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Pottawattamie County Board approves consent agenda, proclamations and several contracts
Summary
The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors on April 21 unanimously approved the consent agenda, adopted proclamations for Donate Life Month, National Library Week and Drug Endangered Children Awareness Day, authorized several Iowa DOT agreements and a $15,000 gaming-funds grant to Golden Hills RCD, and approved other county contracts.
Brian Shea, chairman of the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors, presided over the Board’s April 21 meeting, where members unanimously approved a slate of routine business and several county agreements.
The Board approved the consent agenda—on a motion by Jeff Jorgensen and second by Keith Jones—which included approval of the April 14, 2026 minutes, April 14 bond sale minutes, renewal of a Class C liquor license and outdoor service for Grand Mac LLC d/b/a Mile A Way Hall and Tavern in Council Bluffs, and the employment of Linda Blake as an election coordinator.
Susan Miller moved and Jeff Jorgensen seconded proclamations recognizing April as National Donate Life Month, April 19–25 as National Library Week, and April 22 as National Drug Endangered Children Awareness Day; each proclamation passed on unanimous roll call. The Donate Life proclamation cited national and Iowa-level donor statistics and named partners including the Iowa Donor Network and the Pottawattamie County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The Board also approved a $15,000 funding request for Golden Hills Resource Conservation & Development to be paid from county gaming funds for fiscal year 2026/27 (motion by Tim Wichman; second by Keith Jones). The Board unanimously authorized two agreements with the Iowa Department of Transportation: Agreement No. 2026-C-094 for Project IMX-880-1(3)8 to update off-ramps/lower L34 beneath I-880 (work starting in 2030), and Agreement No. 2026-C-096 for Project IMN-029-4(133)66 to replace the bridge on Rosewood over I-29 (work starting in 2028). The Board also approved a 60-month copier lease with Bishop Business and authorized a contract with the City of Crescent regarding the county’s 911 tower; all motions carried unanimously.
Several administrative items were discussed but not decided. The Board tabled discussion of salary recommendations for elected officials until April 28 at 8:30 a.m. and received and filed personnel actions in Conservation (including hiring a seasonal park aide and several park ranger interns) and a sheriff’s fee report for March 2026. Paula Hazlewood, chief executive officer of Advance Southwest Iowa Corporation, provided a quarterly update; Mary Ann Hanusa, county auditor, and Andy Wicks, county engineer, led separate study-session discussions on auditor office finance personnel and sealcoating respectively. Peggy Becker, Veterans Services administrator, discussed organization changes. According to the record, those items were discussion-only with no action taken.
The Board went into and returned from closed session under Iowa Code 20.17(3) to discuss collective bargaining and adjourned at 1:26 p.m.
Votes at a glance: consent agenda approved (AYES: Shea, Wichman, Miller, Jorgensen, Jones); proclamations for Donate Life Month, National Library Week and Drug Endangered Children Awareness Day adopted unanimously; $15,000 Golden Hills RCD funding approved (unanimous); Iowa DOT agreements and the 911 tower contract approved (unanimous).