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Linn County supervisors approve $2.24 million in claims, complete second‑tier canvass for Lisbon school measure
Summary
On March 17 the Linn County Board of Supervisors approved claims totaling $2,241,245.62, approved minutes from March 12 and completed a second‑tier canvass for Lisbon Community School District’s public measure NC, reporting a combined tally of 197 votes in favor and 25 opposed across two counties.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors approved claims totaling $2,241,245.62 and completed a second‑tier canvass for the Lisbon Community School District’s public measure NC during a brief meeting on Monday, March 17, held in the Gene Oxley Public Service Center boardroom.
The board voted unanimously to approve the minutes of its March 12 meeting. The board then approved claims dated March 14, including payroll deduction checks in the amount of $10,274.16; ACH transfers of $22,966.02; EFT wires of $24,039.34; and a Ceridian ER funds trust wire listed in the record as $2,183,966.1, for a total of $2,241,245.62. The approvals carried with an affirmative voice vote; no individual roll‑call votes were recorded in the transcript.
An elections staff member explained that a second‑tier canvass is used when an election jurisdiction spans multiple counties and that the county with the highest taxable value serves as the control county. For the Lisbon Community School District measure, Cedar County and Linn County both participated. Cedar County provided certified results showing 37 votes in favor and 11 opposed. Linn County’s certified results were recorded in the meeting as 160 votes in favor and 14 opposed. Combined, the canvass yielded 197 votes in favor and 25 against public measure NC. The staff member presented abstracts to the board members for signature; no motion was required to complete the canvass procedures.
There were no public comments and no payroll authorizations brought forward. The meeting adjourned after the canvass and approvals.
The meeting record shows several staff and supervisors participating remotely or in person; one supervisor was noted as joining by phone while staff distributed abstracts for signature.
