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Votes at a glance: Black Hawk County supervisors approve contracts, personnel request, food drive bin and bid advertising
Summary
The Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 23 approved routine claims and several contract and personnel actions, including change orders, an amended janitorial contract, a part-time law-enforcement liaison position, a food-drive collection bin and a bid advertisement for steel for a bridge project.
The Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors took multiple formal actions during its Sept. 23, 2025 regular session. Most motions passed on voice or roll-call votes and were recorded in the meeting minutes as carried.
Key outcomes
- Claims and payments: The board recorded total bill payments of $879,865.76 for the period presented and authorized the county auditor to issue payments. Large items noted in the clerk'presented bill list included contract payments to Peters Construction ($45,844.90 for an IT server-room renovation and $279,556.43 for an HVAC upgrade at Pine Crest), Young Plumbing ($84,038.90 for an HVAC project at the jail) and a pickup truck purchase from Carl Chevrolet ($48,859.40) for conservation.
- Contracts and change orders: The board approved a small change order from Peters Construction for $1,254.33 to add electrical and data work to the courthouse remodel project. It also approved a change order to add bridge repair work to a Boulder Contracting contract at an added cost of $74,286.40, producing a revised contract total the minutes show as $248,268.65.
- Janitorial contract: The supervisors approved an amended janitorial contract with Fresh Start Clean Solutions. The updated annual total cited in the meeting was $294,000, which includes service for the new VA center.
- Personnel requisition: The board approved a part-time (up to 20 hours per week) law-enforcement-liaison position for the county attorney's office. Meeting discussion said the position is non-bargaining and not eligible for full benefits.
- Food-drive collection bin: The board approved placement of a nonperishable-food collection bin in the Black Hawk County Courthouse from Oct. 21 through Nov. 2, 2025, for a drive benefiting the Northern Skyler Food Bank. Gabby DeWitt, marketing coordinator, described the collaborative effort with MercyOne, UnityPoint and People's Clinics and said public donations would be accepted.
- Medical examiner staff appointment: The board approved a resolution related to the county medical-examiner staff and directed notification to the state medical examiner's office. Meeting discussion indicated the appointment involves a staff member shadowing a medical examiner and attending required coursework; the transcript records that no additional county costs are expected and that the staffer is expected to be able to work independently in six to 12 months.
- Bid advertisement for bridge steel: The board directed the county auditor to advertise for a public hearing/bid opening to be held at 9:05 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2025, for purchase of steel for bridge construction on Oxley Road (project L-3011, Bridge No. 74825). The county engineer explained contracting for steel avoids counting county forces toward a DOT limit on county-forces labor used on federally coordinated bridge work.
How votes were recorded: Most motions were seconded and carried; the clerk called roll on several items and recorded "aye" votes from supervisors during roll-call. Minutes state "motion carries" after each affirmed motion.
Ending
None of the items approved on Sept. 23 commit the county to multi-year borrowing beyond what the board later considers; where projects were discussed (notably the Longfellow facility study) the board deferred substantive financing decisions pending further outreach and refined cost estimates.
