Board Minutes

The Adams County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 9:00 am with the following members present: Leland Shipley, Scott Akin, Doug Birt, Bobbi Maynes, and Merlin Dixon. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Maynes. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Akin moved, seconded by Birt to approve today’s agenda and the minutes from January 11, 2021. All supervisors voted aye. Motion carried.

Bill Lyddon has contacted contractors for inspecting the courthouse roof for quotes. He has not received any information back. The Hazard Mitigation process has started and on the county website and Facebook page there are surveys for input from the public.

Shipley moved, seconded by Akin to approve Extended COVID-19 Leave from January 1, 2021-March 31, 2021 with flexibility on sick leave usage. All supervisors voted aye. Motion carried.

Birt moved, seconded by Dixon to approve the Treasurer’s Semi-Annual Report and Quarterly Investment Report.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

Akin moved, seconded by Shipley to approve Doug Birt to the Adams County Conservation Board for a 5-year term ending. All supervisors voted aye. Motion carried.

Engineer Travis Malone gave an update on the bridge ratings.

            The supervisors took a break for lunch and reconvened for a budget work session.

            TIF Project work session was held. Phone conferences were held at 2:00 pm with John Danos from Dorsey-Whitney and at 2:45 with Scott Stevenson with D.A. Davidson.

Oral reports were presented by the board members as follows: Shipley – MATURA Exec Committee, Zoom, Jan. 18, Main Street, Corning, Jan. 12, Main Street EV Committee, Corning, Jan 12, Adams Community Foundation, Corning, Jan. 13; Birt – Conservation, Corning, Jan. 14; Scott Akin – Southern Hills, Zoom, Jan. 14, ACEDC, Corning, Jan 18; Maynes – Adams County Priceless Land, Zoom, Jan. 18.

The next board meeting will be held Monday Jan 25^th at 9:00 am. Dixon moved, seconded by Shipley to adjourn the meeting at 3:06 pm.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

ATTEST: Bobbi Maynes, Chairperson, Adams County Board of Supervisors

               Rebecca Bissell, Adams County Auditor

The Adams County Board of Supervisors met on Monday, January 11, 2021 at 9:00 am with the following members present: Leland Shipley, Scott Akin, Doug Birt, Bobbi Maynes, and Merlin Dixon. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Maynes. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Akin moved, seconded by Shipley to approve today’s agenda and the minutes from January 4, 2021. All supervisors voted aye. Motion carried.

Dixon moved, seconded by Shipley to approve Utility Permit #21-1 for Frontier Communications at Fig and 235^th St. All supervisors voted aye. Motion carried.

Resolution #2021-4 Contract and Bond for Prescott 5 Bridge Project BROS-SWAP-C002(78)—FF02 was moved for approval by Birt, seconded by Akin and read as follows:

RESOLUTION #2021-4

RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT AND BONDS

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ADAMS COUNTY, IOWA, that the contract and bonds executed by A.M. COHRON & SON, INC., of Atlantic, Iowa on the 11th day of January, 2021, for the construction of the “ADAMS COUNTY BRIDGE AND APPROACH REPLACEMENT” project number BROS-SWAP-C002(78)–FF-02 and such other work as may be incidental thereto, within the County of Adams County, Iowa, as described in the plans and specifications, and which have been signed by the Board of Adams County, be and the same are hereby approved.

All supervisors voted aye to adopt the above resolution.  Motion carried.  The full resolution is located in the Auditor’s Office.

            Malone presented the Secondary Roads budget for FY 21-22, gave an update of the current projects and updated them on upcoming projects.

            Discussion was held regarding Employee Covid-19 Leave. The board would like to see a draft policy that an employee who tests positive can receive 2/3 of regular pay from Jan 1, 2021 through March 30, 2021.  No action was taken.

            Birt moved, seconded by Akin to increase the county burial assistance to $1,250 for cremation only. All supervisors voted aye. Motion carried.

            Resolution #2021-3 Naming Official Depositories was moved by approval by Akin, seconded by Shipley and read as follows:

 RESOLUTION #2021-3

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Adams County Board of Supervisors that Adams County, Iowa approves the following list of financial institutions to be depositories of the Adams County funds in conformance with all applicable provisions of the Code of Iowa.

