The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors heard a series of budget and program funding requests from local nonprofit and development organizations during the meeting.
Highlights of requests and presentations:
- Healthy Harvest (Andrea Evelsizer) detailed farmers‑market programming, a farm‑to‑table dinner and proposed community education projects; requested funding to match county peers (about $2.20 per capita).
- NIACOG Housing Trust (Travis Koenig) requested $3,000 to support home‑repair and emergency‑repair programs that serve elderly, disabled and veteran homeowners; he noted strong leverage — roughly $18.37 in repairs for every $1 local invested.
- Library association: multiple library directors requested a 3% increase in operating support and a $6,000 technology grant to maintain public internet and digital services.
- Kossuth County Economic Development requested its regular $125,000 allocation for workforce and marketing initiatives and discussed priorities including housing and childcare to retain workers.
- Crisis Intervention Services requested $10,000 to fund local victim services and help meet grant match requirements.
- Other routine presentations covered the fair board, tourism/chamber, historical society, soil & water conservation and community food and pantry groups.
Board response: Supervisors asked follow‑ups on matching requirements, statutory formulas for municipal contributions to library funding, and timelines for program deliverables. No final county appropriations were voted at the hearing; the presentations feed into the county’s ongoing budget process.