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Votes at a glance: Boone County Board approves contracts, purchases and schedules; one major permit denied
Summary
The board approved routine resolutions and purchases — including claims, convenience fee policy, transit building design development, a vehicle purchase and radar signs — set a special budget meeting and denied a contested solar permit.
At its Oct. 14 meeting, the Boone County Board approved a series of routine resolutions and procurement requests and scheduled a special budget meeting, while rejecting a contested special‑use permit (see separate article).
Key items the board approved:
- Resolution 25‑33: Sale of surplus property (motion by Brian Schneider; second by Josh Schumacher). Roll call recorded affirmative votes from Josh Schumacher, David Cordray, Brian Schneider, Dave Wiltsie, Alisa Patterson, Tom Walbert, Bonnie Riley, Pat Ragano, Anna Logsdon and Marion Thornberry; motion carries.
- Resolution authorizing the county board chairman to execute electrical and gas agreements (Res. 25‑37): Passed to allow the chairman to sign contracts when favorable rates become available. Motion by Bonnie Riley; second by Pat Ragano. Board discussion noted the practice is intended to lock in market rates outside the regular meeting schedule.
- 2026 holiday schedule: Approved (motion by Rodney Riley; second by Josh Shoemaker). Board noted scheduling impacts for January meetings.
- Resolution 25‑35: Authorize convenience fees and surcharges for credit‑card payments (motion by Tom Walberg; second by Josh Shoemaker). County staff clarified the change applies to credit cards only and not to debit cards, citing federal limits on debit‑card surcharging; motion carried.
- Move Boone County Transit Building into design development phase as presented by Sabatini Architects: Approved on roll call; motion carried.
- Purchase approvals: - Alternator truck (F4F650 alternator truck) from JTECH for $149,015 with $150,000 from grant funds and $37,500 in county matching funds (motion by Tom Walberg; second by Dave Wiltsie). Roll call recorded affirmative votes; motion carries. - Purchase of 15 radar speed signs from Radar Signs for $59,340 with $42,000 from grant funds and $10,500 county match: Approved on roll call; motion carries.
- Claims: The board approved claims presented (motion by Tom Walberg; second by Brian Schneider). Roll call recorded a series of affirmatives from board members present and the motion carried.
Other business:
- The board scheduled a special county budget meeting for Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. to discuss the proposed 2026 budget and requested department heads attend for Q&A; the budget will be placed on layover to allow further changes during the deliberative process.
The full roll‑call records and staff reports are filed in the meeting packet.