The Adams County Treasurer is hereby authorized to deposit the Adams County funds in the amounts not to exceed the maximum that is approved for each respective financial institution as set out below:

                                                                        MAXIMUM BALANCE         MAXIMUM BALANCE

DEPOSITORY NAME           LOCATION   UNDER PRIOR RESOL        UNDER RESOLUTION

TREYNOR STATE BANK       CORNING       $9,000,000                               $13,000,000

(AKA TS BANK)

THE STATE BANK                 CORNING          $100,000                                   $100,000

OF BROOKS              

PCSB BANK                           CORNING          $500,000                                   $500,000

The above resolution is adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Adams County, Iowa with all supervisors voting aye.  Motion Carried.  The full resolution is located in the Auditor’s Office.

            Birt moved, seconded by Dixon to approve the Recorder’s Quarterly Report.  All supervisors voted aye. Motion carried.

            Birt moved, seconded by Shipley for approve the County General Relief Guidelines.  All supervisors voted aye. Motion carried.

            Birt moved, seconded by Dixon to approve the claims are presented.  All supervisors voted aye. Motion carried.

            Budget Requests were presented as follows: Southern IA Trolley, Spring Lake from City of Corning, Attorney, Corning Library, Villisca Library, Recorder, County Sanitarian, Board of Supervisors, Public Health, Central Services,  Board of Supervisors, Central Services, Emergency Services, DHS, Other Human Services, General Relief, Court Admin, Legal Services, Educational Services, Juvenile Probation, County Development, Environment Protection, Other Policy and Admin, Risk Management, Non Departmental.

Oral reports were presented by the board members as follows: Maynes – RC&D, Creston, Jan. 7; Birt – SICOG, Creston, Jan. 8.

The next board meeting will be held Tuesday Jan 19^th at 9:00 am. Akin moved, seconded by Dixon to adjourn the meeting at 10:30 am.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

ATTEST: Bobbi Maynes, Chairperson, Adams County Board of Supervisors

               Rebecca Bissell, Adams County Auditor

The Adams County Board of Supervisors met on Monday, January 4, 2021 at 9:00 am with the following members present: Leland Shipley, Scott Akin, Doug Birt, Bobbi Maynes, and Merlin Dixon. The meeting was called to order by Auditor Becky Bissell. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Dixon moved, seconded by Shipley to appoint Bobbi Maynes as the Board Chair for a one-year term. All supervisors voted aye. Motion carried. Shipley moved, seconded by Akin to appoint Doug Birt to the Vice Chair for a one-year term. All supervisors voted aye. Motion carried. Birt moved, seconded by Akin to approve today’s agenda and the minutes from December 28, 2020. All supervisors voted aye. Motion carried.

Engineer Travis Malone updated the board on Secondary Roads projects. He was unable to purchase a bulldozer at an auction he attended.  Secondary Roads plow trucks pushed snow on Tuesday, Wednesday and one truck hit a few problematic areas on Thursday. Maintainer operators worked OT on the holiday of December 31^st to get the gravel roads cleared.

Regarding the Hull Street Bridge replacement project to be let in February, Malone advised the board to increase the amount of working days from 65 proposed by the Iowa DOT to 80 and to move the late start date forward to June 7^th to August 2^nd.  These changes should result in more favorable bids and completing the project before winter begins.  He will contact the DOT contracts bureau and request the aforementioned changes be made.

            Motion was made by Shipley, seconded by Birt to make the Adams County Free Press the official newspaper for the year 2021.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.  Akin moved, seconded by Birt, to make TS Bank as the Official Depository for the year 2021.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.  Shipley moved, seconded by Dixon to issue checks during the year 2021 per Section 331.506 of the 2021 Code of Iowa.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.  Birt moved, seconded by Shipley to set the mileage rate at 50 cents per mile effective January 1, 2021.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

            Shipley moved, seconded by Dixon to appoint Jerry Peckham, Nicci Tucker, and Kathy West to 1-year terms on the Human Services Board.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.  Birt moved, seconded by Akin to appoint Dr. Maria Fuller and Dr. Ryan Shuey to three-year terms on the Board of Health.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.   

