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Supervisors approve SWIPCO membership dues and $6,000 for regional transit
Summary
Pottawattamie County supervisors approved $11,610 in membership dues to the Southwest Iowa Planning Council and a $6,000 funding request for the Southwest Iowa Transit Agency.
The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors approved two funding requests during the meeting: $11,610 for membership in the Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO) and $6,000 for the Southwest Iowa Transit Agency.
A board member who serves on the SWIPCO board moved to approve the SWIPCO membership dues, noting SWIPCO's work with local towns on CDBG applications, water projects and city-code updates. The board voted to approve the $11,610 membership dues; no dissent was recorded.
The board then approved a $6,000 funding request for the Southwest Iowa Transit Agency. A supervisor noted the agency's total budget in the meeting category is $81,000 and reported the agency purchased three new buses in October 2024 at a cost described in the meeting as roughly $500,000 (noted as "half a $1,000,000" in the transcript); meeting remarks also noted substantial federal funding for transit purchases.
Board members discussed that SWIPCO representatives usually attend the meeting but were not present; a supervisor said they would carry the request to an upcoming SWIPCO board meeting. No additional conditions or amendments to either funding request were recorded in the transcript.
