Board Minutes – January 11, 2021
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 235th 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.
| Solutions Inc | Maint | 852.30 | 3 |
| Chamber of Comm | Serv | 200.00 | 1 |
| Adams Co Amb | Cont | 4,166.66 | 1 |
| Free Press | Legal | 512.26 | 3 |
| Adamson,Sarah | Phone & Fax Serv | 35.00 | 1 |
| Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. | Admin Costs | 1,250.00 | 1 |
| Airgas | Welding Sup | 222.68 | 1 |
| Akin | Repair | 2,254.02 | 1 |
| Arnold Supply | repair | 928.22 | 1 |
| Axon Enterprise, INC | Safety & Prot.Sup | 276.00 | 1 |
| Luanne Brown | Reimb | 18.00 | 1 |
| C&J Wreckers | repair | 400.00 | 1 |
| CHI hospital | Serv | 50.00 | 1 |
| Cintas | safety | 64.26 | 1 |
| Marnie Cline | Conserv Bd. Exp | 50.00 | 1 |
| Cont Fire Sprinkler | Serv | 617.50 | 1 |
| Cornhusker Intnl | repair | 1,623.22 | 1 |
| Corning Mun | Util | 422.94 | 2 |
| Corning Tire | repair | 99.00 | 1 |
| Corning Tire | Sup | 55.05 | 1 |
| Darnold Towing | repair | 695.00 | 1 |
| Stella DeWitt | ROW | 27.50 | 1 |
| Dixon,Merlin | Reimb | 177.00 | 1 |
| Dollar General | Sup | 43.25 | 2 |
| Farmers Mutual | phone | 296.14 | 1 |
| Fastenal Co | sup | 296.53 | 1 |
| Galls | Sup | 274.96 | 1 |
| Carl Goodson | Reimb | 175.00 | 1 |
| Hotsy Cleaning | repair | 15.63 | 1 |
| IA Dept Pub Safety | Maint Agree | 2,058.00 | 1 |
| IA DOT | supplies | 4,602.40 | 1 |
| IA Law Academy | Edu | 1,613.50 | 1 |
| IMWCA | Ins | 5,461.00 | 2 |
| Infomax | Rental | 101.50 | 1 |
| Infomax | Equip | 116.41 | 2 |
| ISAA | Edu | 650.00 | 1 |
| Lexipol LLC | Maint Agree | 10,238.00 | 1 |
| Lincoln Ctr Truck | repair | 100.00 | 1 |
| Mail Serv | Serv | 137.33 | 1 |
| Mann,Cliff | Vet Affairs Comm. | 30.00 | 1 |
| Marion Co. Sher, IA | Legal & Ct-Rel Serv. | 59.90 | 1 |
| McCarty,Karl | reimb | 56.81 | 1 |
| Mediacom | Util | 1,113.79 | 2 |
| MOCIC | Dues & Member | 100.00 | 1 |
| MidAmerican | utilities | 95.27 | 1 |
| Midwest Serv | sup | 9,961.20 | 1 |
| Benjamin Mullen | Reimb | 139.89 | 2 |
| Mullen, David | Vet Affairs Comm. | 108.00 | 1 |
| Newton Doors | repair | 738.32 | 1 |
| Nichols Equip | equip | 28,424.66 | 1 |
| O’Reilly Auto | repair | 154.98 | 1 |
| Office Mach | supplies | 21.05 | 1 |
| Omni Site | Radio Rep & Maint. | 882.00 | 1 |
| Pattison Sand Co | rock | 111,375.00 | 1 |
| Paul,Travis | Reimb | 60.00 | 1 |
| Al Peckham | Reimb | 24.00 | 1 |
| Poor Boyz LLC | Sanit Disp | 593.75 | 1 |
| Power Plan | repair | 750.99 | 1 |
| Prairie Fabrication | REPAIR | 77.83 | 1 |
| Primrose | Food & Prov | 8,436.00 | 2 |
| Ramsey’s Market | Cust Sup | 48.95 | 1 |
| Red Star | Sup | 44.70 | 1 |
| Reiley,Jim | Reimb | 157.63 | 2 |
| Rick’s Auto | Repair | 303.19 | 1 |
| RJs Plumbing | Repair | 100.30 | 1 |
| Roberts,Michelle | School or mtg exp | 25.00 | 1 |
| Robinson Imple | REPAIR | 1,039.02 | 1 |
| Russell Farms | row | 57.50 | 1 |
| Wayne Rychnovsky | Reimb | 24.00 | 1 |
| Schafer Welding | repair | 522.22 | 1 |
| Service Techs | Parts | 1,941.10 | 1 |
| SIRWA | utilities | 87.00 | 1 |
| Stalker Chev | Repair | 214.52 | 1 |
| Jamie Stargell | Employee Mile & Subs. | 24.70 | 1 |
| TAW Comp | Serv | 1,392.00 | 7 |
| Tractor Supply | SUP | 413.95 | 1 |
| Treasurer, IA | Other Svcs – taxes col | 6,756.00 | 1 |
| TS Bank | Bank Charges | 25.00 | 1 |
| U.S. Bank Equip | Maint Agree | 189.45 | 1 |
| Vanguard | Maint Agree | 1,925.00 | 1 |
| Verizon Connect | radios | 469.51 | 1 |
| Verizon Wireless | computer | 68.56 | 1 |
| Vogel & Thom Hard | sup | 105.07 | 1 |
| Wiechman | supplies | 1,632.82 | 1 |
| Williams,Tom | reimb | 30.00 | 1 |
| Williams,Chad | Phone & Fax Serv | 60.00 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 222,036.89 |
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 19th 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