008.46, 609.54, 142.54, 938.84, 11,699.38 Elections, 2,442.59, 150.49, 35.19, 230.58, 2,858.85 Emerg. Mgt., 2,236.80, 137.00, 32.04, 211.15, 2,616.99 All Totals, 217,826.54, 12,839.34, 3,002.75, 20,161.95, 253,830.58 Supervisor Phillips attended the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) meeting and shared the information presented. Supervisor Fox attended the Monona County Economic Development meeting. He shared the information presented. Motion was made by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to approve General Ledger Journal Entry correction for Data Processing to correct accounts. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. Motion was made by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to approve status/payroll change report for jailer Jared Pasch. Jared will start at $20.12 per hour with $0.25 per hour night shift differential. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. Motion was made by Supervisor Phillips, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to authorize the Board’s signatures on updated Secondary Roads Union Contract. Vore on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. Motion was made by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to authorize the Chairmanís signature on the FY 2026 health & dental renewal. Vote on motion: Ayes: Fox, Brouillette, and Phillips. Nays: None. Motion carried. It was moved by Supervisor Fox, seconded by Supervisor Brouillette to hereby adjourn at the hour of 11:47 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 MP5-22-25
