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Votes at a glance: supervisors approve hires, MOUs, SRF loan forgiveness and routine appointments
Summary
At the meeting supervisors approved a series of routine personnel actions and contracts: hire of Andy Norton for secondary roads, memorandums of understanding for township bridge work, SRF loan forgiveness acceptance for a sewer project, and several board and commission appointments; motions passed by voice votes or unanimous aye responses.
The Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors took a number of formal actions during the meeting alongside presentations and public comment.
Key votes and approvals included: - Approval to hire Andy Norton for the secondary roads department sign position (motion carried by voice vote). - Approval of memorandums of understanding related to township bridge work and intergovernmental coordination (motion carried). - Acceptance of State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan forgiveness paperwork for a sewer project (staff described forgivable portion and remaining loan balance; motion approved unanimously). - Appointments and reappointments: Board of Health (Jared Ryan and Allison Schultz) were appointed; three applicants (Stacy Gosling, Carlton Haugen and Hallie Wise) were approved for the Pioneer Cemetery Commission; auditor reappointed deputies in the auditor’s office. - The board also certified results from a recent special municipal election and authorized a runoff, with the city responsible for direct costs; absentee voting for the January runoff will open when ballots are available.
Most motions were approved by voice vote; votes were recorded as unanimous in cases where the chair called for ayes and multiple board members responded in the affirmative. Where numerical tallies were discussed or implied (for example SRF forgiveness amounts and loan totals for the sewer project), staff provided project figures for the board to accept the forgiveness paperwork and proceed with associated compliance measures.
