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Carroll County board appoints weed commissioner, sets March 23 hearing on FY27 tax levy
Summary
The Carroll County board approved routine business, unanimously appointed Kyle Smellick as the county weed commissioner for the calendar year and set a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2027 tax levy for March 23 at 9:00, including a plan discussed to supplement $400,000 and reduce the rural fund request by $200,000.
At a Carroll County board meeting, members approved routine agenda items, appointed Kyle Smellick as the county weed commissioner and scheduled a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2027 tax levy.
The board unanimously approved the appointment after members said the new hire completed required testing and certification. "Kyle Smellick," multiple speakers confirmed when introducing the appointment. The motion to appoint Kyle as Carroll County weed commissioner was moved and seconded and approved by voice vote.
On the county budget the board set a first public hearing for March 23 at 9:00. Unidentified Speaker 5 described the proposal: "proposing to leave it as we talked last time of supplementing $400,000 of lost into the supplemental funds to get that levy to 0, and then we're reducing the county ask on the rural fund by $200,000." The board moved and seconded the action and approved the hearing by voice vote. The board noted a second, separate budget meeting will follow to finalize the full budget and close the hearing.
Members also approved routine items including the minutes from Feb. 17, payables for the first half of February and several plats involving parties named in the transcript as Bill Shrek, Lita Cruz Farm LLC and Marco Properties LLC. The board discussed making aerial maps and plat packets into a single email to improve packet coordination; staff said 'Sarah' agreed to try that approach.
The meeting included short administrative updates and committee reports: speakers listed recent district court business, county office activity, secondary roads visits and conference/meeting schedules. Speaker 4 warned that DCAP funding is running low and said the board is awaiting state action.
Toward the end of the meeting an ongoing matter at a location referred to in the transcript as "Tahiti" was raised; the board discussed that Zach was in contact about a contract related to that issue but no further details were recorded. The board then voted to adjourn.
Next steps: the board will hold the public tax-levy hearing on March 23 at 9:00 and will reopen the meeting at a later date to set the final budget. The transcript does not specify the meeting date for this session or vote tallies beyond voice votes and recorded 'ayes.'
