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Story County supervisors approve consent agenda including easements, contracts and personnel hires
Summary
The Story County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a consent agenda Feb. 10 that included Resolution No. 26-48 (a limited easement), personnel hires in the Sheriff’s and Auditor’s offices, multiple park and services contracts, and claims totaling $715,814.91.
The Story County Board of Supervisors met Feb. 10 and unanimously approved a broad consent agenda that included a limited easement, several contracts, personnel hires and claims totaling $715,814.91.
Chair Linda Murken presided as the board adopted the agenda and approved the Feb. 3 minutes. The board approved personnel actions that include a Sheriff’s Office hire (Jose Gonzales, effective Feb. 11, at $2,391.20 biweekly) and two hires in the Auditor’s Office (Cameron Jones and Leo Thompson-McLain, each at $24.96 per hour). The board also approved claims with a run date of Feb. 6, 2026, covering 30 pages of payments on file in the Auditor’s Office.
The consent agenda listed multiple routine resolutions and agreements: a public hearing date for Resolution No. 26-52; a proposed underground electric-line easement with Interstate Power and Light Company; an MOU with the City of Ames for initial costs on traffic improvements at George Washington Carver Avenue and Cameron School Road; a proposed speed-limit resolution on 580th Avenue; and a public hearing to consider vacating part of 580th Avenue. The board also approved a Master License and Service Agreement with HomeWAV for inmate communications services.
Contracts on the consent agenda included campground-attendant agreements for Dakins Lake and Hickory Grove Park (weekly pay of $240.00) and a firewood contract with Finco Tree/Wood Service, LLC, to provide public firewood at county parks. The board acknowledged a service agreement for law enforcement services with the Roland-Story Community School District (rate: $80 per hour for a deputy; $40 per hour for a regular reserve deputy, two-hour minimum) and approved a $24,000 contract amendment with Shive Hattery for TELC signage and shelter design.
All consent items were approved by roll call vote as motions were brought and seconded (motions carried unanimously). The board did not receive public comment on these items during the hearings listed in the agenda.
