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Des Moines County supervisors approve loan authorization, floodplain update and Alliant Energy site plan; several routine transfers and appointments pass
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Summary
At their April 7 meeting the Des Moines County Board of Supervisors closed a public hearing on a proposed general-obligation loan not to exceed $4,227,000 and approved related actions, adopted a floodplain ordinance update on first reading, approved a major site plan for Alliant Energy’s Sullivan Slough Road plant, and passed routine transfers, personnel and appointments.
The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors on April 7 closed a public hearing on a proposal to enter into a general-obligation loan agreement not to exceed $4,227,000 and approved related action to provide for tax levies to pay county-purpose notes series 2026.
The board’s chair called for written or oral objections during the hearing and, after receiving none, declared the hearing closed. Following a motion and roll call, the board approved the resolution authorizing the loan; the packet lists uses including capital expenditures, IT projects and county facility repairs such as the sheriff’s parking lot.
The board opened a separate public hearing on a floodplain ordinance update (Ordinance No. 25) tied to revised FEMA flood-insurance-rate maps that affect the Skunk River area. Planning staff said the update is a routine alignment with DNR/FEMA guidance and is not expected to change enforcement substantially. Supervisors approved the ordinance on first reading.
Planning staff presented a major site plan and zoning permit for a proposed supplemental reciprocating internal-combustion generator at the Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) plant at 4282 Sullivan Slough Road. The zoning commission, after a public meeting and a presentation from Alliant and consultant Burns & McDonnell, recommended approval; the board moved and approved the site plan resolution.
Other business approved by motion and roll call included claims and accounts payable (totaling $916,366.33 including checks of $189,281.92), a resolution authorizing FY 2026–27 transfers to the conservation reserve fund (maximum transfer of $469,524 and related supplemental amounts), acceptance of a resignation from the Board of Review and appointment of Lee Robinson to a six-year term, and authorized salary step increases for two staff members.
Sheriff Kevin Glendening gave a departmental update, reporting the jail population was 98 that morning — including 22 out-of-county detainees and one juvenile — and said the county is working with third-party evaluators to reduce waits for competency and restoration evaluations. County Engineer Ryan Carter reported the sheriff’s parking lot project is underway and identified Solven Slough Road as susceptible to low-level flooding when river stage reaches roughly the mid-teens.
What’s next: staff will proceed with implementation steps listed in the meeting packet for the loan and the site-plan approvals, and the floodplain ordinance will follow the county’s normal second-reading and DNR review processes.