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Benton County supervisors create unemployment fund, approve farm exemption and hire maintainer

Benton County Board of Supervisors · December 17, 2025
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Summary

The board approved creation of a new proprietary fund for unemployment claims (fund 8502), acknowledged a reserve officer resignation, approved a farm-exemption application, hired a county maintainer via resolution, and removed a bridge weight embargo; votes were recorded as carried by the board.

Benton County supervisors approved several routine resolutions at their meeting, including creation of a new proprietary unemployment/self-insurance fund, personnel actions and a land-use exemption.

County staff told the board the county will exit the ISAC unemployment pool and begin paying Iowa Workforce Development directly for unemployment claims; staff recommended budgeting a 0.1% rate and creating a new internal fund (proposed fund number 8502) to receive a…

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