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Board approves proclamations, contract changes, personnel requisitions and schedules public hearings
Summary
The Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors on April 8 approved a bundle of routine and project actions — from a proclamation for National Public Health Week to contract and personnel approvals — and placed multiple vendor bids and a zoning public hearing on the record.
The Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors on April 8 approved a package of routine claims and several contracts, set a public hearing on a rezoning request and approved multiple personnel requisitions and administrative items.
The board adopted a proclamation recognizing National Public Health Week (April 7–13, 2025). The board approved a resolution authorizing the county auditor to issue payments for approved claims; the clerk reported total bill payments of $710,759.52, including a payment to Young Plumbing tied to an ARPA HVAC project and a payment to TABES Contracting for the Washburn Lagoon fencing project.
Supervisors approved change order No. 1, for $2,500, to Taves Construction Contracting Services LLC for the 2024 Washburn Sewer Lagoon Fence Project as recommended by AECOM and county staff. The board also approved a $44,000 contract with Envision (Waterloo) for a facility space-needs assessment for a planned maintenance facility (Longfellow) for the county road department.
The board authorized submittal of the secondary roads five-year construction plan and FY2026 budget information to the Iowa Department of Transportation as required for funding and planning. Supervisors approved personnel requisitions: a full-time financial accounting specialist in the sheriff’s office (estimated May 19–27 start), and an engineering technician for the roads department (estimated May 5 start) to allow overlap training with retiring staff.
Other actions approved included: a tax-sale certificate assignment and a related $500 compromise offer for a vacant lot parcel in Waterloo (certificate and parcel identifiers recorded in minutes), authorization for county staff to attend the Iowa Technology & Geospatial conference (estimated cost $2,192), and direction to publish a public hearing notice for a rezoning request (0.69 acres, 10162 South Hudson Road) to be heard April 22 in the county boardroom.
A bid opening for furniture for the Pinecrest campus veterans affairs facility (VA center, “Phase A”) produced multiple bids; the board voted to receive the bids and place them on file to allow time for staff review. Facility staff read bid amounts into the record during the hearing.
Motions were moved and seconded for each item; routine roll calls or voice votes followed and the chair announced that motions carried. Where roll-call votes were recorded in the meeting transcript, the board recorded affirmatives consistent with the motions carried.
Votes at a glance - Proclamation: National Public Health Week (April 7–13, 2025) — approved (motion carried). - Claims/payments resolution (total $710,759.52) — approved (motion carried). Major line items noted: Young Plumbing (ARPA HVAC), Cedar Valley Nature Trail payment, TABES Contracting (Washburn Lagoon fencing). - Change order No. 1, Taves Construction — $2,500 — approved (motion carried). - Contract: Envision, Waterloo — $44,000 space needs/facility assessment for Road Department — approved (motion carried). - Submission of FY2026 Iowa DOT five-year road plan and budget — authorized (motion carried). - Personnel requisitions: Financial accounting specialist (Sheriff’s Office); Engineering technician (Roads Department) — approved (motion carried). - Tax-sale certificate assignment and $500 compromise offer for specified parcel — approved (motion carried). - IT/geospatial conference travel for named staff (estimated $2,192) — approved (motion carried). - Public hearing advertisement: proposed ordinance to rezone 0.69 acres at 10162 S. Hudson Road for a commercial kennel — direction given to publish notice (motion carried). - Bid opening for Pinecrest/VA furniture — bids received and placed on file for review (motion carried).
Why it matters: The motions enacted routine and project-level authorizations that affect county capital projects, facility planning and staffing. Approvals advance road and facility projects (space needs study, Washburn sewer fence) and preserve the county’s procedural deadlines (Iowa DOT five-year plan, public hearing notice).
What’s next: Staff will finalize vendor contracts and return any required signature documents to the chair where authorized, review the furniture bids for the Pinecrest VA center and report back, and hold the advertised rezoning hearing on April 22 as scheduled.
