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Bremer County moves employee health insurance to capital projects, sets March 24 levy hearing and reviews courthouse financing
Summary
At its Feb. 24, 2026 meeting the Bremer County Board of Supervisors approved moving employee health insurance expenses to the Capital Projects department for a one-year trial, scheduled a March 24 public hearing on the proposed property-tax levy, approved payroll additions and a copier lease for Community Based Services, and reviewed courthouse financing options and a five-year roads plan.
The Bremer County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 24, 2026 approved several budget and administrative actions including moving employee health insurance expenses into the Capital Projects department for a one-year trial, setting a public hearing on the proposed property-tax levy, and reviewing courthouse remodeling payment options.
Supervisor Hildebrandt moved and Supervisor Cerwinske seconded a motion to transfer employee health insurance expense from individual department budgets to the Capital Projects department for one fiscal year; the board will review the change as part of the FY2028 budget process. The motion passed unanimously.
The board also set the Proposed Property Tax Levy public hearing for March 24, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. and discussed payment options for a proposed courthouse addition and remodel; the transcript records that Cerwinske presented the courthouse financing options but does not detail the specific financing proposals.
The board approved payroll additions effective March 2, 2026, hiring Cade Schmidt as a PY/AP clerk at $23 per hour and Gina Mendoza as CBS direct care staff at $17 per hour with $10.30 per hour for sleep time. The board authorized the chair to sign a copier lease Master Agreement Acceptance Supplement with Gordon Flesch Company, Inc. for Community Based Services.
County Engineer Landon Moore met with the board for a weekly update and reviewed the Iowa Department of Transportation Bremer County Secondary Roads five-year construction plan. The meeting record also includes a claims publication listing vendor payments; the claims publication grand total was $56,201.42.
Chairman Bob Brunkhorst presided. The meeting adjourned at 10:44 a.m.