            Akin moved, seconded by Birt to appoint Bill Lyddon as the Emergency Management Director for a 1-year term. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. Birt moved, seconded by Shipley to appoint Jim Reiley as the Veterans’ Affairs Director for a 1-year term. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. Akin moved, seconded by Dixon to appoint Dr. Stephen Gruba to a 1-year term as Medical Examiner.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.  Shipley moved, seconded by Birt to appoint Dr. Sheran Fernando to a 1-year term as the Assistant Medical Examiner.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.  Dixon moved, seconded by Akin to appoint Lisa Brown to a 1-year term as Medical Examiner Investigator.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.  Birt moved, seconded by Dixon to appoint Billi Vavra to a 1-year term as Assistant Medical Examiner Investigator.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

            Birt moved, seconded by Shipley to appoint Wayne Rychnovsky to the remainder of the unexpired term of Bill Shipley which is set to expire on 1/2/2025 on the Adams County Conservation Board.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

            Birt moved, seconded by Akin to appoint Rob Tucker and Carolyn Dixon each to a 2-year term to the Adams County Zoning Commission.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.  Birt moved, seconded by Akin to make the following 1-year appointments to the Condemnation Board:  Real Estate Dealers – Ed Drake, Jamie McManis, Casey Roberts, Bruce Peters, Tom Miller; Loan Officers and Bankers – Mona Douglas, Burton Heaton, Jim Heaton, Kelly Herring, Julia Paul; Agricultural Owners – Jim Amdor, Lowell Evans, Michael Fourez, Janice Shepherd, Kyle Shipley, Judy Loonan; City Property Owners – Dick Blazek, Beth Waddle, Jerry Getter, John Greenlee, Pat Shipley, Nicci Tucker.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

            Shipley moved, Dixon seconded to appoint Nancy Carmichael, Saundra Leininger, Joan Haley, Dick Blazek, Guy Brace, Darrell Arntzen, Linda Sargent, and Jon Brokaw to 2-year terms to the Certified Local Government Commission.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.      

            Shipley moved, seconded by Birt to appoint Wayne Rychnovsky, Anita Mittag and Rob Tucker to 5-year terms to the Adams County Judicial Magistrate Appointing Commission.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.                                                                                  

            Akin moved, seconded by Dixon the following appointments to the various board and committees within the county that the members of the Board of Supervisors serve:  Doug Birt- ACCS, Adams/Adair/Union Decaterization Board, DHS Service Area Advisory Board, SICOG, Juvenile Court Services, Heartland Management Alliance; Merlin Dixon- ATURA, Courthouse and Jail Committee, Hungry Canyon, Iowa Workforce Development CEO Board, REAP, Regional E-911 Board, Southern Iowa Trolley; LWDB – Local Workforce Development Board; Scott Akin –5^th Judicial District Board, Adams-Taylor County Landfill, ATURA (Alternate), CHI Health Mercy Corning Community Board of Directors, Emergency Management, SICOG (Alternate), Southern Hills Regional Mental Health, ACEDC;  Bobbi Maynes – ACCS (Alternate), Adams County Courthouse Security Committee, Adams-Taylor County Landfill (Alternate), Connections Area Agency on Aging, Crossroads, Emergency Management (Alternate), MATURA Advisory Board (Alternate), MATURA Board of Directors (Alternate), R C & D – Local and Regional; Leland Shipley – Adams Community Foundation, LOST Control Committee, Courthouse and Jail Committee, Heartland Management Alliance (Alternate), Local MATURA Advisory Board, MATURA Board of Directors, Main Street Corning.

            Dixon moved, seconded by Birt to approve the 2021 Holiday Closing Schedule as follows:  Monday, January 18, 2021 – Martin Luther King Day; Monday, February 15, 2021 – President’s Day; Monday, May 31, 2021 – Memorial Day; Monday, July 5, 2021 – Independence Day (observed); Monday, September 6, 2021 – Labor Day; Thursday, November 11, 2021 – Veteran’s Day; Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26, 2021 – Thanksgiving; Thursday, December 23 and Friday, December 24, 2021 – Christmas Eve and Christmas (observed); and Thursday, December 30, 2021 and Friday, December 31, 2021 – New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day (observed).  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

            Shipley moved, seconded by Birt to approve Resolution 2020-1 to make all the appointments official. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

Shipley moved, seconded by Birt to approve Resolution 2021-2 the Master Matrix pursuant to Iowa Code section 459.304(3). All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

Budgets presented were as follows: Treasurer.

Oral reports were presented by the board members as follows: Maynes – Crossroads, Creston, Dec. 28; Dixon – SCI 911, via Zoom, Dec. 30.

