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Des Moines County approves FY27 capital, IT and election upgrades; some conservation projects declined
Summary
Supervisors approved a slate of FY27 capital and IT projects — including IT renewals and election hardware replacement — and rejected select conservation and building-improvement requests, according to the Feb. 24 minutes.
The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors voted Feb. 24 on a list of requested FY27 bond, capital and software items and approved many of the IT and election-related purchases while declining certain conservation and facility-specific requests.
Approved items included Lexipol and RMS software required for sheriff’s office and jail operations, a slate of IT renewals (Microsoft Office 365, endpoint protection, backup and monitoring tools), county PC replacements, and election hardware and software replacements listed as “FVS & FVT” to replace OVI and OVO. The minutes show unanimous "yes" votes from Chair Shane McCampbell, Vice Chair Tom Broeker and Member Jim Cary on those items.
The board did not approve building improvements to the sheriff’s office, capital projects for Big Hollow under Conservation, or a mobile immunization clinic requested by Local Health; those items recorded "no" votes from all three supervisors. The minutes also record a $50,000 capital-project line and a $275,000 sheriff parking-lot item in the submitted requests.
Minutes present each item with a recorded yes/no result; the board’s action list in the minutes treats routine IT support renewals and election equipment as required expenditures while selectively declining some project-specific requests.
Other routine business on the consent list—such as approving the Feb. 17 meeting minutes—was approved during the session. The supervisors adjourned at 9:57 a.m.
