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County department heads brief supervisors on hazard mitigation; Community Action of Eastern Iowa presents overview

Cedar County Board of Supervisors · March 1, 2026

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Summary

At the March 3 monthly department head meeting Cedar County department heads updated supervisors on county operations and hazard mitigation planning; Daniel Sheridan of Community Action of Eastern Iowa presented an overview of the agency’s services and the board supported an engineer’s request to offer two trucks to Decatur County after fire damage there.

Cedar County held its monthly department head meeting at 9:00 a.m. on March 3, during which multiple department heads provided operational updates and the Board continued work on the county Hazard Mitigation Plan.

Environmental & Zoning Director LaRue, Recorder Bahnsen, Engineer Fangmann, Public Health Director Wagaman, Veterans Service Officer Hamann, Attorney Blank, Treasurer Delaney, EMA Director Brown, Auditor Welch, EMS Director Dinsch, Conservation Director Petersen, IT Director Pierce and Sheriff Wethington each gave updates. The minutes record general discussion and continuing coordination on hazard mitigation county response.

At 10:00 a.m. Daniel Sheridan, Director of Community Action of Eastern Iowa, presented an overview of his agency’s programs and services in the region; the board recessed for five minutes following the presentation and then resumed hazard mitigation planning.

Engineer Fangmann reported Decatur County Secondary Roads sustained fire damage to multiple vehicles in a storage area and asked whether two trucks he planned to offer on Purple Wave could instead be offered to Decatur County at his budgeted price of $7,000 per truck. The Board indicated consensus support for Fangmann to pursue the sale and coordinate with Decatur County.

The meeting recessed and later adjourned at 10:55 a.m.