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Warren County supervisors approve utility demand-rate switch, five-year road plan, retirement agreement and several staffing actions
Summary
At its April 15 meeting, the Warren County Board of Supervisors voted to move county electrical billing to a demand rate with Indianola Municipal Utilities, approved a five-year secondary roads construction program, authorized several personnel backfills and adopted a state retirement-account agreement and county isolation-and-quarantine policy.
Warren County supervisors on April 15 approved a package of administrative and budget-related actions including switching the county’s utilities to a demand-rate billing plan with Indianola Municipal Utilities, adopting a five-year secondary roads construction program and approving an agreement to offer a retirement savings plan through the State of Iowa.
The decisions came during the board’s regular meeting in the Warren County boardroom, where supervisors also approved several personnel backfills and routine reports. The board approved claims totaling $1,106,811.67 and received and filed reports from the Humane Society, the county recorder and the sheriff’s quarterly report.
Board members voted to move the county’s account with Indianola Municipal Utilities to the utility’s demand-rate plan. County staff told the board that Indianola Municipal Utilities offered the change and estimated the county could save about $2,000 to $2,500 a month on average. Supervisors described the arrangement as a one-year trial and said they would…
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