Akin moved, seconded by Dixon to adjourn the meeting at 10:30 am.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

ATTEST: Bobbi Maynes, Chairperson, Adams County Board of Supervisors

               Rebecca Bissell, Adams County Auditor

Adams County Gross Wage Summary 1/1/2020-12/31-2020

The Adams County Board of Supervisors met on Monday, December 28, 2020 at 9:00 am with the following members present: Scott Akin, Leland Shipley, Doug Birt, Bobbi Maynes and Merlin Dixon. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Scott Akin. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Shipley moved, seconded by Birt to approve the minutes of the December 21^st meeting and to approve today’s agenda.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

            Birt moved, seconded by Dixon to approve Karl McCarty’s employment contract for the upcoming year. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

The Master Matrix for New Fashion Pork Confinement was revised and the board reviewed and scored the revised matrix.

Shipley moved, seconded by Birt to approve the Application for New Fashion Pork Confinement. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Shipley moved, seconded by Maynes to approve the Engagement Agreement with DA Davidson to begin work on a new TIF Project. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

Travis Paul presented the Conservation Department budget request. 

Oral reports were presented by the board members as follows: Maynes – Industrial Wind and Solar, Creston, Dec. 16; Dixon – Southwest Iowa Trolley, via Zoom, Dec. 18; Akin – Southern Hills, via Zoom, Dec. 22.

Shipley moved, seconded by Dixon to adjourn the meeting at 10:30 am. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

ATTEST:  Scott Akin, Chairperson, Adams County Board of Supervisors  

Rebecca Bissell, Adams County Auditor      

The Adams County Board of Supervisors met on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 9:00 am with the following members present: Scott Akin, Leland Shipley, Doug Birt. Bobbi Maynes and Merlin Dixon were absent. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Scott Akin. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Birt moved, seconded by Shipley to approve the minutes of the December 14^th meeting and to approve today’s agenda with amending to add claims.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

            Shipley moved, seconded by Birt to approve the purchase of a forestry head from Nichols Equipment for $22,000. The two months of rental charges were applied towards the original purchase price of $29,000. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

            Four bids were submitted on the December 15^th Iowa DOT letting for replacement for Adams County Bridge “Prescott 5”.  The bids were as follows: AM Cohron & Son, Inc.- $774,104.11, Cunningham Reis LLC – 807,656.80, Murphy Heavy Contracting Corp. 833,221.35, Herberger Construction Co. LLC $854,164.45.

Birt moved, seconded by Shipley to approve Resolution 2020-41 making award of contract to A. M. Cohron & Son, Inc. of Atlantic, Iowa, for the Adams County Bridge and Approach Replacement project number BROS-SWAP-C002(78). All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Discussion was held regarding Karl McCarty’s employment contract as Maintenance Supervisor. No action was taken. 

Birt moved, seconded by Shipley to approve the Utility Permit #20-08 for Frontier Communications on 140^th Street and language was added to the permit to include Secondary Roads representative monitoring the placement of the new line due to previous issues of Frontier not installing lines in the correct and approved location. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

Budgets were presented as follows: Auditors Office and Representative Services (Elections).

Shipley moved, seconded by Birt to open the public hearing for the New Fashion Pork Confinement Structure at 10:00 am. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.  There were no written or oral objections. Birt moved, seconded by Shipley to close the public hearing at 10:05 am. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

The Master Matrix was reviewed and scored.  Birt moved, seconded by Shipley to approve the New Fashion Pork Confinement application.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

Shipley moved, seconded by Birt to approve the claims as follows. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Oral reports were presented by the board members as follows: Akin – ACEDC, Corning, 17; Birt – DHS/DCAT, Creston, December 18.

Shipley moved, seconded by Birt to adjourn the meeting at 11:00 am. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

ATTEST:  Scott Akin, Chairperson, Adams County Board of Supervisors  

Rebecca Bissell, Adams County Auditor      

The Adams County Board of Supervisors met on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 9:00 am with the following members present: Scott Akin, Leland Shipley, Merlin Dixon, Doug Birt, and Bobbi Maynes. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Scott Akin. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Dixon moved, seconded by Shipley to approve today’s agenda along with the minutes of the December 7^th meeting.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

            The Oath of Office was performed by Auditor Bissell to swear Supervisor District 5 Bobbi Baker-Maynes into office.

