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Supervisors begin FY26 budget work session; Soil Conservation asks for $10,000 and staff outline options to close gap
Summary
At a Feb. 18 work session, supervisors heard a $10,000 request from the Soil Conservation District, received savings proposals from the sheriff and facilities, discussed library funding and trustee pay, and reviewed security staffing and attorney-office space options as part of budget planning.
The Board of Supervisors spent a large portion of its Feb. 18 meeting in a budget work session on the FY26 draft county budget, hearing a $10,000 request from the Black Hawk County Soil Conservation District and reviewing staff proposals to narrow a shortfall.
Terry Thornsberry and Vern Fish, representing the Soil Conservation District, asked supervisors to increase annual support to $10,000. Thornsberry said the district leverages small local funding to secure matching federal and institutional funding for practices including cover crops, a rain-barrel demonstration and internship programs tied to Hawkeye Community College and Upper Iowa. "One of the beauties of what we do is, you give us a nickel, we'll rub it together and we'll come up with a dollar," he said. The district said it logged nearly $966,000 (speaker attribution noted) in conservation-practice value in a recent year and emphasized continuing partnerships and outreach.
Auditor and budget staff presented a…
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