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Votes at a glance: Muscatine County Board of Supervisors, June 16, 2025
Summary
The board approved several routine and project-related items including a charitable grant for the drug task force, a small change order to an administration building project, subdivision plat approval, zoning variance approvals, a utility permit and personnel compensation actions.
The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors voted on a range of administrative and project items during its June 16 meeting. Key actions approved by the board were summarized by staff and moved/seconded on the record; most passed by voice vote or roll call where noted.
Votes taken (summary):
- Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust grant agreement — Muscatine County Drug Task Force: Approved. The board approved a grant agreement to provide protective equipment to the county drug task force in the amount of $22,670. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote, motion passed.)
- Admin building exterior repairs — Change Authorization Request No. 1: Approved. Supervisors approved a change authorization in the amount of $3,795 to reseal building perimeters discovered during exterior work. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote, motion passed.)
- Procter’s Ridge Subdivision — Resolution No. 06162501 (combined preliminary and final plat): Approved. The board approved a combined preliminary and final plat for a one-lot agricultural subdivision along Moscow Road. The item was approved by roll call at the meeting.
- Zoning variance for 1983 Geneva Hills Road: Approved. The Board of Supervisors approved a Board of Adjustment variance that allows a 40-by-20 pole building in the front yard area of the property, subject to setbacks and other conditions determined by the Board of Adjustment. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote, motion passed.)
- Utility permit — Eastern Iowa Light and Power (Marks Lane bore): Approved. The board approved a utility permit to bore under Marks Lane for a new service at 3289 Marks Lane. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote, motion passed.)
- Minutes approval — June 9, 2025 regular meeting: Approved. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote, motion passed.)
- Contract authorization — Mississippi Valley Workforce Development Board: Approved. The board authorized the chair to sign a contract to provide employer-of-record services, with a 3% administrative fee noted by staff. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote, motion passed.)
- FY 2025–26 salary schedule and one-time 1% payments: Approved. The board approved the fiscal-year 2025–26 salary schedule and authorized one-time 1% payments to employees at the maximum step for their grade. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote, motion passed.)
- Implementation of MRA compensation study recommendations: Approved. The board approved a plan to implement the remaining recommendations from the county’s compensation study, phased with partial step increases on July 1 and the remainder on anniversary dates; the county estimated an additional $12,321 would be needed beyond previously budgeted funds. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote, motion passed.)
Several other items were discussed as updates or reviews (for example, the jail HVAC balancing report and a presentation on a proposed biochar facility) but did not require board votes at this meeting.
