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Wright County supervisors adopt budget amendment, approve multiple contracts and hires
Summary
At its May session, the Wright County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 2026-15 (a FY2025–26 budget amendment), approved an amended 28E agreement for the communications center, opted back into the Community Service Network (CSN) with ISAC, approved a three‑year contract with Cost Advisory Services Inc., hired a clerk, and designated the Wright County Independent as the official county newspaper.
The Wright County Board of Supervisors approved a slate of routine but fiscally consequential items during its regular meeting, adopting a fiscal‑year budget amendment and approving several contracts, a personnel hire and intergovernmental agreements.
The board opened and closed a public hearing on the fiscal year 2025–26 budget amendment and then adopted Resolution 2026‑15 by roll‑call vote. The board recorded the resolution as adopted following the hearing and moved on to other business.
Supervisors approved an amended 28E agreement formalizing the county’s membership and funding arrangement for the Wright County Communications Center; board members said the agreement now reflects a set amount rather than a per‑capita fee. The board also voted to opt back into the Community Service Network (CSN) offered by the Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) for fiscal year 2027 at no cost for the coming year, with staff instructed to continue using CSN for advocate tracking while exploring alternatives for later years.
The board approved a three‑year contract (FY26–28) with Cost Advisory Services, Inc. (CASI) for reporting services at a stable fee transcribed in the meeting as $4,450 per year; a board member noted that past work with CASI generated a substantially larger return on investment in the prior year. Supervisors also approved hiring Stephanie Borner of Belmont as a clerk in the county reporter’s office; the appointment is subject to routine pre‑employment checks (background check, drug screen and physical).
The board designated the newly consolidated Wright County Independent as the county’s official newspaper for legal publications and discussed logistics for office location and archiving prior bound newspapers.
Most motions were passed by voice vote after brief discussion; where public hearings were required (Resolution 2026‑15) the board opened and closed the hearing before adopting the resolution. No motions recorded in the transcript were tabled or failed.
What happens next: staff will implement the budget amendment as adopted, finalize the CASI contract, complete onboarding steps for the new hire, and execute the communications 28E agreement signature.
