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Board approves higher depository limit for treasurer after staff flag possible typo in resolution text
Summary
Pottawattamie County supervisors unanimously approved Resolution 70-2025 to raise the treasurer's per-bank depository limit from $200,000 to $1,000,000; board members questioned a large 'total maximum deposit' figure (221,700,000) printed in the resolution and noted it appeared to be a typographical error.
The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to increase the treasurer—s per-bank depository limit to $1,000,000, citing state-auditor guidance and the need to accommodate seasonal large balances.
County Treasurer Lee Boss presented Resolution 70-2025, which the meeting transcript records as listing a "total maximum deposit under this resolution is 221,700,000." Several supervisors questioned that large total as likely a typographical error and clarified that the intended change was to raise the per-bank depository limit from $200,000 to $1,000,000 for the treasurer's office. "So we're moving it from 500,000 to a million," one supervisor said in the discussion, and participants repeatedly referenced the practical increase to $1,000,000.
After discussion about how the total-maximum line should be worded in the resolution and confirmation that the change responds to state-auditor direction, a supervisor moved to approve the resolution. Mary Anne conducted a roll-call vote; Chairman Shea, Supervisor Miller, Supervisor Jorgensen, Supervisor Wickman and Supervisor Biller recorded ayes.
The board approved Resolution 70-2025 and agreed to record the resolution in the board minutes. The transcript contains inconsistent numeric references (the resolution's printed "total maximum" number and later statements about raising the per-bank limit); the board addressed the inconsistency during debate and proceeded with the $1,000,000 per-bank increase.
