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Votes at a glance: Hardin County supervisors approve settlement, bridge inspections, permits and personnel actions
Summary
At its Sept. 17, 2025 meeting the Hardin County Board of Supervisors approved a settlement resolution tied to Central Iowa Juvenile Detention, awarded a bridge inspection contract, approved a tax-sale compromise assignment and several routine items including permits and personnel actions.
The Hardin County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 17, 2025, approved a series of routine and administrative items, including a compromised settlement, a contract for bridge inspections, a tax-sale assignment, a fireworks permit, two personnel actions and routine acknowledgments.
Key votes and approvals
• Resolution 2025-26 (compromised settlement agreement): The board approved Resolution 2025-26, a settlement related to litigation involving Central Iowa Juvenile Detention; the resolution will also require ratification by other counties involved in the broader settlement process. The board member discussion noted the matter has sufficient votes to be ratified at the county level.
• Tax sale compromise and assignment: The board approved the City of El Dorado’s request to compromise and assign Hardin County tax sale certificate number 900028288 (certificate number transcribed as 900028288 / 90288).
• Bridge-inspection contract: The board approved a contract with Talton's and Talgmans Burns and Associates to inspect 108 bridge structures in 2026 at $249 per bridge and to reinspect 110 structures in 2027 at $260 per bridge.
• Fireworks permit: The board approved a fireworks permit for J and M Displays to operate a show at Pine Lake Golf and Country Club on Oct. 18, 2025. Board members noted the operator’s safety record and coordination with the local fire department.
• Recorder’s report: The board acknowledged receipt of the county recorder’s report for August 2025.
• Personnel actions: The board approved hiring Sean May as a secondary roads truck driver effective Sept. 22, 2025, at $25.62 per hour, and approved a six-month review pay increase for Ken Linneman, environmental health specialist, effective Sept. 8, 2025, to an annual salary of $68,340.
• Claims and other routine approvals: The board approved the agenda (as amended), minutes for Sept. 3 and Sept. 8, 2025, and claims dated Sept. 17, 2025. A motion to recess while awaiting county-attorney guidance on a consent decree regarding Central Iowa Juvenile Detention carried.
Several items were moved without extended discussion and carried by voice vote or roll call as recorded in the meeting minutes.
