The Wright County Board of Supervisors recorded the following formal actions on Oct. 20, 2025. This roundup lists the motions, movers/seconds where recorded, and stated outcomes as reflected in the meeting transcript and minutes.

1) Approve tentative agenda
- Motion: Approve tentative agenda
- Mover/Second: Motion by Ellis, second by Cloos
- Outcome: Motion carries (agenda approved)

2) Approve minutes of previous meeting and claims for payment
- Motion: Approve minutes of the previous regular meeting (10/13/2025) and approved claims
- Outcome: Motion carries (minutes read and approved)

3) Economic development director — initial recommendation, failed motion and tabling
- Motion (failed): Approve hiring of candidate (motion recorded as by Clouz, second by Rasmussen) pending post-offer pre-employment physical and drug screen
- Vote on failed motion: Motion “dies for a lack of approval” with supervisors Bosch, Lukes and Ellis recorded as voting nay (per transcript)
- Follow-up motion: Motion by Bosch, second by Ellis, to table for 1 week — Motion carries (to allow review of employment stipulations)

4) Project FM C099 (109-55-99) — paving project (secondary roads)
- Motion: Approve final plans for project FM C099 (HMA paving on specified county roads; estimated cost $2,250,000; letting at the Iowa DOT in January 2026)
- Mover/Second: Motion by Rasmussen, second by Bosch
- Outcome: Motion carries (project approved)

5) Appointment / hiring of Aaron Budwig as economic development director
- Motion: Approve the hiring of Aaron Budwig as economic development director (motion and second recorded later in meeting)
- Outcome: Motion carried — candidate approved (transcript notes candidate present and later motion carried; earlier failed motion and tabling noted) — see meeting discussion for offer details and start date

6) Tax Increment Financing (TIF) indebtedness certifications — separate motions
- Agribusiness Park TIF
- Motion: Approve certification of incremental financing indebtedness for Agribusiness Park
- Outcome: Motion carried
- RenewTrance (Nutrients) TIF
- Motion: Approve indebtedness certification for RenewTrance (estimated request $70,000)
- Outcome: Motion carried
- Wind Farm (Urban Renewal Area South Plan) TIF
- Motion: Approve indebtedness certification for Wind Farm (noted last payment and estimated request of $213,000)
- Outcome: Motion carried

7) Drainage: Award contract for DD62 Open Ditch repairs
- Motion: Appoint Feddersen Excavating as contractor to perform repairs to DD62 Open Ditch (tabulation: Feddersen Excavating quote $78,358 with dirt and seating, $82,443 with riprap; competing quote from Henninger's Construction LLC higher)
- Mover/Second: Motion by Luce and seconded by Luce (as recorded in drainage minutes)
- Outcome: Motion carried; change orders to be presented for additional work prior to execution

8) Drainage claims and work orders
- Motion: Approve drainage claims (total per drainage claims listed $9,269.60 including an added payment to Hardin County)
- Outcome: Motion carried

9) Adjourn
- Motion: Motion by Bosch and second by Lukes to adjourn (as recorded earlier in the meeting)
- Outcome: Motion carries (meeting adjourned)

Notes on vote tallies: Several motions were recorded as “motion carries” or “all ayes” without a full roll-call tally in the available transcript. Where the transcript reports named nay votes (see item 3), those are recorded above. If a formal roll call is required for record-keeping, the county’s official minutes should be consulted for exact vote counts.

Provenance: Each item above is drawn from the Oct. 20, 2025 Wright County Board of Supervisors meeting transcript and the drainage district minutes read during the session.

Ending: The board handled routine claims and minutes, approved a secondary-roads paving project and multiple TIF indebtedness certifications, awarded a drainage contract, and confirmed hiring of the county’s new economic development director.