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Hardin County approves personnel moves, adds three bridge decks to five-year plan and authorizes settlement offer in closed session
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Summary
At a regular Hardin County meeting, officials approved routine items including appointments and resignations, amended the FY2025 five-year construction plan to add three bridge decks, authorized utility permit UT2025-02 for Interstate Power & Light, approved sheriff's department personnel changes, and voted to authorize the county attorney to make a settlement offer after a closed session.
Hardin County officials conducted a brief meeting that cleared a package of routine administrative actions and a notable construction-plan amendment before adjourning at 9:17 a.m.
The board approved the day's agenda and minutes from Feb. 5, 2025, then moved through claims and reports. Speaker 3 repeatedly initiated motions and Speaker 2 seconded them; each motion recorded the vote as "Aye" and the chair declared the motions carried.
The board accepted the resignation of Kelly Dyckman from the Board of Health and approved the resignation of Concord township clerk Lisa Carnes. The board appointed Thomas Spies as Concord Township Clerk.
In a substantive planning item, the board amended the county's FY2025 five-year construction program to add three bridge decks after a discussion with a Department of Transportation representative who had classified recent work as construction rather than maintenance. "So we just need to add our 3 bridge decks to our 5 year plan," Speaker 2 said during the discussion. Speaker 3 moved to approve the amendment; the motion carried on roll call.
The board also approved utility permit UT2025-02 for Interstate Power & Light.
On personnel matters for the sheriff's office, the board approved a hiring for Jeremy Nichols as a correctional officer at $21.79 per hour, effective Jan. 12, 2025, and approved a change of status for Deborah Mesh reflecting a retirement effective Feb. 18, 2025. Members offered well-wishes on Mesh's retirement.
After conducting routine acknowledgements of the recorder's and auditors' January 2025 reports, and receiving no public comment, the board entered a closed-door session pursuant to Iowa Code section 21.5(1)(c). Returning to open session, the board voted to "authorize the county attorney to make a settlement offer," with Speaker 3 moving the motion and Speaker 2 seconding; the motion carried.
Votes at a glance: the meeting record shows motions carried for agenda approval; approval of minutes dated Feb. 5, 2025; approval of claims (amount recorded in the transcript as "$12.02 $12.20 25"; amount unclear in the transcript); acceptance of resignations for Kelly Dyckman and Lisa Carnes; appointment of Thomas Spies as Concord Township Clerk; amendment to FY2025 five-year construction program (add three bridge decks); approval of utility permit UT2025-02 (Interstate Power & Light); hiring/change of status for Jeremy Nichols; retirement/change of status for Deborah Mesh; authorization for the county attorney to make a settlement offer. Where roll call names were spoken, the transcript records “May” and “Reyes” during roll call for at least one vote.
The meeting adjourned at 9:17 a.m. with no further public comment recorded.
