At the Iowa County Board meeting supervisors approved multiple routine items and advanced several matters to later action.
Key outcomes recorded in the meeting minutes:
- Approve minutes: Board moved and approved minutes (voice vote).
- Resolution — county depositories ("28 25-12-05"): Approved by voice vote; board recorded this routine annual action to name depository banks.
- Engagement — Northland Securities: Board approved engaging Northland Securities as underwriter for forthcoming bonding needs (voice vote).
- Ordinance/revision — general relief: A public hearing was held on changing the application window for funeral-benefit general relief from 3 days to 10 days. The board approved the change, assigned the new resolution number (recorded as 2025-12-O5A) and voted to waive the second and third readings by voice vote.
- EMS essential designation — first reading (resolution 2025-12-5b): Following a public hearing and presentation from Adam Ravi, the board approved the first reading by roll-call vote: Deacon — Aye; Ed Sullivan — Aye; Moss — Nay; Meyer — Aye; Montrose — Aye.
Several other agenda requests were noted for next week, including a Pioneer Cemetery signage request (approx. $2,000, to be considered for hotel/motel funds) and a letter about leasing a communications tower that the county previously declined to buy.