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Boone County supervisors approve consent agenda, set zoning hearings and hear FY27 budget updates
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Summary
The Boone County Board of Supervisors approved a consent agenda including $574,189.28 in claims, accepted personnel changes, appointed a township trustee, scheduled multiple public hearings on zoning and stormwater engineering charges, and heard departmental budget updates; a motion on longevity pay failed for lack of a second.
Chairman Erich Kretzinger called the April 1, 2026 Boone County Board of Supervisors meeting to order at 9:00 a.m., with Shawn Bryant and Scott Longhorn present. The board approved the agenda (with the removal of a 9:30 a.m. appointment for Jonathan Bullock and Katelynn Hensley) and unanimously approved the consent agenda, which included regular minutes, personnel actions and claims payments totaling $574,189.28.
The consent agenda accepted the resignation of Luis Jimenez as a PRN jailer effective April 6, 2026, and approved hiring Cody Bunning as a full-time Secondary Roads equipment operator at $28.23 per hour, effective April 6. The board also approved an Application for a 1-Year Class C Retail Alcohol License and Outdoor Service for Honey Creek Golf Club & Estates Corporation. Longhorn moved and Bryant seconded the motion to approve the consent items; minutes record the vote as "All ayes. Motion carried."
The board appointed Donald Gregory as Des Moines Township Trustee by unanimous vote after a motion from Longhorn and a second from Bryant.
Chairman Kretzinger provided brief updates on the Swede Point Park Trail, the Fareway tax-increment financing (TIF) matter, and the county website's ADA compliance work. Russ Stevens, Buildings & Grounds, requested consideration of longevity pay for his position; Shawn Bryant moved to consider longevity pay, but the motion received no second and therefore did not proceed.
Planning & Zoning staff member Mike Salati was present for a public hearing described in the minutes as the "Public Hearing for Second Reading" of Ordinance #168, an amendment to Boone County Zoning Ordinance #88. The board opened the hearing at 9:14 a.m., recorded no oral or written comments, and closed the hearing at 9:17 a.m. The minutes then state a motion approving the First Reading of Ordinance #168; the text of the minutes contains an internal inconsistency between describing the hearing as a second-reading proceeding and subsequently recording a first-reading approval. The minutes record no public comment on the ordinance.
The board set public hearing dates for the Shriver rezoning application (REZONE-2026-001) for April 22, April 29 and May 6, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., and scheduled hearings on an ordinance amendment concerning stormwater review engineering charges for April 22, April 29 and May 6, 2026 at 10:15 a.m.
John Roosa, Landfill Administrator, gave a departmental update and participated in FY27 budget discussion. After concluding business, the board adjourned at 10:41 a.m.; minutes are attested by Diane R. Patrick, County Auditor.
What happens next: the board will consider the scheduled public hearings in April and May; the minutes indicate several items (zoning and stormwater engineering charge amendments) moving to public comment on those dates.