March 10 2026 Board of Supervisors Meeting
Timestamp Index: 0:00 Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance 1:20 Consent Agenda • Approval of Agenda, Minutes, and Claims – 2:15 Supervisor Jessica Hobbs raises concerns about Dr/Rev designation in minutes. This pertains to County Attorney Swanson being referred to as Rev./Dr. in board packet. The minutes will be updated to reflect official titles only. 3:35 Supervisor Heather Stancil brings up that the minutes are getting too long for the public comment section and wants just the name and their town and not a description of what they talked about as it is getting too long and the county pays to put minutes in the paper. 5:15 Supervisor Diane Fitch had a correction to the deed restriction resolution - to add address. Receive and File Items • Recorder's Report of February 2026 Fees Collected • Sheriff's Report of February 2026 Activity • Honor the 70th anniversary of The Lawrence Welk Show • City of Winterset regarding the Winterset Urban Renewal Plan Amendment • Madison County Conservation Center – Annual Conservation Report 2024/2025 ________________________________________ Department Head Reports 7:12 Michele Brant, Auditor: budget update, state audit update, Johnson Controls; 9:15 Brandon from Johnson Controls answers questions from the board; 19:30 (back to Brant speaking) – Solutions, server move and possible cage addition; payroll issue involving 25 employees and $5200 from summer 2025. 22:30 claims 24:15 Mike Hackett, Secondary Roads Discusses resolutions on the agenda: signman, driveway contracts for Bevington Park bridge project - will present five year program at next BOS meeting; bridge lumber bid contract for materials 31:50 Pitzer Bridge update 32:15 Mitch Johnson, Madison County Emergency Management 35:20 Courthouse was evacuated due to a sourdough incident. 34:00 New Commission members, new Chair is Jeff Lilly, Vice Chair is Sheriff Barnes 34:32 March 25, statewide tornado drill at 10am 35:30 False alarm fire at courthouse - an empty but hot Dutch oven burning off oil in the oven was determined as the cause. Safety committee would like to use this as an example of what to do and not to do during an evacuation 37:58 safety training sessions for employees, 38:20 Hazard mitigation meeting will be March 31 at 6:00 PM 38:35 I-35 student council - upcoming mock car crash exercise ________________________________________ Presentations 40:45 Drew Barden and Sky Smothers -Winterset Fieldhouse https://www.wintersetfieldhouse.org/ https://www.winterset.gov/DocumentCen... ________________________________________ Public Comment 56:45 Joel Whelchel 57:20 Michele Brant – reminded public of public comment guidelines and the purpose of public comment; citizens request to heard is also an option ________________________________________ Resolutions for Board Consideration 59:25 EMS-031026A – M. Crouse as Full-Time Paramedic at $23.93/hour, effective March 14, 2026. 54:45 SPV-031026A – deed restrictions in the approach to selling the Public Health Building. Contentious discussion regarding this. (not approved: Fitch: aye; Stancil and Hobbs: nay) 1:06:50 SPV-031026B – adoption of a Voluntary High-Level Risk Management Agreement with IMWCA. 1:07:30 SPV-031026C – decommissioning of property located in the Public Health Building. 1:10:30 SPV-031026D – Summit Technologies as the official vendor for security cameras in the Annex and EMS Building. 1:13:48 SR-031026A – F. McVay as Full-Time Signman Foreman at $31.12/hour effective April 15, 2026, with an increase to $31.41/hour effective July 15, 2026. 1:14:11 SR-031026B – authorization to sign documents related to Project HDP-CO61(130)-68-61 on behalf of the Board of Supervisors. 1:14:28 SR-031026C – authorization to sign documents related to Project L-CO61 (Bridge Lumber 2027) on behalf of the Board of Supervisors. ________________________________________ 1:14:45 Applications for Licenses, Permits, and Cancellations • Iowa Quilt Museum for the Airing of the Quilts, Saturday, June 6, 2026. • Lake View Country Club, located at 3724 Lake View Lane, Winterset, Iowa 50273, effective March 27, 2026. • Findlay Farms LLC, located at 1638 Highway 169, Winterset, Iowa 50273, effective April 8, 2026. • Speckled Hen Farms, located at 1578 N River Trail, Winterset, Iowa 50273, effective May 14, 2026. ________________________________________ Board Reports 1:16:13 Jessica Hobbs 1:17:00 Diane Fitch 1:20:20 Heather Stancil 1:22:15 Discuss IT liaison contact list 1:28:05 Madison County camera systems 1:28:35 RFP update: vendor questions 1:31:55 Chip See, Head Custodian answers questions for the Board. 1:42:55 Contentious discussion between Auditor Michele Brant and the Board. Brant doesn’t want to be involved in RFPs. 1:46:45 FY23 and FY24 audit, and FY27 budget 1:48:45 Discussion of future budget worksessions – March 20 at 9 a.m. and March 24 11:30 to 1pm. 1:53:45 Ordinance review and update
