The Iowa County Board of Supervisors approved a $328,750 quarterly transfer to secondary roads and discussed several operational changes and capital coordination with the Iowa Department of Transportation.

Roads staff reported on recent snow and windstorm cleanup, shop repairs (floor grates at Ladora), and proposed changes to the county’s dust‑control permit program to reduce misuse of low-cost permits. Staff recommended a new fee structure tied to permit length and road frontage, shortening single‑application durations from 90 to 70 days and increasing the fee for longer or multi‑parcel permits to about $100, citing repeated cases where one person bought a low‑cost permit and attempted to cover multiple neighbors’ frontage.

County staff also reviewed a DOT repaving plan for Highway 149 west of Parnell, covering a roughly two‑mile segment toward North English, with DOT proposing 4‑foot paved shoulders in 2027. The DOT asked whether the county wanted to add concrete or gravel fillets at side‑road connections; staff estimated local cost of roughly $10,000 per fillet but warned that replacing culverts or widening approaches could substantially increase the price. Several supervisors and staff discussed a narrower 10‑foot fillet alternative that could reduce local cost by roughly one‑third; no final commitment was made and staff will return with detailed cost estimates and culvert checks.

The board approved a final pay voucher for project LFM102 and authorized staff to complete finance paperwork with Ehlers and Cooney. Members asked staff to bring the dust‑control permit changes back for further consideration in two weeks and to confirm DOT technical details and cost options before deciding whether to add fillets or shoulders beyond the DOT proposal.

The transfer to secondary roads and the direction to return with costed options conclude the board’s immediate action on road funding; specific fillet or shoulder work on Highway 149 would require separate approvals and local funding commitments.