Birt moved, seconded by Shipley to approve the purchase of a six-wheel drive John Deere Grader for $256,950.00 from Murphy Tractor and Equipment. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Discussion was held regarding Karl McCarty’s employment contract as Maintenance Supervisor. No Action was taken. 

Malone updated the board on Secondary Roads projects around the county. The Secondary Roads crew is working cutting brush and clearing ditches. Maynes received a call in September from a constituent in Colony Township concerning tree limbs that needed to be trimmed. She had been contacted again as it hasn’t been done and wanted an update. Secondary Roads Maintenance Supervisor McCarty said that it is on the list but requires the bucket truck to trim the limbs at the trunk. They have had to prioritize projects and with the little rain this fall there were tubes that needed to be replaced while they could get to them. Malone also told the board the mulching attachment could be purchased at the end of the rental agreement and they would be credited for the full amount of the rental.

Maynes addressed a concern from a resident regarding noises of guns shooting in their area with Sheriff Johannes. Johannes is aware of the situation and said they’ve investigated the complaint.

Shipley moved, seconded by Birt to approve setting the public hearing for the New Fashion Pork Confinement Structure for December 21, 2020 at 10:00 am.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

Shipley moved, seconded by Dixon to approve the Resolution 2020-40 28E Agreement for Iowa Precinct Atlas Consortium for the Auditor’s Office. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

Saundra Leininger, Commissioner Chair for the Certified Local Governments, gave an update on the commission and presented their upcoming projects and budget.

Donna Hogan gave an annual update from ACEDC and explained the ongoing and upcoming projects.

Dixon moved, seconded by Maynes to approve a 5% pay increase for the Chief Deputy for administrative duties effective with the upcoming payroll cycle of December 19, 2020.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

Bill Lyddon, EMA Director, explained the current situation with the generator of not firing up. He has received a quote from the company that does our regular maintenance.

Budget requests were presented as follows: 4H/Fair Board, ACEDC, Certified Local Governments, and Sheriff’s Office.

Oral reports were presented by the board members as follows: Akin – Emergency Management, Corning, December 9; Shipley – Main Street, Corning December 8, Main Street EV Committee, Corning, December 9, Adams Community Foundation, Corning, December 9; Maynes – RCD, Creston December 3; Birt – Conservation, Corning, December 10.

Dixon moved, seconded by Maynes to adjourn the meeting at 11:00 am. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

ATTEST:  Scott Akin, Chairperson, Adams County Board of Supervisors  

Rebecca Bissell, Adams County Auditor      

The Adams County Board of Supervisors met on Monday, December 7, 2020 at 9:00 am with the following members present: Scott Akin, Leland Shipley, Merlin Dixon and Doug Birt who entered the meeting at 9:10 AM. Bobbi Maynes was absent. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Scott Akin. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Dixon moved, seconded by Shipley to approve today’s agenda along with the minutes of the November 30^th meeting.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

            The Oath of Office was performed by Notary Nancy Turner to swear into office the Sheriff Alan Johannes, Auditor Becky Bissell, and Supervisor District 2 Merlin Dixon.

Dixon moved, seconded by Shipley to approve Resolution 2020-39 Transferring Secondary Roads Tax Dollars in the amount of $553,544.26 from Rural Services to Secondary Roads. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Shipley moved, seconded by Dixon to approve Utility Permit #20-20 for Corning Municipal Utilities on Iris Ave. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

Malone updated the board on Secondary Roads projects around the county. They are still looking for a bulldozer and there is an auction coming up on Dec 30th. The Secondary Roads crew is working cutting brush and clearing ditches. Federal bridge guidelines have changed their classifications for rating bridges. In light of this, Malone will be reevaluating Adams County’s bridge inspections to see where the county lands with the revised ratings for federal funding.

Travis Paul, Conservation Director, gave an update on his department and the progress of the new shop and office space being constructed.

Birt moved, seconded by Shipley to approve the claims as presented.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

Dixon, moved, seconded by Birt to approve the appointment of Richard Notz as Grant Township Trustee.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.

Oral reports were presented by the board members as follows: Dixon – SCI 911, Dec 2, via Zoom; Birt – SICOG, Dec 1, Creston, Heartland, Dec 3, Creston; and Akin – CHI, Dec 3, Corning.

