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Votes at a glance: Muscatine County Board of Supervisors meeting, Feb. 24, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions and outcomes from the Muscatine County Board of Supervisors meeting on Feb. 24, 2025, including approvals for child-abuse awareness displays, a DOT bridge support letter, cybersecurity MOU, zoning public hearing, budget/public‑hearing dates, minutes, and hiring action.
The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors voted on multiple routine and substantive items during its Feb. 24, 2025 meeting. The board recorded the following formal actions and outcomes:
• Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center: Approved request to place blue pinwheels and signs at county buildings for April Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month. Motion passed (mover/second not specified). Vote: ayes recorded; motion passed.
• Community Services fee schedule revisions: Approved (see separate article for details). Motion by Jeff; second by Scott; outcome approved (see full item).
• CSN/data-sharing request (Community Services): Motion to table request to release CSN data to the ASO/IHHS pending further legal review and edits — motion to table passed.
• Set public hearing (Planning & Zoning): Set public hearing for Monday, March 17 at 9:00 a.m. on proposed amendments to the Muscatine County zoning ordinance regarding private burial sites and cryptocurrency/data-center facilities. Motion carried.
• Letter of support for DOT CHBP grant: Authorized the chair to sign a letter of support for the Iowa DOT’s competitive highway bridge program grant application for Highway 6 bridge over the East Branch of the Wapsipinicon (Wapsi) Creek. Motion carried.
• Cybersecurity MOU with state Department of Management: Approved continuation of the memorandum of understanding covering state-provided endpoint protection for seven auditor-office machines. Motion carried.
• Minutes: Approved minutes of the Feb. 17, 2025 regular meeting. Motion carried.
• Public hearings (budget): Set public hearing on FY 2024–25 Muscatine County budget amendments for March 17, 2025 at 9 a.m.; set public hearing on proposed FY2025–26 property tax levy for Monday, March 2025 at 10 a.m. Motions carried.
• Human resources administration hiring request: Approved hiring for the Human Resources administration position in the administration office. Vote recorded 4–1 in favor; motion carried.
Procedural notes: When the transcript did not specify a mover or seconder, the summary lists that information as not specified rather than inferring identities. Formal vote tallies were recorded where the transcript provided counts (the HR hiring request was recorded 4–1).
