Board approves payroll reimbursements, list of depositories, two minor subdivisions and multiple personnel actions

The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors approved several routine financial and personnel items during the meeting, including payroll reimbursements, the county’s authorized list of depositories and two subdivision plats.

Key votes and actions - Payroll reimbursements: The board approved payroll reimbursements described in the packet as $205 (non‑cash flow). The motion to approve passed with recorded affirmative votes from supervisors present (recorded as yes by Shane McCampbell, Tom Brooker and Jim Carrey in roll call).

- List of depositories: Supervisors approved the county’s list of depositories for the period covering the upcoming fiscal year in accordance with Iowa Code chapter 12C.2. The depository list and maximum insured or collateral amounts cited in the record included: Farmers and American Bank $24,000,000; 2 Rivers Bank and Trust $8,000,000; Danville State Savings Bank $6,000,000; Minneapolis Savings Bank $10,000,000; Iowa Public Agency Investment Trust $16,000,000; First Interstate Bank $12,000,000; Weaver (home office) $8,000,000; Farmers savings Midwest Bank $8,000,000. The motion passed on recorded votes from the supervisors present.

- Subdivision approvals (resolutions): The board approved two subdivision plats: • Resolution 2025‑52, “New York subdivision” — a one‑lot minor subdivision splitting approximately 30 acres to create a 5‑acre lot with frontage on Plank Road; the record shows the board approved the plat after staff described driveway/access and easement arrangements and recommended approval. • Resolution 2025‑53 — a standard subdivision that splits a 14‑acre tract into four residential lots; staff and the zoning commission recommended conditions addressing roadway access, culverts and septic/wastewater requirements before occupancy and the board approved the plat with those conditions reflected in the record.

- Personnel actions and human resources items: • New hire: Dylan Duke, motor grader operator (secondary roads), effective 10/22/2025, starting rate $24.71/hour — approved. • Unpaid time requests: multiple unpaid time requests for county staff (motor vehicle clerk, public health nurse and others) were approved as listed in the personnel packet. • Anniversary/step increases and rate changes: the board approved anniversary step increases for several correctional officers, a part‑time cook and a conservation naturalist as listed in the packet; the increases and affected employees were recorded in the personnel section.

- Minutes and reports: the board accepted clerk’s reports and approved minutes for the regular meeting (10/07/2025) and a special meeting (10/09/2025) with one abstention recorded on the special‑meeting vote.

Procedure and roll-call: Most routine motions were moved, seconded and approved on recorded roll‑call where individual supervisors responded affirmatively on the record. No contested votes were recorded in the meeting minutes.

Why it matters: These approvals are routine authorizations that keep county government operations moving — updating bank depositories, approving subdivision plats so property transfers and building permits can proceed, and authorizing personnel actions to keep county departments staffed.

Provenance: Motions, roll-call and staff summaries appear throughout the meeting packet and on the meeting record submitted to the auditor’s office.