Dixon moved, seconded by Shipley to adjourn the meeting at 11:00 am. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

ATTEST:  Scott Akin, Chairperson, Adams County Board of Supervisors   Rebecca Bissell, Adams County Auditor      

The Adams County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, November 30, 2020 at 9:00 am with the following members present: Bobbi Maynes, Scott Akin, Leland Shipley, Doug Birt and Merlin Dixon. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Scott Akin. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Maynes moved, seconded by Dixon to approve today’s agenda along with the minutes of the November 23^rd meeting.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Malone updated the board on Secondary Roads projects around the county. They are still looking for a bulldozer. Crew is working cutting brush and clearing ditches.

Birt moved, seconded by Shipley to approve the Family Farm Credit Applications as presented and disallowed one application for not meeting the requirements. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Birt moved, seconded by Maynes to approve changing the Adams County Handbook from being able to accumulate 150 Comp Hours to capping it at 80 Comp Hours. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Discussion was held regarding salary and hourly increases for FY 21/22. 

Oral reports were presented by the board members as follows: Shipley – MATURA, Nov 24, via Zoom; and Maynes – Compensation Board, Nov 23, Corning, Crossroads, Nov 23, via Zoom.

Birt moved, seconded by Shipley to adjourn the meeting at 10:45 am. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

ATTEST:  Scott Akin, Chairperson, Adams County Board of Supervisors  

Rebecca Bissell, Adams County Auditor      

The Adams County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, November 23, 2020 at 9:00 am with the following members present: Bobbi Maynes, Scott Akin, Leland Shipley, Doug Birt and Merlin Dixon. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Scott Akin. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Maynes moved, seconded by Shipley to approve today’s agenda along with the minutes of the November 17^th meeting.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Shipley moved, seconded by Birt to approve Utility permit #20-19 for RJ’s Plumbing for a 1” service line under 160th Ave just East of Lake Icaria Road. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried.   

Malone also updated the board on several other projects around the county. The crew is working on clearing brush. Hull Street. bridge documents have been completed for a February letting. Engineer Malone discussed going to some auctions to purchase a bulldozer. He’s having a hard time finding one and running into the problem of having it sold before he can go look at it. The board said to keep all avenues available.

Shipley moved, seconded by Dixon to approve the MOU with OCIO and Adams County regarding Enhanced Security Services. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Maynes moved, seconded by Dixon to approve the claims as follows. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried

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Oral reports were presented by the board members as follows: Akin – ACEDC, Nov 19, Corning, CHI, Nov 19, Corning, and Southern Hills, Nov 20, via Zoom; Birt – DCAT/DHS, Nov 20, Creston; and Dixon – Trolley, Nov 19, via zoom.

Birt moved, seconded by Maynes to adjourn the meeting at 10:00 am. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

ATTEST:  Scott Akin, Chairperson, Adams County Board of Supervisors  

Rebecca Bissell, Adams County Auditor      

The Adams County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 9:00 am with the following members present: Bobbi Maynes, Scott Akin, Leland Shipley and Merlin Dixon. Doug Birt was absent. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Scott Akin. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Maynes moved, seconded by Shipley to approve today’s agenda along with the minutes of the November 10^th meeting.  All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Shipley moved, seconded by Dixon to approve Utility permit #20-18 for SIRWA for a 1” service line under 120^th Ave. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Maynes moved, seconded by Dixon to approve the 28E Agreement with the DOT for Brine Storage out at Secondary Roads. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Shipley moved, seconded by Maynes to approve the purchase of a 2021 25+5 H&H Deckover Heavy Duty Trailer for $12,030. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Malone also updated the boards on several other projects going on around the county.

After the Governor’s Proclamation on November 16^th the board didn’t take any action on a mask mandate for the courthouse. The county will follow the Governor’s order regarding masks and social distancing for all employees of the county and visitors to the courthouse per the Proclamation. 

Dixon moved, seconded by Shipley to accept the Post-Election Audit Report/Auditor Certification presented by Auditor Bissell. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

Oral reports were presented by the board members as follows: Dixon – LWD, Nov. 16 via Zoom.

Shipley moved, seconded by Dixon to adjourn the meeting at 10:03 am. All supervisors voted aye.  Motion carried. 

ATTEST:  Scott Akin, Chairperson, Adams County Board of Supervisors  

Rebecca Bissell, Adams County Auditor