April 2010

April 6, 2010:

The Fremont County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, in the Fremont County Courthouse Boardroom with Hendrickson, Morgan and Larson present. A quorum was declared and the meeting officially called to order at 9:00 a.m. Minutes of the previous board session were read and approved. The agenda was approved as posted.

At 9:00 a.m. motion was made by Morgan to authorize Chairman Hendrickson to sign off on Administrative Agreement for Flex Plan. Larson, aye; Morgan, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

At 9:15 a.m. Fremont County Engineer Dan Davis met with the Board. Motion was made by Larson to approve Title Sheet for Pavement Marking, Project No. FMCO-36(56)- -55-36. Morgan, aye; Larson, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

Payroll and claims were approved for April 9, 2010.

In other business the Veteran Affairs report for quarter ending March 31, 2010 was approved.

At 9:40 a.m., there being no further business, Morgan made a motion to adjourn. Morgan, aye; Larson, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

ATTEST:

Fremont County Auditor                                                                                    Earl Hendrickson, Chairman

April 13, 2010:

At 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, a department head meeting was held in the Fremont County Courthouse Boardroom. Present were Earl Hendrickson, Cara Morgan, Chuck Larson, Dan Davis, Karen Berry, Steve Whitehead, Margaret Henkle, Margaret Johnson, Kevin Aistrope, Arnold Emberton and Joan Kirk. Topics discussed were: courthouse steps; overlay project from the Farragut corner to Riverton; drug dog schooling; new server at the sheriff’s office; new employee with the attorney’s office; update on attorney’s recent training; possible business coming to a property west of Pella in Fremont County.

The Fremont County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, in the Fremont County Courthouse Boardroom with Hendrickson, Morgan and Larson present. A quorum was declared and the meeting officially called to order at 9:00 a.m. Minutes of the previous board session were read and approved. The agenda was approved as posted.

At 9:00 a.m. County Engineer Dan Davis met with the Board. Motion was made by Morgan to approve and sign utility permit for Extreme Trenching for Qwest for home service lines at 4077 180^th Street. Larson, aye; Morgan, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

Motion was made by Larson to approve and sign utility permit for Media Com to bore under Airport Road for Green Plains Energy. Morgan, aye; Larson, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

Discuss hiring a full time employee due to retirement of a full time employee in December 2009: Hendrickson said he would like to try a part-time employee to see if that would work out. Larson said he would like to put some more thought into it. No decision has been made at this time. Larson, aye; Morgan, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

Davis is also requesting approval to hire two temporary summer mowers. Morgan made a motion to approve hiring the two temporary mowers. Larson, aye; Morgan, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

At 9:30 a.m. Steve Whitehead, Maintenance Supervisor, met with the Board to discuss a couple of broken roof beams in the courthouse attic. Whitehead said there are two beams in the attic that are cracked and need to be repaired. Whitehead said Larry Greedy fixed similar beams the last time this problem occurred. The Board suggested Whitehead get bids on the project.

At 9:45 a.m. Sheriff Kevin Aistrope met with the Board requesting approval to purchase a new jailer video recorder for the sheriff’s office, costing approximately $6,000. Aistrope said the one used now is not working and would cost more to fix than buying a new system. Aistrope said he would like to pay for the system out of prisoner room and board. Larson made a motion to authorize the Sheriff to replace his video recorder. Morgan, aye; Larson, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

At 10:00 a.m. motion was made by Morgan to approve a Class C Native Wine License for Sugar Clay Winery and Vineyards. Morgan, aye; Larson, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

At 10:45 a.m., there being no further business, Morgan made a motion to adjourn. Morgan, aye; Larson, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

ATTEST:

Fremont County Auditor                                                                                 Earl Hendrickson, Chairman

April 20, 2010:

The Fremont County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, in the Fremont County Courthouse Boardroom with Hendrickson and Morgan present. A quorum was declared and the meeting officially called to order at 9:00 a.m. Minutes of the previous board session were read and approved. The agenda was approved as posted.

Let the records show Chuck Larson was not present for this meeting.

Let the records show Grace Johnson with The Hamburg Reporter was present for the meeting.

