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A county official told supervisors the neighboring county’s office had been vacant for roughly two months, and that the office would be closed for about two to three months while staff from other counties assist one day per week to bring files and operations up to date. The official said, \"They're gonna shut the office down for 3 months and so that we can get it back up in money in order,\" and said staff from Kossuth and Hamilton counties would help with the transition. (verbatim as spoken)

Supervisors said the reimbursement term should include salary plus employer costs; one supervisor asked that the reimbursement rate cover \"salary and benefits\" including FICA and IPERS. The board asked staff to provide a hard dollar figure for inclusion in the agreement; staff agreed to calculate the combined hourly or monthly rate that includes wages and benefits and insert that amount into the 28E agreement.

The board then moved and approved the amended agreement among \"Hamilton, Wright and [county name as recorded in packet]\" with the amendment that the reimbursement rate include wages, FICA and IPERS benefits. The motion passed by recorded voice vote with all ayes. The board instructed staff to file the 28E agreement and coordinate signatures; Hamilton and the third county were reported to be meeting soon to finalize their parts of the arrangement.

The agreement is intended to maintain Veterans Affairs services during the staffing transition while the receiving county provides temporary administrative assistance and to define reimbursement for those services. Supervisors did not set a specific start date beyond the draft language in the packet but discussed whether the agreement should be backdated to July 1; staff will confirm the effective date once the reimbursement amount is calculated and the parties sign the agreement.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Wright County Iowa Board of Supervisors July 7, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Wright County approved an amended intergovernmental (28E) agreement with Hamilton County and another county to share a Veterans Affairs administrator; the board required the reimbursement rate include wages and benefits.","taxTitle","Wright County, Iowa","taxId",47114,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6552065,"Wright County receives petition to convert private tile to district asset and appoints McClure as engineer",948,775000,1723000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5213416-ab2f5d7ae522124505286eef06c08947&start=775&end=1723","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5213416-ab2f5d7ae522124505286eef06c08947/thumbnail_775000.jpg","/articles/6552065/Wright-County/Iowa/Wright-County-receives-petition-to-convert-private-tile-to-district-asset-and-appoints-McClure-as-engineer","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6552065-55ac94178044e519bd07341b448878c1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770486653&Signature=EW2x~y-cWk4FpkuFXmJwwVzn5aHMXRXJRTlE~28QaHqsbQFGIqQcJaqzteF9LVs06p8nycHTE0lWPq6Qg1bkLDm7jEtikRWlR4ND-xBK21us1Fdk6LDWIpjuKBsXfLpxtlHbrPBPQ0H3Bnj-nM9sOuU7bEsAAuWGEcaIxbC1Md4ST0C3r9QcaI1ZUfyDroVy06wxcRWSJHc4wrZ6dS8PNPzbZ6yP8f-mkWce7t5OAXW8NYi-VQlDF~jtgeqqfirBeM8UANYFsOKZhKKwewUnr4wQK2okL42C8C4zS9~K3rnjX64RmJ9kz1ol0tQmzWugcsDS-E6xqU-FktrgUZ~8Rw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Wright County drainage trustees voted to receive a petition seeking to convert private tile on Latham family land into a district asset within Joint Drainage District 111-3 and appointed McClure Engineering to prepare a current engineer report.

Courtney, Wright County’s drainage clerk, told trustees the petition asks that privately installed tile on the Latham property be brought into the drainage district: \"This tile is currently connected to the lateral 5 tile that is only about a 100 feet long,\" she said. The petition area is within JDD 111-3; the clerk said it is not yet clear whether the work should be classified as an annexation into the existing lateral 5 (possibly as a lateral 5A) or handled as a separate lateral/classification.

Courtney told the boards that an engineer’s report prepared about 10 years ago (2015) exists in the file but is now too old to serve as the county’s technical basis. She said earlier work on the project was not completed and there are no subsequent minutes on record from a previous joint board appointment of an engineer. Two landowners who signed the current petition, identified in the packet as Donna Boosman and Robert Latham, submitted $10,000 checks each as bond and security along with the petition.

Trustees discussed district classification. Courtney noted the broader district currently uses a single classification for roughly 40 laterals and said the county’s drainage attorney previously recommended considering reclassifying laterals so each has its own classification. Trustees raised cost concerns about reclassification; one supervisor said it would be \"pretty expensive.\" The Franklin County representative on the call said the lands identified in this petition lie entirely within Wright County and moved that Franklin County cede control of this project to Wright County, with the understanding Franklin County would be kept informed. Franklin County's motion passed.

