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Monona County supervisors approve 6-year cost-allocation renewal, 4% Secondary Roads wage increase and drainage reimbursement
Summary
At its March 3, 2026 meeting in Onawa the Monona County Board of Supervisors renewed a six-year Cost Allocation Plan with Maximus, authorized a 4% wage opener increase for the Secondary Roads union’s second year, and approved a drainage reimbursement; the board met in closed session under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(c) and took no action.
The Monona County Board of Supervisors met March 3, 2026, in the courthouse boardroom in Onawa and approved a sequence of administrative and fiscal actions, the board minutes show.
Chairperson Bo Fox presided over the meeting, which began at 8:30 a.m. Supervisors Tom Brouillette and Vince Phillips (via Zoom) and Auditor Peggy A. Rolph were recorded as present. Early in the meeting the board moved into a closed session pursuant to Iowa Code 21.5(1)(c) with County Attorney Haley Bryan present; the board reported no action resulted from the closed session.
Among the formal actions the board approved a six-year renewal of a Cost Allocation Plan contract with Maximus (motion by Supervisor Brouillette; second by Supervisor Fox). The board also authorized the chairman’s signature on a Secondary Roads union wage opener—second year—reflecting a 4% wage increase for 2026–2027 (motion by Supervisor Fox; second by Supervisor Brouillette). Both motions were recorded as carried in the minutes.
The board addressed Drainage Trustees business after recessing at 10:00 a.m. Engineers Jacob Hagan and Tyler Buman of Agri Via reviewed projects and expressed interest in serving as engineers for the board as trustees of drainage districts; no appointment was made. The board approved a reimbursement to Audrey Pekarek for 80 feet of tube and three bands installed by Albers Excavating & Hauling on the McNeill Main Drainage Ditch (motion by Supervisor Vince Phillips; second by Supervisor Fox; vote recorded Ayes: Phillips, Fox and Brouillette).
After reconvening the board at 10:35 a.m., Auditor Peggy A. Rolph presented the Treasurer’s Semi-Annual Report; the board authorized signatures on the report (motion by Supervisor Fox; second by Supervisor Brouillette). The board also approved routine items including the Feb. 24, 2026 minutes and claims.
Other items recorded in the minutes included acknowledgment of a Manure Management Annual Update for Scott Johnson Facility #59950 and acceptance of a resignation letter from Michael Lage as Sherman Township Trustee. The board adjourned at 3:25 p.m.
The minutes list additional discussion topics (FM-C067(93)-55-67 project in Ute, shop projects, sharing an engineer with another county, Peters Park, roads, dust control) where no formal action was taken.
