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Pottawattamie County board approves budget amendments, adopts FY26‑27 budget and authorizes $6 million in GO notes
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Summary
The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a set of fiscal measures including amendments to the FY25‑26 budget (Res. 28‑2026 and 29‑2026), adoption of the FY26‑27 budget (Res. 30‑2026), transfers between bond funds (Res. 31‑2026), appointment of UMB Bank as paying agent (Res. 32‑2026), and a substituted resolution authorizing issuance of $6,000,000 in general‑obligation notes (Res. 33‑2026).
The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors on May 5, 2026, approved a package of fiscal actions that amend the current year budget, adopt the county’s FY26‑27 budget and clear several debt‑service and bond matters.
The board opened a public hearing on amendments to the FY25‑26 budget and, after no public testimony, approved Resolution No. 28‑2026 and Resolution No. 29‑2026 to amend and appropriate funds for the current fiscal year. Auditor staff presented the departments affected and confirmed the resolution packet had been published in advance.
The board then opened and closed a public hearing on the FY26‑27 budget and adopted Resolution No. 30‑2026 to approve the Pottawattamie County budget for fiscal year 2026–27. During that discussion the board also approved Resolution No. 27‑2026 concerning elected‑official pay recommendations; the packet noted a 3% recommendation for elected officials while the board elected to remain at a 0% increase for board members.
County staff also explained a transfer of residual bond proceeds from a paid‑off 2018 bond series (fund 2210) into the 2021 debt fund to align remaining balances, and the board approved Resolution No. 31‑2026 to effect that transfer.
On debt administration, the board approved Resolution No. 32‑2026 appointing UMB Bank N.A. as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent for the county’s transactions, and later approved a substituted Resolution No. 33‑2026 authorizing the issuance of $6,000,000 in general‑obligation capital loan notes, plus associated loan and disclosure documents. A board member asked whether the resolution levied a tax; county staff and the auditor clarified the county was not levying a tax as part of the transaction but that the resolution preserves the legal authority to levy if needed.
All motions described above carried on roll call. The clerk recorded the board members present as Chairman Shea, Supervisor Wickman, Supervisor Miller, Supervisor Jones, Supervisor Jorgensen and Supervisor Whitman; each recorded vote on these items was “Aye.”
What happens next: staff will finalize the loan agreement, disclosure certificates and paying‑agent paperwork and proceed through the claims and closing process for the authorized notes and payments.