Following discussion, a Wright County supervisor moved to receive the petition, extend lateral 5 as needed, and appoint McClure Engineering as the engineer to work with the drainage attorney. The motion passed by voice vote with recorded \"ayes.\" Courtney said she would request McClure use available historic files to expedite a contemporary engineering opinion and will arrange for site photos; landowners requested work not be undertaken until after August.

The trustees did not adopt a final classification or assessment schedule at this meeting; the appointment of McClure is intended to produce an up-to-date engineering report to inform next steps, which could include annexation to lateral 5, creation of a distinct lateral (e.g., lateral 5A), reclassification of the larger district, or an owner agreement. The county’s drainage attorney will work with the appointed engineer to recommend the appropriate path forward.","Wright County trustees voted to receive a petition from the Latham family asking to convert private tile into a joint drainage district asset (JDD 111-3) and appointed McClure Engineering to examine options including annexation or new lateral classification.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6552070,"Wright County trustees approve updated MOU with Franklin County after wording change",442,310000,752000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5213416-ab2f5d7ae522124505286eef06c08947&start=310&end=752","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5213416-ab2f5d7ae522124505286eef06c08947/thumbnail_310000.jpg","/articles/6552070/Wright-County/Iowa/Wright-County-trustees-approve-updated-MOU-with-Franklin-County-after-wording-change","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6552070-0caeeb4c40c37189c3721386435dda55/orig.mp4?Expires=1770486653&Signature=jZh4mnfVicrE24~i8~iyx~Z-pt6xby7vvcL573OuaM14wRLUIOygefOaDpULu508rXmWZ2cNLovCIwXa50YHqN2i06ipw3WCQfLelI6eCwWu1Aw70UQyQc~Cj4FmI4mUYZJiOphYAjnsKxdCNTi-Bq1u-cTQzFKbnkje46dSZbpfYaBVeOaBGaBAVe09jgrcrV7iKRJoMOX7nvisz-FTlakzwBZoQB8csjB5WV1jtFJKiDdc3BHdFp2~4CL6X-NZ~VNBqYJRK69c0EyEYF7i56opsAqXTiL2gk3HVjEM5ZMpKnHLMp3vmu3b1AojtVIVwPsGIYFN3XOdlpsrdw0ocA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Wright County drainage trustees and representatives from Franklin County approved an updated memorandum of understanding (MOU) that makes minor wording and formatting changes and changes how assessment information is provided.

The trustees voted to approve the MOU with one amendment to the communications paragraph that will change the wording about assessment reporting from percentages to amounts. The motion to approve was made by a Wright County supervisor and seconded by a Franklin County representative; both counties recorded unanimous \"ayes.\" Courtney, Wright County's drainage clerk, said staff will make the change and the document will be re-signed after editing.

The updated draft presented to the boards included punctuation and capitalization fixes, the replacement of the ampersand with the word \"and,\" renaming of the drainage district abbreviation from \"DD\" to \"JDD,\" and a few rewordings in the \"purpose\" and \"facts\" sections. Courtney told trustees the last sentence in the communications section still read \"to also provide percentages for assessments to be relavied\" and recommended changing \"percentages\" to \"amounts.\" Courtney said, \"The last sentence still states to also provide percentages for assessments to be relubbedied, and I think that we should change that to match the two additional sections to say to also provide amounts for assessments to be relubbed.\" (transcript language as spoken)

Franklin County attendees on the conference call confirmed they had no objection to the amendment. A Franklin County representative said the drainage assessments under discussion fall largely on Wright County property and that Franklin County did not expect an ongoing financial obligation for the specific project referenced in the packet. The trustees directed staff to update the communications paragraph and re-sign the MOU when the edit is complete.

Votes at the meeting showed \"all ayes\" in both Wright County and Franklin County; Courtney will execute the final document once the agreed wording is inserted.

The MOU governs joint procedures for shared drainage work and communication between the two counties; the updated language is intended to clarify how assessment information is conveyed to landowners and to harmonize formatting across the document.

The trustees did not change substantive decision-making authority in the MOU at this meeting and recorded no additional conditions beyond the single wording amendment.","Wright County drainage trustees and Franklin County approved an updated memorandum of understanding clarifying formatting and wording changes and amending assessment communications to list amounts instead of percentages.","actionData","errors"]

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