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Mahaska County supervisors approve loan, payroll changes, FOIA release and set ordinance hearings
Summary
The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 17 approved a revolving loan to Knoxville Manufacturing for $46,276.55, several payroll changes, appointment of county representatives for a Mahaska Health contract and opioid funds, release of FOIA requests, and set hearings on county ordinances for March 16, April 6 and April 20.
The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors approved a series of administrative items at its Feb. 17, 2026 meeting, including a revolving loan, payroll adjustments, release of requested records and the scheduling of three hearings on county ordinances.
In recorded motions, the board approved a Revolving Loan Fund application from Knoxville Manufacturing for $46,276.55. The motion was moved by Steve Wanders and seconded by Webb and recorded as carried with all present voting aye.
The board also approved payroll changes: adding Brittney Wagner to the Treasurer’s Office effective Feb. 9, 2026; adding Ashley (last name not provided in the record) to the Auditor’s office payroll effective Feb. 9, 2026 at a starting hourly rate of $23.60; and moving Mitch Gibb to Assistant Engineer effective Feb. 18, 2026 with a starting hourly rate of $32.24. These personnel changes were approved by motion (moved by Wanders, seconded by Webb) and recorded as carried with unanimous recorded support.
Madison Garden was appointed the county’s primary representative, with Steve Wanders designated as the secondary representative, for the county’s contract with Mahaska Health and for expending opioid funds; that appointment was approved by motion.
The board voted to release two FOIA requests as recorded in the minutes: one seeking Paul Greufe’s pay for the last seven years and another seeking five years of receipts from an entity identified in the record as "Solutions." The minutes record approval of that release but do not list individual vote names or tallies beyond noting that all present voted aye.
The supervisors set three hearings on county ordinances for March 16, April 6 and April 20, 2026, each to begin at 9:05 a.m., and approved a Regulatory Update item listed as "Carosh" as well as the county Cost Allocation Plan.
Chairman Mark Groenendyk also provided an update, recorded in the minutes, that the state will be eliminating what the record calls "Decatorization Boards" and regionalizing their functions (the term appears as stated in the meeting record; further detail was not provided in the minutes). The board adjourned at 11:06 a.m.
Where the minutes record only that an item was approved with "all present voting aye," the transcript does not provide individual roll-call vote counts or names for each item; that level of detail is not specified in the record.
