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Benton County adopts Sexual Assault Awareness Month proclamation, approves EMS claims and sets FY27 budget hearing
Summary
The Board of Supervisors proclaimed April 2026 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, approved EMS claims to local ambulance and responder organizations including a $25,000 payment to Lifemed Safety, Inc., and scheduled the FY2027 budget hearing for April 21, 2026.
During routine business at its March 31 meeting the Benton County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution #26-20 proclaiming April 2026 as "Sexual Assault Awareness Month" in Benton County and encouraged citizens to learn more about preventing sexual violence.
The board approved EMS claims numbered 256956 through 256962, authorizing payments to multiple local ambulance and first-responder organizations, including North Benton Ambulance, Garrison First Responders, Keystone First Responders, Belle Plaine Area Ambulance, Blairstown Ambulance, Van Horne First Responders and a $25,000 payment to Lifemed Safety, Inc. for North Benton Ambulance. The board voted aye on the claims as recorded in the minutes.
The supervisors also set the FY2027 budget hearing for Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 9:30 a.m., giving the public a scheduled opportunity to review and comment on the county's proposed budget. The meeting record notes these approvals were adopted by motion with recorded aye votes from each supervisor.
During supervisor reports Chairman Tracy Seeman and others described recent meetings and items of interest, including a possible 28E discussion with the City of Vinton about its airport runway (operating costs discussed as about $127,000 annually versus roughly $99,000 in grants and fees) and a request from Iowa Primary Care to use limited office space in the Service Center for a system navigator. These reports were informational; the minutes record no formal commitment by the board on those items.
