The Franklin County Board of Supervisors took several formal actions on contracts and finance items during the meeting.

Rescind and re-award of courthouse roof contract

The board discussed delays by the originally selected bidder to produce a required performance bond and considered options, including awarding to the second-lowest bidder. A representative for Walter Construction said the company had submitted the bond late and apologized for the delay. After discussion the board passed a resolution to rescind the original award to Walter Construction (Resolution 25-59) by roll-call vote; Lukensmeyer, McVicker and Van Ness were recorded as voting Aye.

The board then voted to award the courthouse roof contract to All Iowa Roofing of Des Moines for $140,000 (Resolution 25-60). The motion passed by roll-call vote with Lukensmeyer, McVicker and Van Ness recorded as Aye. The board instructed staff and the engineer to expedite contract and bond actions so work can proceed before winter weather.

Other resolutions and routine approvals

The board approved Resolution 25-57 authorizing the treasurer's office to stop payment on certain checks issued in prior fiscal years, citing Iowa Code guidance that unclaimed checks should be canceled after one year. That resolution passed on a roll-call vote with the same three supervisors recorded as voting Aye.

The board also authorized returning an expired TIF balance of $12,066.49 to the taxing entities that would have received the revenue if the TIF district had not been in place (Resolution 25-58). Speaker 1 explained the development agreement with New Coop in Rowan had expired on reaching either $3,000,000 in TIF or on June 1, 2025, leaving the remaining balance to be distributed; the resolution passed by roll-call vote.

The board approved regular session scheduling, drainage minutes and routine claims by voice vote and concluded with no further business.

Votes at a glance

- Resolution 25-57 (stop payment on prior-year checks): Passed; roll call Ayes: Lukensmeyer, McVicker, Van Ness.
- Resolution 25-58 (return expired TIF balance $12,066.49 to taxing entities): Passed; roll call Ayes: Lukensmeyer, McVicker, Van Ness.
- Resolution 25-59 (rescind award to Walter Construction): Passed; roll call Ayes: Lukensmeyer, McVicker, Van Ness.
- Resolution 25-60 (award construction contract to All Iowa Roofing, Des Moines, $140,000): Passed; roll call Ayes: Lukensmeyer, McVicker, Van Ness.

Next steps and context

The board directed staff to follow up on contract-bonding details and to proceed with executing the award documents for All Iowa Roofing so work can be scheduled. The board also noted a resident complaint about incomplete work by a contractor during the discussion of the rescind motion; the contractor representative acknowledged the complaint and said the company would begin within two weeks if given the contract.

The meeting closed after routine business and scheduling for an election canvass the following week.