At 9:00 a.m. motion was made by Morgan to approve the hire of a part-time jailer for the sheriff’s office. Morgan, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

At 9:05 a.m. Fremont County Engineer Dan Davis met with the Board regarding replacing a retired full time employee. Hendrickson said he feels like all three supervisors should be present to make the decision, and would like it tabled to the next meeting. Motion was made by Morgan to table any decision until the May 3rd meeting when all supervisors can be present. Morgan, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

Motion was made by Morgan to sign permit to apply dust control treatment on Fremont County roads with Alliance Gas Company. Morgan, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

At 9:10 a.m. Dan Davis, Fremont County Engineer, met with the Board regarding an employee. At 9:12 a.m. Morgan made a motion to go into closed session according to Iowa Code 21.5(c) to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation. Vote: Morgan, aye; Hendrickson, aye. Present were Joan Kirk, Auditor, Earl Hendrickson, Cara Morgan, Dan Davis and Nancy Johnson. At 9:13 a.m. the Board went into closed session. At 9:25 a.m. motion was made by Morgan to go out of closed session. Vote: Morgan, aye; Hendrickson, aye. No action was taken.

At 9:30 a.m. - Let the records show Randy Monroe did not come to this meeting.

In other business, the Sheriff’s monthly report was approved.

Payroll and claims were approved for April 23, 2010.

At 10:15 a.m., there being no further business, Morgan made a motion to adjourn. Morgan, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

ATTEST:

Fremont County Auditor                                                                                 Earl Hendrickson, Chairman

April 27, 2010:

The Fremont County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in the Fremont County Courthouse Boardroom with Hendrickson, Morgan and Larson present. A quorum was declared and the meeting officially called to order at 6:30 p.m. Minutes of the previous board session were read and approved. The agenda was approved as posted.

At 6:30 p.m. motion was made by Larson to approve the following resolution:

RESOLUTION NO. 2010-21

1. That each owner and each person in the possession or control of any land in Fremont County shall cut, burn, spray, or otherwise destroy all noxious weeds thereon and shall prevent weed seeds from blooming or coming to maturity, and shall keep said lands free from such growth of any other weeds as shall render the streets or highways adjoining said land unsafe for public travel.

Group 1: May 15, 2010 - for Leafy Spurge, Perennial Peppergrass, Sour Dock, Sheep Sorrow.

Group 3: June 30, 2010 - for Field Bindweed, Wild Carrot.

Group 5: August 14, 2010- for Shatter Cane and Wild Sunflower.

2. That each owner and person in the possession or control of any lands in Fremont County, infested with any noxious weeds, including Quack Grass, Perennial Sow Thistle, Canada Thistle, Field Bindweed, Horse Nettle, Leafy Spurge, Perennial Peppergrass, Russian Knapweed, Hemp, or any species of Thistle, shall adopt a program of weed destruction described by the Weed Commissioner, which in five years may be expected to destroy and will immediately keep under control such infestations of said noxious weeds.

At 6:30 p.m. motion was made by Morgan to approve a work in right-of-way permit for Iowa Telecom for placing cable along 187^th Street in Benton Township. Larson, aye; Morgan, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

At 6:40 p.m. two bids were reviewed for courtyard steps. Motion was made by Larson to accept the low bid of $2000.00 from Hodges Construction, Farragut. Morgan, aye; Larson, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

Rick Barton was not present for the 6:50 p.m. appointment with the Board.

At 7:00 p.m. Jan Winkler, CPC/Community Services Director, met with the Board. The case management budget was discussed. Winkler stated they are waiting on Iowa State for the IME and ISU contract to do 24/7 on-call screening. She said they would like to buy a car before the end of the fiscal year and would like to trade in a vehicle that has about 75,000 miles on it. Winkler will come back with their budget amount before doing anything. She then gave a department update and report on services.

The following claim was approved for a handwritten warrant. General Basic Fund: Treasurer-State of Iowa, Golf Course Sales Tax, 849.00.

A 8:00 p.m., there being no further business, motion was made by Morgan to adjourn. Larson, aye; Morgan, aye; Hendrickson, aye.

ATTEST:

Fremont County Auditor                                                                                 Earl Hendrickson, Chairman

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