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Supervisors review FEMA appeal status for DD4-related projects, plan follow-up and public meetings
Summary
County staff told the supervisors that Iowa’s state appeal recommendation to FEMA supports much of Kossuth County’s engineer-submitted cost estimates for disaster-era drainage work tied to DD4 and other projects, and recommends withdrawing three clerical DI entries totaling about $32,005.
County staff updated the Board of Supervisors on the county’s appeal to FEMA regarding several post-disaster drainage projects that include work on Drainage District 4 (DD4). The state’s appeal recommendation, provided to the county, asks FEMA to reconsider portions of its earlier cost determinations and supports most of the county’s original submission.
Staff said the state-level review concluded FEMA omitted or misapplied the county’s certified engineer estimate dated Sept. 21, 2020, which the state said should have been used to assess project cost reasonableness. The staff presentation summarized the state’s analysis and said, in the state’s view, use of the engineer’s estimate would have produced a roughly $175,000 underrun rather than an overrun for the projects examined.
The state response also identified three DI line items FEMA had categorized as incomplete; the state recommended those clerical entries—totaling about $32,005—be withdrawn from FEMA’s list because no invoices were submitted and the county is not requesting reimbursement for them.
Staff noted the county still expects to receive the state’s ten-percent share and that FEMA has 90 days to respond to the state appeal. The supervisors discussed next steps for DD4, including producing a concise timeline, assembling invoices and project history, and scheduling a public meeting to respond to landowner questions. The board agreed to work toward an August meeting to update landowners and discuss outstanding questions about project accounting, FEMA allocations and how award funds were applied to earlier bills.
The board asked staff to assemble records, coordinate with the county auditor and engineer, and prepare a timeline and summary of charges and assessments to present at a future public meeting.
